Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 7. BANKING AND FINANCE · Chapter 9. GEORGIA MERCHANT ACQUIRER LIMITED PURPOSE BANK

7-9-12. Limitations on activities; deposit insurance.

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(a)
A merchant acquirer limited purpose bank shall only accept deposits from a corporation that owns a majority of the shares of the merchant acquirer limited purpose bank. A merchant acquirer limited purpose bank shall not operate in any manner that attracts depositors from the general public, and no deposit shall be withdrawn by the depositor by check or similar means for payment to third parties or others. A merchant acquirer limited purpose bank shall not accept “brokered deposits” as that term is defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act as such existed on January 1, 2012, or the regulations adopted by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in force and effect on January 1, 2012.#
(b)
A merchant acquirer limited purpose bank shall conduct its deposit-taking activities only from a single location within this state.#
(c)
A merchant acquirer limited purpose bank may apply to receive deposit insurance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or its successor agency.#
(d)
Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Code section, the business conducted by a merchant acquirer limited purpose bank shall be merchant acquiring activities.#
(e)
A merchant acquirer limited purpose bank shall not engage in self-acquiring activities.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 7-9-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 43, § 1/HB 898.

Other notes

U.S. Code.: The Federal Deposit Insurance Act, referred to in this Code section, is codified at 12 U.S.C. § 1811 et seq.

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