12 U.S.C. § 1842
Acquisition of bank shares or assets
Upon receiving from a company any application for approval under this section, the Board shall give notice to the Comptroller of the Currency, if the applicant company or any bank the voting shares or assets of which are sought to be required 2
If the Board receives a certification described in section 1823(f)(8)(D) 3
In every case, the Board shall take into consideration the financial and managerial resources and future prospects of the company or companies and the banks concerned, and the convenience and needs of the community to be served.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board shall not follow any practice or policy in the consideration of any application for the formation of a one-bank holding company if following such practice or policy would result in the rejection of such application solely because the transaction to form such one-bank holding company involves a bank stock loan which is for a period of not more than twenty-five years. The previous sentence shall not be construed to prohibit the Board from rejecting any application solely because the other financial arrangements are considered unsatisfactory. The Board shall consider transactions involving bank stock loans for the formation of a one-bank holding company having a maturity of twelve years or more on a case by case basis and no such transaction shall be approved if the Board believes the safety or soundness of the bank may be jeopardized.
Consideration of the managerial resources of a company or bank under paragraph (2) shall include consideration of the competence, experience, and integrity of the officers, directors, and principal shareholders of the company or bank.
In every case, the Board shall take into consideration the effectiveness of the company or companies in combatting money laundering activities, including in overseas branches.
In every case, the Board shall take into consideration the extent to which a proposed acquisition, merger, or consolidation would result in greater or more concentrated risks to the stability of the United States banking or financial system.
The Board may approve an application under this section by a bank holding company that is well capitalized and well managed to acquire control of, or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, a bank located in a State other than the home State of such bank holding company, without regard to whether such transaction is prohibited under the law of any State.
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Board may not approve an application pursuant to such subparagraph that would have the effect of permitting an out-of-State bank holding company to acquire a bank in a host State that has not been in existence for the minimum period of time, if any, specified in the statutory law of the host State.
Notwithstanding clause (i), the Board may approve, pursuant to subparagraph (A), the acquisition of a bank that has been in existence for at least 5 years without regard to any longer minimum period of time specified in a statutory law of the host State.
For purposes of this subsection, a bank that has been chartered solely for the purpose of, and does not open for business prior to, acquiring control of, or acquiring all or substantially all of the assets of, an existing bank shall be deemed to have been in existence for the same period of time as the bank to be acquired.
The Board may not approve an application pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) if the applicant (including all insured depository institutions which are affiliates of the applicant) controls, or upon consummation of the acquisition for which such application is filed would control, more than 10 percent of the total amount of deposits of insured depository institutions in the United States.
No provision of this subsection shall be construed as affecting the authority of any State to limit, by statute, regulation, or order, the percentage of the total amount of deposits of insured depository institutions in the State which may be held or controlled by any bank or bank holding company (including all insured depository institutions which are affiliates of the bank or bank holding company) to the extent the application of such limitation does not discriminate against out-of-State banks, out-of-State bank holding companies, or subsidiaries of such banks or holding companies.
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “deposit” has the same meaning as in section 1813(l) of this title.
Every bank that is a holding company and every bank that is a subsidiary of such a company shall become and remain an insured depository institution as defined in section 1813 of this title.
Notwithstanding any provision of Federal law other than this chapter, a savings bank or cooperative bank operating in mutual form may reorganize so as to form a holding company.
A bank holding company organized as a mutual holding company shall be regulated on terms, and shall be subject to limitations, comparable to those applicable to any other bank holding company.
Section 1823(f)(8)(D) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), which defined “bank in danger of closing”, was repealed by Pub. L. 101–73, title II, § 217(5)(H),
2010—Subsec. (c)(7). Pub. L. 111–203, § 604(d), added par. (7).
Subsec. (d)(1)(A). Pub. L. 111–203, § 607(a), substituted “well capitalized and well managed” for “adequately capitalized and adequately managed”.
2006—Subsec. (d)(1)(D)(iii). Pub. L. 109–173 substituted “Deposit Insurance Fund” for “appropriate deposit insurance fund”.
2004—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 108–386 struck out “or a District bank” after “national banking association” in first sentence.
2001—Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 107–56 added par. (6).
1999—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106–102, § 118, amended subsec. (f) generally, substituting “(f) [Repealed].” for provisions relating to authorized activities of qualified savings banks which are subsidiaries of bank holding companies.
Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 106–102, § 105, amended heading and text of par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “A corporation organized as a holding company under this subsection shall be regulated on the same terms and be subject to the same limitations as any other holding company which controls a savings bank.”
