This provision gives banking administrators and superintendents specific supervisory powers over terminals, access cards, and related financial institutions, and it also requires access-card registration, limits disclosure, and sets a civil penalty for violations.
1. For purposes of this chapter the superintendent of banking only has the power to issue rules applicable to, to accept and approve or disapprove applications or informational statements from, to conduct hearings and revoke any approvals relating to, and to exercise all other supervisory authority created by this chapter with respect to banks; the superintendent of credit unions only has such powers and authority with respect to credit unions; and the superintendent of banking or the superintendent’s designee only has such powers and authority with respect to industrial loan companies. 2. The administrator shall have the authority to examine any person who operates a multiple use terminal, limited-function terminal, or other satellite terminal, and any other device or facility with which such terminal is interconnected, as to any transaction by, with, or involving a financial institution which affects a customer asset account. Information obtained in the course of such an examination shall not be disclosed, except as provided by law. 3. Nothing contained in this chapter shall authorize the administrator to regulate the conduct of business functions or to obtain access to any business records, data, or information of a person who operates a multiple use terminal, except those pertaining to a financial transaction engaged in through a satellite terminal, or as may otherwise be provided by law. 4. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or to authorize the administrator to prohibit an operator of a multiple use terminal, other than a financial institution, or an operator of any other device or facility with which such terminal is interconnected, other than a central routing unit or data processing center from using those facilities to perform internal proprietary functions, including the extension of credit pursuant to an open-end credit arrangement. 5. An administrator may conduct hearings and exercise any other appropriate authority conferred by this chapter regarding the operation or control of a satellite terminal upon the written request of a person, including but not limited to, a retailer, financial institution, or consumer. 6. The authority of an administrator pursuant to section 527.5, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, to approve access cards issued by a financial institution for use as an access device includes the requirement that a registration statement shall be filed with the administrator and be maintained on a current basis by each financial institution issuing access cards within the state. The registration statement shall be in writing on a form prescribed by the administrator, and contain the name and address of the registrant, a depiction of both sides of the access card, and any other information the administrator deems relevant relating to the access card and transactions utilizing the access card which affect a customer asset account. 7. A financial institution shall not be required to join, be a member or shareholder of, or otherwise participate in, any corporation, association, partnership, cooperative, or other enterprise as a condition of the financial institution’s utilization of any satellite terminal located within this state. 8. An administrator may issue any order necessary to secure compliance with or prevent a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, regarding the establishment and operation of a satellite terminal, limited-function terminal, upgraded, altered, modified, or replaced limited-function terminal, and any other device or facility with which such terminal is interconnected. A person who violates a provision of this chapter or any rule or any order issued pursuant to this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars for each day the violation continues. A person aggrieved by an order of an administrator may appeal the order by filing a written notice of appeal with the administrator within thirty days of the issuance of the order. The administrator shall schedule a hearing for the purpose of hearing the arguments of the aggrieved person within thirty days of the filing of the notice of appeal. The provisions of chapter 17A shall apply to all matters related to the appeal. The attorney general, on request of the administrator, shall institute any legal proceedings necessary to obtain compliance with an order of the administrator or to prosecute a person for a violation of the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. [C77, 79, 81, §527.3] 87 Acts, ch 158, §3; 91 Acts, ch 92, §1; 91 Acts, ch 216, §4, 5; 95 Acts, ch 66, §2; 2012 Acts, ch 1017, §122; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §91 Referred to in §527.2, 527.12 Subsection 4 amended