The Financial Institutions Emergency Acquisitions Amendments of 1986: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2372 ... May 13 and 14, 1986

Front Cover
 

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 127 - Which owns or controls, directly or indirectly, either a majority of the shares of capital stock of a member bank or more than 50 per centum Statutes at Large, XLVIII, 162.
Page 130 - Board, be assessed against such bank and, when so assessed, shall be paid by such bank. In the event of the refusal to give any information requested in the course of the examination of any such affiliate, or in the event of the refusal to permit such examination, or in the event of the refusal to pay any expense so assessed, the...
Page 128 - Provided, That in making the examination of any national bank the examiners shall include such an examination of the affairs of all its affiliates other than member banks as shall be necessary to disclose fully the relations between such bank and such affiliates and the effect of such relations upon the affairs of such bank...
Page 173 - To exercise by its board of directors, or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing and circulating notes according to the provisions of this Title.
Page 173 - The object of the restrictions was obviously threefold. It was to keep the capital of the banks flowing in the daily channels of commerce ; to deter them from embarking in hazardous real estate speculations, and to prevent the accumulation of large masses of such property in their hands, to be held, as it were, in mortmain.
Page 127 - Each national banking association shall obtain from each of its affiliates other than member banks and furnish to the Comptroller of the Currency not less than three reports during each year, in such form as the Comptroller may prescribe, verified by the oath or affirmation of the president or such other officer as may be designated by the board of directors of such affiliate to verify such reports, disclosing the...
Page 176 - Left unchecked, the trend toward the combining of banking and business could lead to the formation of a relatively small number of power centers dominating the American economy. This must not be permitted to happen; it would be bad for banking, bad for business, and bad for borrowers and consumers. The strength of our economic system is rooted in diversity and free competition; the strength of our banking system depends largely on its independence. Banking must not dominate commerce or be dominated...
Page 128 - Board made pursuant thereto, it shall be within the power of the board after hearing to require such bank to surrender its stock in the Federal reserve bank and to forfeit all rights and privileges of membership. The Federal Reserve Board may restore membership upon due proof of compliance with the conditions imposed by this section.
Page 172 - From December 20, 1831, when banking privileges were conferred on the West Feliciana and Woodville railroad, until the crash came in 1837, Mississippi was gridironed with imaginary railroads and beridden with railroad banks. In these enterprises there was more watered stock sold than there were cross-ties laid; reckless speculation brooked nothing as prosaic as the actual construction of railroads, on the successful operation of which it was supposed fabulous dividends would be declared.
Page 127 - ... (4) Which owns or controls, directly or indirectly, either a majority of the shares of capital stock of a member bank or more than 50 per centum of the number of shares voted for the election of directors of...

Bibliographic information