§1864 — Title 12 Banks and Banking | U.S. Code

Summary

A bank service company can do the services it is allowed to do for anyone, but it must not take deposits. Usually the company may only do those services in the same State where its bank owners are located, and all insured bank owners must be in that one State — unless an exception applies or the Federal Reserve Board gives prior approval under section 1865(b) and subsection (f). If a State bank or State savings association owns part of the company, the company may only do services that bank could do under that State’s law and only at places in that State where the bank could work. The same rule applies for national banks or Federal savings associations under federal law. If more than one depository institution owns the company, it may only do services that every owner is allowed to do and only in States where each owner is allowed to do them. Besides those limits, and except for federal or state branching laws that control where banks can have branches, a bank service company may do, anywhere, any non‑deposit service that the Federal Reserve Board had said was allowed for a bank holding company under section 1843(c)(8) as of the day before November 12, 1999.

Title 12, §1864

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(a)A bank service company may provide to any person any service authorized by this section, except that a bank service company shall not take deposits.

(b)Except as permissible under subsection (c), (d), or (e) or with the prior approval of the Board under section 1865(b) of this title in accordance with subsection (f) of this section—

(1)a bank service company shall not perform the services authorized by this section in any State other than that State in which its shareholders or members are located; and

(2)all insured bank shareholders or members of a bank service company shall be located in the same State.

(c)A bank service company in which a State bank or State savings association is a shareholder or member shall perform only those services that such State bank or State savings association shareholder or member is authorized to perform under the law of the State in which such State bank or State savings association operates and shall perform such services only at locations in the State in which such State bank or State savings association shareholder or member could be authorized to perform such services.

(d)A bank service company in which a national bank or Federal savings association is a shareholder or member shall perform only those services that such national bank or Federal savings association shareholder or member is authorized to perform under the law of the United States and shall perform such services only at locations in the State at which such national bank or Federal savings association shareholder or member could be authorized to perform such services.

(e)A bank service company may perform—

(1)only those services that each depository institution shareholder or member is otherwise authorized to perform under any applicable Federal or State law; and

(2)such services only at locations in a State in which each such shareholder or member is authorized to perform such services.

(f)Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section or any other provision of law, other than the provisions of Federal and State branching law regulating the geographic location of banks or savings associations to the extent that those laws are applicable to an activity authorized by this subsection, a bank service company may perform at any geographic location any service, other than deposit taking, that the Board has determined, by regulation, to be permissible for a bank holding company under section 1843(c)(8) of this title as of the day before November 12, 1999.

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–351, § 602(b)(3)(A), inserted “as permissible under subsection (c), (d), or (e) or” after “Except” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–351, § 602(b)(3)(B), inserted “or State savings association” after “State bank” wherever appearing. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–351, § 602(b)(3)(C), inserted “or Federal savings association” after “national bank” wherever appearing. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–351, § 602(b)(3)(D), inserted heading and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “A bank service company that has both national bank and State bank shareholders or members shall perform only those services that may lawfully be performed by both any shareholder or member of the company which is a national bank under the law of the United States and any shareholder or member of the company which is a State bank under the law of the State in which any such State bank operate and shall perform such services only at locations in the State at which both its State bank and national bank shareholders or members could be authorized to perform such services.” Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 109–351, § 602(b)(3)(E), inserted “or savings associations” after “location of banks”. 1999—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106–102 inserted before period at end “as of the day before November 12, 1999”. 1996—Pub. L. 104–208, § 2613(e)(5), substituted “company” for “corporation” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–208, § 2613(e)(1), substituted “company” for “corporation” in two places. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–208, § 2613(e)(1), (2), inserted “or members” after “shareholders” wherever appearing in text and substituted “company” for “corporation” in two places. Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 104–208, § 2613(e)(1), (3), inserted “or member” after “shareholder” wherever appearing and substituted “company” for “corporation”. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–208, § 2613(e)(1), (4), substituted “company” for “corporation”, “any shareholder or member of the company which is a national bank” for “its national bank shareholder or shareholders”, “any shareholder or member of the company which is a State bank” for “its State bank shareholder or shareholders”, and “any such State bank” for “such State bank or banks”, and inserted “or members” after “national bank and State bank shareholders” and after “State bank and national bank shareholders”. Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104–208, § 2613(e)(1), substituted “company” for “corporation”. 1983—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 97–457 substituted “under the law of the United States” for “under this chapter”. 1982—Pub. L. 97–320 substituted provisions relating to bank service corporation activities for other persons for provisions which read: “No bank service corporation may engage in any activity other than the performance of bank services for banks.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1999 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 106–102 effective 120 days after Nov. 12, 1999, see section 161 of Pub. L. 106–102, set out as a note under section 24 of this title.

§1864 Permissible bank service company activities for other persons