Alaska Stat. § 06.55.802

This chapter does not apply to (1) the United States or a department, an agency, or an instrumentality of the United States;

(2) money transmission by the United States Postal Service or by a contractor on behalf of the United States Postal Service;

(3) a state, a municipality, a county, or another governmental agency or governmental subdivision of a state;

(4) a bank, a bank holding company, an office of an international banking corporation, a branch of a foreign bank, a corporation organized under 12 U.S.C. 1861 — 1867 (Bank Service Company Act), or a corporation organized under 12 U.S.C. 611 — 633 (Edge Act) under the laws of a state or the United States, if it does not issue, sell, or provide payment instruments or stored value through an authorized delegate who is not a bank, a bank holding company, an office of an international banking corporation, a branch of a foreign bank, a corporation organized under 12 U.S.C. 1861 — 1867 (Bank Service Company Act), or a corporation organized under 12 U.S.C. 611 — 633 (Edge Act) under the laws of a state or the United States;

(5) electronic funds transfer of governmental benefits for a federal, state, or municipal agency or a state political subdivision by a contractor on behalf of (A) the United States or a department, an agency, or an instrumentality of the United States; or

(B) a state, or a department, an agency, or an instrumentality of a state;

(6) a board of trade or a person who, in the ordinary course of business, provides clearance and settlement services for a board of trade, to the extent of the operation of the person for a board of trade; in this paragraph, “board of trade” means a board of trade designated as a contract market under 7 U.S.C. 1 — 27f (Commodity Exchange Act);

(7) a registered futures commission merchant under the federal commodities laws, to the extent of the merchant's operation as a registered futures commission merchant under the federal commodities laws;

(8) a person who provides clearance or settlement services under a registration as a clearing agency or an exemption from the registration granted under the federal securities laws, to the extent of the person's operation as a provider of clearance or settlement services under a registration as a clearing agency or an exemption from the registration granted under the federal securities laws;

(9) an operator of a payment system to the extent that the operator provides processing, clearing, or settlement services, between or among persons excluded by this section, in connection with wire transfers, credit card transactions, debit card transactions, stored-value transactions, automated clearinghouse transfers, or similar funds transfers; or

(10) a person registered as a securities broker-dealer under federal or state securities laws, to the extent of the person's operation as a securities broker-dealer under federal or state securities laws.