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NH Rev Stat § 384-F:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:15 - Fiduciary Activities.

    384-F:15 Fiduciary Activities. –||I. No foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain a New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency shall engage in fiduciary activities at such office unless such foreign bank shall have first obtained a certificate of authority from the commissioner to engage in fiduciary activities at such office.||II. An application to obtain a certificate of authority to engage in fiduciary activities shall be in such form and contain such information as the commissioner requires by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, and shall be accompanied by an application fee of $1,500. The commissioner shall issue a certificate of authority to engage in fiduciary activities to a foreign bank making an application under this section if he or she finds that such foreign bank will exercise fiduciary powers in accordance with the laws and rules of this state.||III. A foreign bank which holds a certificate of authority issued under this section may engage at its New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency in fiduciary activities to the same extent and in the same manner as if such foreign bank were a New Hampshire state bank.||IV. A foreign bank which holds a certificate of authority issued under this section shall file all such reports, pay all fees in accordance with the requirements of RSA 384-F:30, and be subject to examination and supervision as the commissioner may determine by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.||V. The commissioner may suspend or revoke a certificate to engage in fiduciary activities issued under this section if he or she finds:||(a) That conditions exist which would authorize the commissioner under this chapter to revoke or suspend such foreign bank's license to establish and maintain a New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency; or||(b) Any fact or condition exists which, if it had existed at the time of the foreign bank's original application to obtain a certificate of authority to engage in fiduciary activities, would have resulted in the commissioner refusing to issue such certificate of authority to the foreign bank.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:16 - Authority to Act as Agent.

    384-F:16 Authority to Act as Agent. –||I. A New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency of a foreign bank licensed under this chapter may receive deposits, renew time deposits, close loans, service loans, and receive payments on loans and other obligations as an agent for any depository institution affiliate of such foreign bank, including branch, agency, and other offices of the same foreign bank located in other states, generally in accordance with the same terms, conditions, procedures, and requirements that are applicable under the laws and rules of this state to such agency activities that may be conducted by New Hampshire state banks.||II. Notwithstanding any other provision of the laws or rules of this state, a New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency of a foreign bank acting in this state as an agent in accordance with the provisions of this section shall not be considered to be a branch of some other depository institution affiliate; provided, however, that no New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency shall be authorized by this section to act as agent for a branch or agency of an affiliated foreign bank other than the foreign bank which has been licensed to transact business in this state pursuant to this chapter.||III. A New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency of a foreign bank licensed under this chapter may not:||(a) Conduct any activity as an agent under this section which such office is prohibited from conducting as a principal under any applicable federal or state law, including but not limited to the acceptance of impermissible deposits; or||(b) As a principal, have an agent conduct any activity under this section which such office is prohibited from conducting under any applicable federal or state law, including but not limited to, the acceptance of impermissible deposits.||IV. An agency relationship between a New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency of a foreign bank licensed under this chapter and a depository institution affiliate or other affiliate of such foreign bank shall in any event be on terms that are consistent with safe and sound banking practices and all applicable rules and orders of the commissioner.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:17 - Representative Office of Foreign Banks; Necessity of Licensure.

    384-F:17 Representative Office of Foreign Banks;  Necessity of Licensure. –||I. No foreign bank shall establish or maintain a New Hampshire state representative office unless such foreign bank is licensed by the commissioner to maintain such a New Hampshire representative office.||II. Nothing in paragraph I shall be deemed to prohibit a foreign bank which maintains a federal agency or federal branch in this state from establishing or maintaining one or more New Hampshire representative offices.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:18 - Representative Office; Application.

    384-F:18 Representative Office;  Application. –||I. The application for a license to establish and maintain a New Hampshire representative office shall be in writing under oath and shall be in such form and contain such information as the commissioner may require by rule, adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, or order. The application shall be accompanied by an application fee of $1,500.||II. Each application to establish and maintain a New Hampshire representative office shall include an instrument irrevocably appointing the commissioner or his or her successors in office to be such foreign bank's agent, representative, and attorney to receive service of any lawful judicial and administrative process in accordance with RSA 384-F:24.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:19 - Representative Office; Factors for Approval of Application.

