Section 1855 Of Article 1. International And Foreign Banking And Financing Corporations From California Financial Code >> Division 1.1. >> Chapter 21. >> Article 1.
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. Each corporation shall have power, under such rules and
regulations as the commissioner may prescribe:
(a) To purchase, sell, discount, and negotiate, with or without
its endorsement or guaranty, notes, drafts, checks, bills of
exchange, acceptances, including bankers' acceptances, cable
transfers, and other evidences of indebtedness; to purchase and sell,
with or without its endorsement or guaranty, securities, including
the obligations of the United States or of any state thereof but not
including shares of stock in any corporation except as herein
provided; to accept bills or drafts drawn upon it subject to such
limitations and restrictions as the commissioner may impose; to issue
letters of credit; to purchase and sell coin, bullion, and exchange;
to borrow and to lend money; to issue debentures, bonds, and
promissory notes under such general conditions as to security and
such limitations as the commissioner may prescribe; to receive
deposits outside of the United States and to receive only such
deposits in this state or in any other state of the United States as
may be incidental to or for the purpose of carrying out transactions
in foreign countries or dependencies or insular possessions of the
United States.
(b) Generally, to exercise such powers as are incidental to the
powers conferred by this article or as may be usual, in the
determination of the commissioner, in connection with the transaction
of the business of banking or other financial operations in the
countries, colonies, dependencies, or possessions in which it shall
transact business and not inconsistent with the power specifically
granted herein. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed
to prohibit the commissioner, under his or her power to prescribe
rules and regulations, from limiting the aggregate amount of
liabilities of any or all classes incurred by the corporation and
outstanding at any one time.
(c) To establish and maintain for the transaction of its business
branches or agencies in foreign countries, their dependencies or
colonies, and in any state of the United States, and in the
dependencies or insular possessions of the United States, at such
places as may be approved by the commissioner and under such rules
and regulations as he or she may prescribe, including any state of
the United States, or countries or dependencies not specified in the
original organization certificate.
(d) With the consent of the commissioner to purchase and hold
stock or other certificates of ownership in any other corporation
organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of transacting
business pursuant to this article, or under the laws of the United
States, or under the laws of any foreign country or a colony of
dependency thereof, or under the laws of any state, dependency or
insular possession of the United States but not engaged in the
general business of buying or selling goods, wares, merchandise, or
commodities in the United States, and not transacting any business in
the United States except such as in the judgment of the commissioner
may be incidental to its international or foreign business.