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New York Consolidated Laws, Banking Law - BNK § 712. Application for a student loan servicer license;  fees

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. The application for a license to engage in the business of servicing student loans shall be in writing, under oath, and in the form prescribed by the superintendent.  Notwithstanding article three of the state technology law or any other law to the contrary, the superintendent may require that an application for a license or any other submission or application for approval as may be required by this article be made or executed by electronic means if he or she deems it necessary to ensure the efficient and effective administration of this article.  The application shall include a description of the activities of the applicant, in such detail and for such periods as the superintendent may require;  including:

(a) an affirmation of financial solvency noting such capitalization requirements as may be required by the superintendent, and access to such credit as may be required by the superintendent;

(b) a financial statement prepared by a certified public accountant, the accuracy of which is sworn to under oath before a notary public by an officer or other representative of the applicant who is authorized to execute such documents;

(c) an affirmation that the applicant, or its members, officers, partners, directors and principals as may be appropriate, are at least twenty-one years of age;

(d) information as to the character, fitness, financial and business responsibility, background and experiences of the applicant, or its members, officers, partners, directors and principals as may be appropriate;

(e) any additional detail or information required by the superintendent.

2. An application to become a licensed student loan servicer or any application with respect to a student loan servicer shall be accomplished by a fee as prescribed pursuant to section eighteen-a of this chapter.

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