    384-F:19 Representative Office;  Factors for Approval of Application. –||I. A foreign bank making an application for a license to establish and maintain a New Hampshire representative office shall deliver to the commissioner 2 duplicate originals of the foreign bank's application.||II. The commissioner shall issue a license to a foreign bank to establish and maintain a New Hampshire representative office if he or she finds:||(a) That the foreign bank is of good character and sound financial standing;||(b) That the management of the foreign bank and the proposed management of the New Hampshire representative office are adequate; and||(c) That the convenience and needs of persons to be served by the proposed New Hampshire representative office will be promoted.||III. If the commissioner determines to issue a license to a foreign bank to establish and maintain a New Hampshire representative office, he or she shall, when all fees have been paid as required under this chapter:||(a) Endorse on each application the date of the filing thereof;||(b) File in his or her office one of such duplicate originals of the application; and||(c) Issue a license to establish and maintain a New Hampshire representative office to such foreign bank.||A duplicate original of the license issued by the commissioner, along with a certified copy of the foreign bank's charter or articles of incorporation and amendments thereto shall be filed with the New Hampshire secretary of state before such representative office shall commence business in the state of New Hampshire. A copy of any certificate or similar document issued by the secretary of state in connection with such filing shall be forthwith filed with the commissioner.||IV. Each license issued to a foreign bank to establish and maintain a New Hampshire representative office shall state fully the name of the foreign bank to which such license is issued, the address or addresses at which such New Hampshire representative office is to be located and all such other information as the commissioner may require under rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:20 - Representative Office; Permissible Activities.

    384-F:20 Representative Office;  Permissible Activities. –||I. A foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain a New Hampshire representative office may, subject to such rules as the commissioner may adopt pursuant to RSA 541-A, engage in the following activities:||(a) Solicitation for loans and in connection therewith the assembly of credit information, making of property inspections and appraisals, securing of title information, preparation of applications for loans including making recommendations with respect to action thereon, solicitation of investors to purchase loans from the foreign bank, and the search for such investors to contract with the foreign bank for servicing of such loans;||(b) The solicitation of new business;||(c) The conduct of research; and||(d) Back office administrative functions as may be more specifically defined in rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A.||Any other activity which the foreign bank seeks to conduct at such office shall be subject to the prior written approval of the commissioner by general rule or upon application in such form as the commissioner shall require by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A or order.||II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, a New Hampshire representative office that is a regional administrative office of the foreign bank, as may be defined more fully by the commissioner in rules and orders, may engage in credit approval activities provided that the foreign bank (i) gives 45 days prior written notice to the commissioner; and (ii) the commissioner does not object within such 45 day period to the conduct of such activities by the New Hampshire representative office. Written notice under this paragraph shall be in such form and contain such information as the commissioner shall require by rule or order.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:21 - Representative Office; Revocation of License.

    384-F:21 Representative Office;  Revocation of License. –||The commissioner, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, may revoke a license to establish and maintain a New Hampshire representative office if he or she finds:||I. The foreign bank has violated any provision of this chapter or any other law or rule of this state; or||II. Any fact or condition exists which, if it had existed at the time of the foreign bank's original application for such license, would have resulted in the commissioner refusing to issue such license to the foreign bank.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:22 - Posting of License.

    384-F:22 Posting of License. –||Each foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain a New Hampshire state branch, New Hampshire state agency, or New Hampshire representative office shall post its license in a conspicuous place at such office.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:23 - Licenses Not Transferable.

    384-F:23 Licenses Not Transferable. –||No license issued by the commissioner in accordance with this chapter shall be transferable or assignable.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:24 - Appointment of Commissioner as Agent for Service of Process.

    384-F:24 Appointment of Commissioner as Agent for Service of Process. –||I. A foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain a New Hampshire state branch, New Hampshire state agency, or New Hampshire representative office shall file with the commissioner an instrument irrevocably appointing the commissioner and his or her successors in office to be such foreign bank's agent, representative, and attorney to receive service of any lawful process in any judicial or administrative proceeding against the foreign bank or any of its successors which arises out of the foreign bank's activities in this state after such appointment has been filed, with the same force and validity as if served directly on the foreign bank or its successor, as the case may be. Such appointment shall be in such form and contain such information as the commissioner may require by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A or order.||II. Any foreign bank which establishes a New Hampshire state branch, New Hampshire state agency, or New Hampshire representative office and which has not filed with the commissioner an instrument pursuant to paragraph I of this section shall be deemed by the establishment of such office to have appointed the commissioner as its agent, representative, and attorney to receive service of any lawful process in any judicial or administrative proceeding against the foreign bank or any of its successors which arises out of the foreign bank's activities in this state, with the same force and validity as if served directly on the foreign bank or its successor, as the case may be.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:25 - Service of Process.

