Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXV. Business and Financial Institutions § 286.3-187.Bank acting as agent of another financial institution; filing; commissioner’s approval; scope of activities

(1) Except as set forth in subsection (7) of this section, with prior approval of the commissioner and upon compliance with the requirements of this section, any state bank may agree to receive deposits, renew time deposits, close loans, service loans, receive payments on loans and other obligations, and perform other services as may be authorized by administrative regulations, as an agent for any national bank, savings and loan, or savings bank having its principal office in Kentucky or any state bank.

(2) A state bank that proposes to enter into an agency agreement under this section shall file with the commissioner, at least thirty (30) days before the effective date of the agreement:

(3) The commissioner shall decide whether to approve the agency agreement within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the notice required by subsection (2) of this section; except if the commissioner requests additional information after receiving such notice, the time limit for the commissioner's decision shall be thirty (30) days after receiving the additional information.

(4) The commissioner may order a state bank to cease acting as an agent or principal under any agency agreement with a state bank or a national bank, savings and loan, or savings bank having its principal office in Kentucky that the commissioner finds to be inconsistent with safe and sound banking practices.

(5) A state bank acting as an agent for a state bank or a national bank, savings and loan, or savings bank having its principal office in Kentucky in accordance with this section shall not be considered to be a branch of that institution.

(6) Except as set forth in subsection (7) of this section, a state bank may act as an agent for a national bank, savings and loan, or savings bank having its principal office outside Kentucky to the same extent it could act were it operating as a national bank at the time.

(7) Nothing in this section authorizes a state bank to conduct any activity as an agent under this section which the bank is not permitted to conduct as a principal under any applicable federal or state law.