Deposit Broker Law and Legal Definition
According to 12 USCS § 1831f (1), the term deposit broker means--
“ (A) any person engaged in the business of placing deposits, or facilitating the placement of deposits, of third parties with insured depository institutions or the business of placing deposits with insured depository institutions for the purpose of selling interests in those deposits to third parties; and
(B) an agent or trustee who established a deposit account to facilitate a business arrangement with an insured depository institution to use the proceeds of the account to fund a prearranged loan.
(2) Exclusions. The term "deposit broker" does not include--
(A) an insured depository institution, with respect to funds placed with that depository institution;
(B) an employee of an insured depository institution, with respect to funds placed with the employing depository institution;
(C) a trust department of an insured depository institution, if the trust in question has not been established for the primary purpose of placing funds with insured depository institutions;
(D) the trustee of a pension or other employee benefit plan, with respect to funds of the plan;
(E) a person acting as a plan administrator or an investment adviser in connection with a pension plan or other employee benefit plan provided that that person is performing managerial functions with respect to the plan;
(F) the trustee of a testamentary account;
(G) the trustee of an irrevocable trust (other than one described in paragraph (1)(B)), as long as the trust in question has not been established for the primary purpose of placing funds with insured depository institutions;
(H) a trustee or custodian of a pension or profitsharing plan qualified under section 401(d) or 403(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [26 USCS § 401(d) or 403(a)]; or
(I) an agent or nominee whose primary purpose is not the placement of funds with depository institutions.”
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Related Legal Terms
- Advanced Premium Deposit
- Affiliate of a Futures Commission Merchant, Commodity Trading Advisor, Commodity Pool Operator or Introducing Broker
- American Depositary Receipt
- American Depository Receipt
- Apex Deposition
- Application for a Deposit Facility [Banks & Banking]
- Area Management Broker [AMB]
- Associated Person of a Broker or Dealer
- Automated Broker Interface
- Bank Deposit