    384-F:25 Service of Process. –||I. Service of any lawful process in any judicial or administrative proceeding against the foreign bank or any of its successors which arises out of the foreign bank's activities in this state shall be made on the commissioner by delivering to and leaving with him or her, or with any official having charge of his or her office, duplicate copies of such process, notice, or demand. If any process, notice, or demand is served on the commissioner, he or she shall immediately cause a copy thereof to be forwarded by registered mail addressed to such foreign bank at its principal office as the same appears in his or her records. Any service so had on the commissioner shall be returnable in not less than 30 days.||II. Nothing in this chapter limits or affects the right to serve any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a foreign corporation in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.||III. The commissioner shall keep a record of all processes, notices, and demands served upon him or her under this section and shall record therein the time of such service and his or her action with reference thereto.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:26 - Filing of Amendments to Articles of Incorporation.

    384-F:26 Filing of Amendments to Articles of Incorporation. –||A foreign bank which is licensed to maintain a New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency, whenever its articles of incorporation are amended, shall forthwith file with the commissioner a copy of such amendment duly authenticated by the proper officer of the country of such foreign bank's organization, but the filing thereof may not of itself enlarge or alter the purpose or purposes which such foreign bank is authorized to pursue in the transaction of its business in this state, nor authorize such foreign bank to transact business in this state under any name other than the name set forth in its license, nor extend the duration of its corporate existence.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:27 - Amended License to Establish and Maintain a Branch or Agency.

    384-F:27 Amended License to Establish and Maintain a Branch or Agency. –||I. A foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain a New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency must secure an amended license if it changes its corporate name, changes the duration of its corporate existence, or desires to pursue in this state other or additional purposes than those set forth in its prior application under this chapter for a license, by making application therefor to the commissioner.||II. The requirements with respect to the form and contents of an application under paragraph I, the manner of its execution, the filing of duplicate originals thereof with the commissioner, the issuance of an amended license, the application fees, and the effect thereof shall be the same as in the case of an initial application for a license to establish and maintain a New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:28 - Change of Control of Foreign Bank.

    384-F:28 Change of Control of Foreign Bank. –||A foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain a New Hampshire state branch, New Hampshire state agency, or New Hampshire representative office shall file with the commissioner a notice, in such form and containing such information as the commissioner may prescribe by rules adopted under RSA 541-A no later than 14 calendar days after such foreign bank becomes aware of any acquisition of control of such foreign bank or merger with another foreign bank.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:29 - Relocation of Office; Written Notice Necessary.

    384-F:29 Relocation of Office;  Written Notice Necessary. –||I. No foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain a New Hampshire state branch, New Hampshire state agency, or New Hampshire representative office shall relocate any such office unless the foreign bank provides prior written notice to the commissioner and the commissioner has approved such relocation.||II. Written notice provided by a foreign bank under this section shall be in such form and contain such information as the commissioner shall require by rules, adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, or order.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:30 - Examination; Payment of Fees.

    384-F:30 Examination;  Payment of Fees. –||I. A New Hampshire state branch, New Hampshire state agency, or New Hampshire representative office shall be subject to examination by the commissioner at such intervals and in such a manner as he or she shall establish by rule or order.||II. In conducting an examination pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall:||(a) Have full access to the offices, books, accounts, and records of each office located in this state as well as all of the books, accounts, and records maintained in this state of any office not located in this state of such foreign bank; and||(b) Have authority to require the attendance of and to examine under oath all persons whose testimony may be required relative to the activities of such office.||III. A foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain a New Hampshire state branch, New Hampshire state agency, or New Hampshire representative office shall be assessed an examination fee for the expenses incurred by the commissioner in making an examination of such office. The amount of the examination fee and the procedure for payment shall be the same as that prescribed for the cost of examinations under RSA 383:11.||IV. A foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain a New Hampshire state branch, New Hampshire state agency, or New Hampshire representative office shall be subject to all other fees and expenses to the same extent and in like amounts as such fees and expenses are payable by a New Hampshire bank or out-of-state bank under applicable New Hampshire law.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:32 - Reports.

    384-F:32 Reports. –||I. Each foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain a New Hampshire state branch, New Hampshire state agency, or New Hampshire representative office shall file with the commissioner such reports as and when the commissioner may require by rules, adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, or order.||II. Each report filed with the commissioner under this chapter or under any rule adopted or order issued under this chapter shall be in such form and contain such information, shall be signed in such manner, and shall be verified in such manner, as the commissioner may require by rules, adopted under RSA 541-A, or order.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 384-F:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Banks and Banking; Loan Associations; Credit Unions|Title 384-F - The New Hampshire International Banking Act|Section 384-F:33 - Confidentiality of Examination Reports.

    384-F:33 Confidentiality of Examination Reports. –||The confidentiality provisions of RSA 383:10-b shall apply to reports of examinations under this chapter.|||Source. 1997, 236:1, eff. July 1, 1997.|