Tennessee Code Title 45. Banks and Financial Institutions § 45-2-1901

(1) “Control” has the meaning set forth in 12 U.S.C. § 1841(a)(2);

(2) “Credit card state bank” means a state bank chartered under the laws of Tennessee and whose principal office is in this state and the activities of which are limited to those permitted under § 45-2-1902;

(4) “Domestic lender” means any bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union organized and supervised under the laws of this state or the United States, that has its principal place of business in this state or any other business organization that is authorized by law to accept deposits and make loans and has its principal place of business in this state;

(5) “Foreign lender” means any bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, credit union, organized or chartered under the laws of the United States, or any state other than this state, or the District of Columbia, that has its principal place of business outside this state, or any other business organization that is authorized by law to accept deposits and make commercial loans and has its principal place of business outside this state;

(6) “Holding company” means any company that controls a domestic or foreign lender; and

(7) “Qualifying organization” means a corporation, partnership, or other entity that at all times maintains an office in this state, at which it employs at least one hundred (100) persons residing in this state, and that is directly engaged in providing the following services, either for the qualifying organization or on behalf of other domestic or foreign lenders or credit card state banks: