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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86656</law_id><section_number>6.2-800</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>51.1-124.33</reference><reference>6.2-1047</reference><reference>6.2-105</reference><reference>6.2-1060</reference><reference>6.2-1142</reference><reference>6.2-1405</reference><reference>6.2-1602</reference><reference>6.2-300</reference><reference>6.2-818.1</reference><reference>6.2-862</reference><reference>6.2-863</reference><reference>6.2-939</reference><reference>6.2-947</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Banks</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;Bank&#x201D; means a corporation authorized by <span class="dictionary">statute</span> to accept deposits and to hold itself out to the public as engaged in the banking business in the Commonwealth.
		&#x201C;Bankers&#x2019; bank&#x201D; means a bank whose shares are owned exclusively by either (i) <span class="dictionary">financial institutions</span> that have or are eligible for insurance of deposits by a federal agency or (ii) <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span> holding companies as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/6.2-700/">6.2-700</a> or savings institution holding companies as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/6.2-1100/">6.2-1100</a> owning any <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span> described in clause (i), provided that no such <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span> or holding company owns, directly or indirectly, more than five percent of the issued and outstanding voting shares of any bankers&#x2019; bank.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Bank holding company</span>&#x201D; means any corporation (i) that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, 25 percent or more of the voting shares of one or more <span class="dictionary">banks</span> or of a corporation that is or becomes a <span class="dictionary">bank holding company</span> by virtue of this definition, (ii) that controls in any manner the election of a majority of the directors of one or more <span class="dictionary">banks</span>, or (iii) for the benefit of whose shareholders or members 25 percent or more of the voting shares of one or more <span class="dictionary">banks</span> or bank holding companies is held by trustees. For the purpose of this definition, any successor to any such corporation shall be deemed to be a <span class="dictionary">bank holding company</span> from the date as of which such successor corporation becomes a <span class="dictionary">bank holding company</span>. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) a bank shall not be a <span class="dictionary">bank holding company</span> by virtue of its ownership or control of shares in a fiduciary capacity except where such shares are held for the benefit of the shareholders of such <span class="dictionary">banks</span>, (b) a corporation shall not be a <span class="dictionary">bank holding company</span> by virtue of its ownership or control of its shares acquired by it in connection with its underwriting of securities and which are held only for such period of time as will permit the sale thereof upon a reasonable basis, (c) a corporation formed for the sole purpose of participating in a proxy solicitation shall not be a <span class="dictionary">bank holding company</span> by virtue of its control of voting rights or shares acquired in the course of such solicitation, and (d) a corporation shall not be a <span class="dictionary">bank holding company</span> if at least 80 percent of its total <span class="dictionary">assets</span> are composed of holdings in the field of agriculture.
		&#x201C;Community and economic development <span class="dictionary">entity</span>&#x201D; has the meaning assigned to it in 12 C.F.R. &#xA7;&#xA0;24.2.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Community-based economic development</span>&#x201D; means activities that (i) seek to address economic development through affordable housing development or the rehabilitation of qualified rehabilitated buildings or certified historic structures or (ii) seek to address economic causes of poverty in specific geographic areas by revitalizing the economic and social base of low-income communities through activities that include (a) small business and micro-enterprise support; (b) commercial, industrial, and retail revitalization, retention, and expansion; (c) capacity development and technical assistance support for <span class="dictionary">community development corporations</span>; (d) employment and training efforts; (e) human resource development; and (f) social service enterprises.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Community development corporation</span>&#x201D; means a private, nonprofit corporation whose board of directors is composed primarily of community representatives or business, civic, and community leaders and whose principal purpose includes the provision of housing, <span class="dictionary">community-based economic development</span> projects, and social services that primarily benefit low-income individuals and communities.
		&#x201C;Community development project&#x201D; has the meaning assigned to it in 12 C.F.R. &#xA7;&#xA0;24.2.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">FDIC</span>&#x201D; means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">International banking facility</span>&#x201D; means a set of <span class="dictionary">assets</span> and liability accounts segregated on the books and records of the bank, or an adjacent or other subsidiary that includes only <span class="dictionary">international banking facility</span> time deposits and <span class="dictionary">international banking facility</span> extensions of credit. The facility may either be located within Virginia or outside the territorial United States. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">International banking facility</span>&#x201D; has the meaning assigned to it by the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the United States or the regulations of the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve System.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Public welfare investment</span>&#x201D; means any investment permitted by 12 C.F.R. &#xA7;&#xA0;24.3.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Rural business investment company</span>&#x201D; means a company that has been granted final approval by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and has entered a participation agreement with the Secretary under 7 U.S.C. &#xA7;&#xA0;2009cc-3(e).
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">State bank</span>&#x201D; means a bank incorporated under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth and that has its principal place of business in the Commonwealth.
		&#x201C;Tax <span class="dictionary">equity</span> finance transaction&#x201D; has the meaning assigned to it in 12 C.F.R. &#xA7;&#xA0;7.1025(b).
		&#x201C;Trust business&#x201D; has the meaning assigned to it in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/6.2-1000/">6.2-1000</a>.
		&#x201C;Trust company&#x201D; has the meaning assigned to it in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/6.2-1000/">6.2-1000</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 6-6, 6-27.1, 6-66; 1962, c. 404; 1966, c. 584, &#xA7;&#xA7; 6.1-4, 6.1-80; 1974, c. 665; 1982, c. 411; 1983, c. 453, &#xA7; 6.1-11.2; 1987, c. 556; 1989, cc. 376, 650, &#xA7; 6.1-6.1; 1993, cc. 182, 432; 1994, c. 7; 1996, cc. 218, 306; 2006, c. 633; 2010, c. 794; 2023, cc. 543, 544.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
