N.Y. Banking Law Section 202
Rates of interest

  • installment obligations
  • personal loan departments
  • effect of usury

Branches and agencies of foreign banking corporations licensed to do business in this state may make loans and offer extensions of credit to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as banks and trust companies may make loans and extend credit pursuant to the provisions of subdivisions four-a and five of § 103 (Restrictions on loans, purchases of securities and total liabilities to bank or trust company of any one person)section one hundred three of this chapter and § 108 (Rates of interest)section one hundred eight of this chapter. Without limiting the foregoing, a foreign banking corporation licensed pursuant to article 2 (Department of Financial Services)article two of this chapter to maintain one or more branches or agencies in this state, may, in pursuance of its otherwise lawful powers under this chapter, take, receive, reserve or charge on any loan or discount made, or upon any note, bill of exchange or other evidence of debt, negotiable or otherwise, interest at such rate and such other charges and fees as a bank or trust company shall be permitted to charge under the provisions of the laws of this state or the laws of the United States, with respect to the same class or classes of loans or transactions to which such rate or such charges and fees shall be applicable.

Source: Section 202 — Rates of interest; installment obligations; personal loan departments; effect of usury, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/BNK/202 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

200
When foreign banking corporation may transact business in this state
200–A
Actions maintained by a foreign banking corporation
200–B
Actions maintained against foreign banking corporation
200–C
Maintenance of books, accounts and records
201
Conditions to be complied with by foreign banking corporations applying for initial license
201–A
Rights and privileges of foreign banking corporation under license
201–B
Fiduciary powers of foreign banking corporations
201–C
Notice of acquisition of control or merger
202
Rates of interest
202–A
Restrictions on receiving deposits
202–B
Maintenance of assets in this state
202–C
Reserves against deposits
202–D
Foreign banking corporation may not maintain both agencies and branches in this state
202–F
Restrictions on loans, purchases of securities and total liabilities of any one person to New York branch or agency of foreign bank
202–G
Succession to agency by branch and to branch by agency
202–H
Repayment of deposits standing in the names of minors, trustees, joint depositors or custodians
202–I
Safe deposit business of branches
202–J
Power to act as trustee under self-employed retirement trust or individual retirement trust
203
Change of location, name or business
204
Reports of foreign banking corporations
204–A
Payment of claims by foreign banking corporations where adverse claim is asserted
206
Termination of existence
207
Service of process on unlicensed corporation formed under laws other than the statutes of this state
208
Nondiscriminatory treatment of insured state banks and national banks
209
Restrictions on executive officers of foreign banking corporations and national banks

Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 202’s source at nysenate​.gov

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