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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64462</law_id><section_number>6.2-809</section_number><catch_line>Bankers&amp;#8217; banks</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-874</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="2">Incorporation and Powers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">bank</span> may be incorporated as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Incorporation; corporate powers" href="/6.2-808/">6.2-808</a> for the purpose of becoming a bankers&#x2019; <span class="dictionary">bank</span>. <a id="paragraph-234585" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-809/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except as specifically provided in this section or by regulation or <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, a bankers&#x2019; <span class="dictionary">bank</span> shall be vested with all of the powers and subject to all of the restrictions imposed upon a <span class="dictionary">bank</span>. <a id="paragraph-234586" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-809/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Notwithstanding any other provision in this title to the contrary, a bankers&#x2019; <span class="dictionary">bank</span> shall only accept deposits from or make loans to (i) a <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span> which has or is eligible for insurance of deposits by a federal agency, (ii) a <span class="dictionary">bank</span> in organization that has applied for insurance of deposits by a federal agency, (iii) a <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span> holding company as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/6.2-700/">6.2-700</a> or a savings institution holding company as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/6.2-1100/">6.2-1100</a> owning an <span class="dictionary">entity</span> described in clause (i) or (ii), (iv) the officers, directors and employees of any such <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span>, <span class="dictionary">bank</span> in organization or holding company, (v) any <span class="dictionary">person</span> referred to a bankers&#x2019; <span class="dictionary">bank</span> by a <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span> or by a <span class="dictionary">bank</span> in organization that has applied for insurance of deposits by a federal agency, or (vi), with the prior approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> and subject to such conditions as the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may impose, other <span class="dictionary">persons</span>. <a id="paragraph-234587" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-809/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A bankers&#x2019; bank may form a <span class="dictionary">bank holding company</span> upon compliance with the provisions of Chapter 7 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/6.2-700/">6.2-700</a> et seq.) and any applicable federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-234588" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-809/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> A bankers&#x2019; bank may purchase investments or securities of governments or private corporations which are traded on the open market such as are authorized to any other bank organized under the provisions of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-234589" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-809/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1989, c. 650, &#xA7; 6.1-6.1; 1996, c. 218; 2006, c. 633; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
