Section 2001 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Financial Code >> Division 1.2. >> Chapter 1.
2001
. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Money transmission businesses conduct a significant amount of
business in this state and technological advances are occurring in
the provision of money transmission services, which have expanded
money transmission to include the use of mobile applications,
alternative point of sale systems, and other consumer payment
systems.
(b) Persons who use money transmission businesses in this state
use those businesses for, among other purposes, paying for the
necessities of life and transmitting money to family members.
(c) The failure of money transmission businesses to fulfill their
obligations would cause loss to consumers, disrupt the payments
mechanism in this state, undermine public confidence in financial
institutions doing business in this state, and adversely affect the
health, safety, and general welfare of persons in this state.
(d) To protect the interests of consumers of money transmission
businesses in this state, to maintain public confidence in financial
institutions doing business in this state, and to preserve the
health, safety, and general welfare of the people of this state, it
is necessary to regulate money transmission businesses in this state.