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Code · U.S. Code · Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 1— GENERAL PROVISIONS · § 20

§ 20. Financial institution defined

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As used in this title, the term “financial institution” means—
(1)an insured depository institution (as defined in section 3(c)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act);
(2)a credit union with accounts insured by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund;
(3)a Federal home loan bank or a member, as defined in section 2 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1422), of the Federal home loan bank system;
(4)a System institution of the Farm Credit System, as defined in section 5.35(3) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971;
(5)a small business investment company, as defined in section 103 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 662);
(6)a depository institution holding company (as defined in section 3(w)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act;
(7)a Federal Reserve bank or a member bank of the Federal Reserve System;
(8)an organization operating under section 25 or section 25(a) 1 of the Federal Reserve Act;
(9)a branch or agency of a foreign bank (as such terms are defined in paragraphs
(1)and
(3)of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978); or
(10)a mortgage lending business (as defined in section 27 of this title) or any person or entity that makes in whole or in part a federally related mortgage loan as defined in section 3 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974.
(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1107(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2145, § 215(b); amended Pub. L. 99–370, § 2, Aug. 4, 1986, 100 Stat. 779; renumbered § 20 and amended Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 962(e)(1), (2), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 503; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2597(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4908; Pub. L. 111–21, § 2(a), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1617.)
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  • Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1107(a)
  • 98 Stat. 2145
  • Pub. L. 99–370, § 2
  • 100 Stat. 779
  • Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 962(e)(1)
  • 103 Stat. 503
  • Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2597(a)
  • 104 Stat. 4908
  • Pub. L. 111–21, § 2(a)
  • 123 Stat. 1617
  • Pub. L. 102–242, title I, § 142(e)(2)
  • 105 Stat. 2281
  • Pub. L. 111–21
  • Pub. L. 101–647
  • Pub. L. 101–73, § 962(e)(1)
  • Pub. L. 101–73, § 962(e)(2)(D)
  • Pub. L. 101–73, § 962(e)(2)(E)
  • Pub. L. 101–73, § 962(e)(2)(H)
  • Pub. L. 101–73, § 962(e)(2)(F)
  • Pub. L. 101–73, § 962(e)(2)(G)
  • 12 U.S.C. 1730a
  • Pub. L. 99–370
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