California Code, Financial Code - FIN § 18021

(a) An industrial loan company shall not deposit its funds except with a bank, trust company, or savings association authorized to do business in this state, except as provided in subdivision (b).

(b) An industrial loan company which is insured, as that term is defined in Section 18003.5, may also deposit its funds in an out-of-state financial institution, the accounts of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

(c) Funds deposited in an out-of-state financial institution shall not in any case exceed the applicable amount of federal deposit insurance.

(d) The depository shall be approved by a majority vote of the board of directors or the executive committee, exclusive of the vote of any director who is an officer, director, trustee, or shareholder of the depository so designated. An out-of-state savings association subject to the Management Consignment Program of the Office of Thrift Supervision shall not be used as a depository.

(e) An industrial loan company shall furnish an authorization for disclosure to the commissioner of the financial records of deposits pursuant to Section 7473 of the Government Code. No deposit shall be made in an out-of-state financial institution unless that institution agrees in writing to disclose financial records of the industrial loan company to the commissioner.