12 U.S.C. § 3902 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 12. Banks and Banking § 3902. Definitions

(A) bank holding companies and any nonbank subsidiary thereof;

(B) Edge Act corporations organized under section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act; and

(C) Agreement Corporations operating under section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act; and

(B) to the extent determined by the appropriate Federal banking agency, any agency or branch of a foreign bank, and any commercial lending company owned or controlled by one or more foreign banks or companies that control a foreign bank as those terms are defined in the International Banking Act of 1978. The term “banking institution” shall not include a foreign bank.