Section 2081 Of Chapter 5. Eligible Securities From California Financial Code >> Division 1.2. >> Chapter 5.
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. (a) A licensee shall at all times own eligible securities
having an aggregate market value computed in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles of not less than the
aggregate amount of all of its outstanding payment instruments and
stored value obligations issued or sold in the United States and all
outstanding money received for transmission in the United States.
(b) If the commissioner finds that the financial condition of a
licensee is impaired, or that the financial condition of a licensee
is such that its business is being conducted in an unsafe and unsound
manner, the commissioner, to protect the public interest, may issue
an order, subject to the procedures set forth in Section 2148, doing
one or both of the following:
(1) Increasing the amount of eligible securities that the licensee
must maintain.
(2) Requiring the licensee to obtain, as security for the payment
of outstanding money transmission obligations, additional security in
the form of financial guarantees.
(c) Eligible securities, even if commingled with other assets of
the licensee, are deemed to be held in trust for the benefit of the
purchasers and holders of the licensee's outstanding payment
instrument and stored value obligations, and all senders of
outstanding money received for transmission, in the event of
bankruptcy or receivership of the licensee, or in the event of an
action by a creditor against the licensee who is not a beneficiary of
this statutory trust. No eligible securities impressed with a trust
pursuant to this subdivision shall be subject to attachment, levy of
execution, or sequestration by order of any court, except for a
beneficiary of this statutory trust.
(d) All outstanding payment instruments and stored value issued or
sold by a licensee or its agent, and all outstanding money received
for transmission by a licensee or its agent, shall remain a liability
of the licensee from the time money or monetary value is received by
the licensee or its agent until the licensee receives confirmation
that such money or monetary value was received by the beneficiary, or
until the outstanding payment instrument or stored value obligation
has been paid, or until the money is refunded to the customer.
(e) A licensee shall maintain a record in the United States of
proof of receipt by the beneficiary or refund to the customer of
money received for transmission.