Cal. FIN § 1765
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 1765, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
(a) Each foreign (other nation) bank that is licensed to maintain an office shall assign to the office a popular name that consists of a specific designation by name or number and shall post the popular name and the name of the bank in a conspicuous place at the office.
(b) The popular name that a foreign (other nation) bank assigns to a representative office that it is licensed to maintain shall include the term “representative office.”
(c) The popular name that a foreign (other nation) bank assigns to an agency that it is licensed to maintain shall not include the term “branch” unless the term is modified by the word “foreign” or “overseas” or by a similar word.
(b) The popular name that a foreign (other nation) bank assigns to a representative office that it is licensed to maintain shall include the term “representative office.”
(c) The popular name that a foreign (other nation) bank assigns to an agency that it is licensed to maintain shall not include the term “branch” unless the term is modified by the word “foreign” or “overseas” or by a similar word.
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