Okla. Stat. tit. 6, § 6-1604
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Requirements for carrying on banking business
Official statutory text
Requirements for carrying on banking business.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies Page 201
A. No international banking corporation may transact a banking
business, or maintain in this state any office for carrying on such
business, or any part thereof, unless such corporation has:
1. Been authorized by its charter to carry on such business and
has complied with the laws of the country under which it is
chartered;
2. Furnished to the Board such proof as to the nature and
character of its business and as to its financial condition as the
Board may require;
3. Filed with the Board a certified copy of that information
required to be supplied to the Secretary of State by those
provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act which are
applicable to foreign corporations;
4. Paid to the Board a nonrefundable application fee in an
amount set by the Board; and
5. Received a license duly issued to it by the Commissioner.
B. The Commissioner may not issue a license to an international
banking corporation unless:
1. It is chartered in a jurisdiction in which any bank having
its principal place of business in this state may establish similar
facilities or exercise similar powers; or
2. Under the Federal International Banking Act of 1978, the
Comptroller of the Currency of the United States could issue a
license to the corporation to operate a federal agency without
considering whether the international banking corporation is
chartered in a jurisdiction in which any bank having its principal
place of business in this state may establish similar facilities or
exercise similar powers.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies Page 201
A. No international banking corporation may transact a banking
business, or maintain in this state any office for carrying on such
business, or any part thereof, unless such corporation has:
1. Been authorized by its charter to carry on such business and
has complied with the laws of the country under which it is
chartered;
2. Furnished to the Board such proof as to the nature and
character of its business and as to its financial condition as the
Board may require;
3. Filed with the Board a certified copy of that information
required to be supplied to the Secretary of State by those
provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act which are
applicable to foreign corporations;
4. Paid to the Board a nonrefundable application fee in an
amount set by the Board; and
5. Received a license duly issued to it by the Commissioner.
B. The Commissioner may not issue a license to an international
banking corporation unless:
1. It is chartered in a jurisdiction in which any bank having
its principal place of business in this state may establish similar
facilities or exercise similar powers; or
2. Under the Federal International Banking Act of 1978, the
Comptroller of the Currency of the United States could issue a
license to the corporation to operate a federal agency without
considering whether the international banking corporation is
chartered in a jurisdiction in which any bank having its principal
place of business in this state may establish similar facilities or
exercise similar powers.
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