Title 12 of the United States Code
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Title 12 of the United States Code outlines the role of Bank
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Bank
A bank is a financial institution that serves as a financial intermediary. The term "bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities:...
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United States Code
The Code of Laws of the United States of America is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal laws of the United States...
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- The Comptroller of the CurrencyOffice of the Comptroller of the CurrencyThe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a US federal agency established by the National Currency Act of 1863 and serves to charter, regulate, and supervise all national banks and the federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States...
: National Banks: Federal Reserve SystemFederal Reserve SystemThe Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913 with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, largely in response to a series of financial panics, particularly a severe panic in 1907...
: TaxationTaxation in the United StatesThe United States is a federal republic with autonomous state and local governments. Taxes are imposed in the United States at each of these levels. These include taxes on income, property, sales, imports, payroll, estates and gifts, as well as various fees.Taxes are imposed on net income of...
: Crimes And Offenses: Foreign Banking: Export-Import Bank of the United StatesExport-Import Bank of the United StatesThe Export-Import Bank of the United States is the official export credit agency of the United States federal government. It was established in 1934 by an executive order, and made an independent agency in the Executive branch by Congress in 1945, for the purposes of financing and insuring...
: Farm Credit AdministrationFarm Credit AdministrationThe Farm Credit Administration is an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the United States Government. It regulates and examines the banks, associations, and related entities of the Farm Credit System, a network of borrower-owned financial institutions that provide credit to farmers,...
: Agricultural Marketing: Regional Agricultural Credit Corporations: Adjustment and Cancellation of Farm Loans: National Agricultural Credit Corporations: Local Agricultural-Credit Corporations, Livestock-Loan Companies and Like Organizations; Loans to Individuals to Aid in Formation or to Increase Capital Stock: Federal Home Loan BanksFederal Home Loan BanksThe Federal Home Loan Banks are 12 U.S. government-sponsored banks that provide stable, on-demand, low-cost funding to American financial institutions for home mortgage loans, small business, rural, agricultural, and economic development lending...
: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation: Savings Associations: National Housing: Federal Credit Unions: Federal Loan Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a United States government corporation created by the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933. It provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks, currently up to $250,000 per depositor per bank. , the FDIC insures deposits at...
: Bank Holding Companies: Bank Service Companies: Security Measures for Banks and Savings Associations: Credit Control: Financial Recordkeeping: Tying Arrangements: Farm Credit SystemFarm Credit SystemThe Farm Credit System is a federally chartered network of cooperatives and related service organizations that lends to agricultural producers, rural homeowners, farm-related businesses, and agricultural, aquatic, and public utility cooperatives in the United States...
: Federal Financing Bank: National Commission on Electronic Fund Transfers: Disposition of Abandoned Money Orders and Traveler's Checks: Real Estate Settlement Procedures: Emergency Mortgage Relief: Home Mortgage DisclosureHome Mortgage Disclosure ActThe United States Home Mortgage Disclosure Act was passed in 1975. It requires financial institutions to maintain and annually disclose data about home purchases, home purchase pre-approvals, home improvement, and refinance applications involving 1 to 4 unit and multifamily dwellings...
: Community ReinvestmentCommunity Reinvestment ActThe Community Reinvestment Act is a United States federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to help meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods...
: National Consumer Cooperative Bank: Foreign Bank Participation in Domestic Markets: Depository institution Management Interlocks: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council: Appraisal Subcommittee of Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council: Right to Financial PrivacyRight to Financial Privacy ActThe Right to Financial Privacy Act is a United States federal law that gives the customers of financial institutions the right to some level of privacy from government searches. Before the Act was passed, the United States government did not have to tell customers that it was accessing their...
: Depository Institutions Deregulation and Financial Regulation Simplification: Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank: Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure: Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure: Alternative Mortgage Transactions: International Lending Supervision: Expedited Funds Availability: Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership: Actions Against Persons Committing Bank Fraud Crimes: Truth in SavingsTruth in Savings ActThe Truth in Savings Act is a United States federal law that was passed on December 19, 1991. It was part of the larger Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 and is implemented by Regulation DD...
: Payment System Risk Reduction: Government Sponsored Enterprises: Community Development Banking: Financial Institutions Regulatory Improvement: Homeowners Protection
External links
- U.S. Code Title 12, via United States Government Printing OfficeUnited States Government Printing OfficeThe United States Government Printing Office is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States federal government. The office prints documents produced by and for the federal government, including the Supreme Court, the Congress, the Executive Office of the President, executive...
- U.S. Code Title 12, via Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...