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. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Agency" means a depositary agency or a nondepositary agency.
(b) "Branch office" means a limited branch office, a retail branch
office, or a wholesale branch office.
(c) "Business in this state," when used with respect to a foreign
(other nation) bank which is licensed to maintain one or more
agencies or branch offices, includes (without limitation) the
aggregate business of all the offices.
(d) "Controlling person," when used with respect to a foreign
(other nation) bank, means any person who, directly or indirectly,
controls the bank. For purposes of this subdivision, "control" has
the meaning set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 1250, and "person"
has the meaning set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 1250.
(e) "Depositary agency," when used with respect to a foreign
(other nation) bank, means a place in this state at which the bank
transacts commercial banking business but at which it does not
transact the business of receiving deposits, except as permitted
under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1805.
(f) "Executive officer," when used with respect to a foreign
(other nation) bank or a controlling person of a foreign (other
nation) bank, means the chief executive officer, the chief operating
officer, the chief financial officer, and any other person who
participates or has authority to participate in major policymaking
functions of the bank or controlling person. "Executive officer,"
when used with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank, includes the
head of the international division (or, if there is no such
division, the closest equivalent division or unit) of such bank.
(g) "Federal agency" has the meaning set forth in Section 1(b) of
the International Banking Act of 1978.
(h) "Federal branch" has the meaning set forth in Section 1(b) of
the International Banking Act of 1978.
(i) (1) "License" means a license issued under this chapter,
authorizing a foreign bank to maintain an office.
(2) To be "licensed" means to be issued or to hold a license.
(3) To be "licensed to transact business in this state," when used
with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank, means that the bank
is licensed to maintain an agency or branch office.
(j) "Limited branch office," when used with respect to a foreign
(other nation) bank, means a place in this state at which the bank
transacts commercial banking business but at which it does not
transact the business of receiving deposits except as permitted under
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 1805.
(k) "Nondepositary agency," when used with respect to a foreign
(other nation) bank, means a place in this state at which the bank
transacts commercial banking business, except the business of
receiving deposits.
(l) "Office," when used with respect to a foreign (other nation)
bank, means any agency, branch office, or representative office of
the bank.
(m) "Primary office," when used with respect to a foreign (other
nation) bank that is licensed to maintain a single agency or branch
office, means the agency or branch office and, when used with respect
to a foreign (other nation) bank that is licensed to maintain two or
more agencies or branch offices, means that one of the offices which
the bank has designated as its primary office in accordance with
Section 1766.
(n) "Representative office," when used with respect to a foreign
(other nation) bank, means an office in this state at which the bank
engages in representational functions but at which it does not
transact commercial banking business.
(o) "Retail branch office," when used with respect to a foreign
(other nation) bank, means a place in this state at which the bank
transacts commercial banking business, including (without limitation)
the business of receiving deposits.
(p) "Wholesale branch office," when used with respect to a foreign
(other nation) bank, means a place in this state at which the bank
transacts commercial banking business but at which it does not
transact the business of receiving deposits except as permitted under
paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 1805.