California Financial Code § 1361

As used in this article: (a) “Bank” means: (1) Any commercial bank, industrial bank, or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state. (2) Any foreign (other nation) bank that is licensed by the commissioner under Article 3 (commencing with Section 1800) of Chapter 20 to maintain a depositary agency or branch office, as defined in Section 1750, in this state, with respect to any office of that type. (3) Any corporation incorporated under the laws of this state that is incorporated for the purpose of engaging in, or that is authorized by the commissioner to engage in, business under Article 1 (commencing with Section 1850) of Chapter 21. (4) Any foreign corporation that is licensed by the commissioner under Article 1 (commencing with Section 1850) of Chapter 21 to maintain an office in this state and to transact at the office business under that article, with respect to any office of that type. (5) When used to designate a person that extends credit, any subsidiary of a bank, as defined in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4). (b) “Company” has the meaning set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 215.2 of Regulation O. (c) “Executive officer” has the meaning set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 215.2 of Regulation O. Also, “executive officer,” when used with respect to any bank of the type described in paragraph (2) or (4) of subdivision (a), includes the manager of each office of the type referred to in paragraph (2) or (4) of subdivision (a) that the bank maintains in this state. (d) “Extension of credit” has the meaning set forth in Section 215.3 of Regulation O. However, for purposes of this subdivision, the term “member bank,” as used in Section 215.3, means a bank. (e) “Regulation O” means Regulation O (Part 215 (commencing with Section 215.1) of Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. (f) “Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Section 1841(d) of Title 12 of the United States Code. However, for purposes of this subdivision, the term “bank holding company,” as used in Section 1841(d) of Title 12 of the United States Code, means a bank holding company, as defined in Section 1841(a) of Title 12 of the United States Code, or a bank, and the term “board,” as used in Section 1841(d) of Title 12 of the United States Code, means the commissioner.

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