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–325, § 319(a), substituted “(B)” for “or (B)” and added subpar. (C).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–328 amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: “Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no application (except an application filed as a result of a transaction authorized under section 1823(f) of this title) shall be approved under this section which will permit any bank holding company or any subsidiary thereof to acquire, directly or indirectly, any voting shares of, interest in, or all or substantially all of the assets of any additional bank located outside the State in which the operations of such bank holding company’s banking subsidiaries were principally conducted on
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–325, § 322(c)(1), struck out after first sentence “This subsection does not apply to a bank described in the last sentence of section 1841(c) of this title.”
1991—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–242, § 202(d), inserted heading, inserted par. (1) designation and heading, redesignated former pars. (1) and (2) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, inserted par. (2) designation and heading, added par. (3), and inserted par. (4) designation and heading.
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 102–242, § 210, added par. (5).
1989—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101–73, which directed the substitution of “an insured depository institution as defined in section 1813 of this title” for “an insured bank as defined in section 1813(h) of this title”, was executed by making the substitution for “an insured bank as such term is defined in section 1813(h) of this title”, as the probable intent of Congress.
1987—Pub. L. 100–86, § 509(a), repealed Pub. L. 97–320, § 141. See 1982 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–86, § 502(h)(1), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 100–86, § 101(d), added subsec. (f).
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 100–86, § 107(b), added subsec. (g).
1982—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97–320, § 118(c), inserted “(except an application filed as a result of a transaction authorized under section 1823(f) of this title)” after “no application”.
Pub. L. 97–320, § 141(a)(4), which directed that, effective
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 97–320, § 404(d)(2), inserted “This subsection does not apply to a bank described in the last sentence of section 1841(c) of this title.”
1980—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–221, § 713, inserted provisions relating to applications for the formation of one-bank holding companies.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–221, § 712(b), (c), temporarily designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2). See Termination Date of 1980 Amendment note set out below.
1977—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–188, § 301(a), authorized the Board to extend the time for disposition of acquired shares for not more than one year at a time and three years in the aggregate.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–188, § 302, inserted provision for alternative submission of views and recommendations within ten calendar days of the date on which notice is given if the Board advises the appropriate supervisory authority that an emergency exists requiring expeditious action, substituted “shall, by order,” for “shall by order” and inserted provisions respecting procedure in emergencies or probable failures requiring immediate Board action and orders.
1970—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–607, § 102(1), inserted provision deeming acquisition of bank shares after
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91–607, § 102(2), inserted provision deeming an application for approval as granted where Board has not acted on application within 91 day period beginning on date of submission to Board of complete record on application.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 91–607, § 102(3), added subsec. (e).
1966—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–485, § 7(a), (b), expanded the list of acts requiring prior approval of the Board by including therein any action that causes a bank to become a subsidiary of a bank holding company and substituted provisions excepting shares that are held under a trust that constitutes a company as defined in section 1841(b) of this title and excepting shares as provided in pars. (2) and (3) of section 1841(g) of this title from the effect of the clause lifting the requirements of prior Board approved in the case of shares acquired by a bank in good faith in a fiduciary capacity for provisions excepting shares held for the benefit of the shareholders of a bank from the effect of the clause.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89–485, § 7(c), inserted provision prohibiting any acquisition, merger, or consolidation that would result in a monopoly or would further any combination or conspiracy to monopolize the banking business in any part of the United States or would substantially lessen competition or in any manner be in restraint of trade unless the public interest clearly outweighed the anticompetitive effects and substituted provisions requiring the Board to take into consideration the financial and managerial resources and future prospects of the company or bank concerned and the convenience and needs of the community to be served for provisions requiring the Board to take into consideration the financial history of the company or bank concerned, its prospects, the character of its management, the needs of the community, and the public interest.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 89–485, § 7(d), substituted provisions restricting expansion to state in which the operations of the bank holding company’s banking subsidiaries were principally conducted, defined, as that state in which total deposits of all such banking subsidiaries were largest, on
Amendment by section 604(d) of Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the transfer date, see section 604(j) of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 1462 of this title.
Amendment by section 607(a) of Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the transfer date, see section 607(c) of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 1831u of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 109–173 effective
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–386 effective
Pub. L. 107–56, title III, § 327(a)(2),
Amendment by Pub. L. 106–102 effective 120 days after
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–328 effective at end of 1-year period beginning on
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–221 repealed on
No amendment made by section 141(a) of Pub. L. 97–320, set out as a note under section 1464 of this title, as in effect before
No amendment made by section 141(a) of Pub. L. 97–320, set out as a note under section 1464 of this title, as in effect on the day before
Section 141(a) of Pub. L. 97–320, set out as a note under section 1464 of this title, as in effect on the day after