2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 36a - The Banking Law of Connecticut
Chapter 664c - Fundamental Changes Involving Banks, Branches, Automated Teller Machines, Virtual Banking and Bank Holding Companies
Section 36a-155 - (Formerly Sec. 36-193b). Establishment and use of automated teller machines, satellite devices and point of sale terminals.
(a) One or more banks, Connecticut credit unions or federal credit unions may establish, and use on a transaction fee basis, automated teller machines that are not satellite devices within this state, and use on a transaction fee basis automated teller machines that are not satellite devices located within this state or established outside this state. One or more banks, Connecticut credit unions or federal credit unions may establish satellite devices within this state and one or more banks, Connecticut credit unions or federal credit unions may use on a transaction fee basis satellite devices located within this state or established outside this state. Any bank, Connecticut credit union or federal credit union may establish and use point of sale terminals. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the establishment or use of a point of sale terminal located within this state by a commercial establishment located within this state.
(b) The commissioner may adopt such regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of sections 36a-155 to 36a-159, inclusive, and section 36a-170. Such regulations may include, but shall not be limited to: (1) Requirements for the filing of information with the commissioner by any financial institution, network or processor in connection with (A) the establishment or use of automated teller machines, point of sale terminals or similar retail electronic banking facilities in this state, (B) the provision of virtual banking services in this state, and (C) the provision of network or processing services in this state; (2) provisions concerning services that may be provided at automated teller machines, point of sale terminals or similar retail electronic banking facilities located in this state, including services that may be offered on a proprietary basis; and (3) provisions concerning the safety of persons using automated teller machines or similar retail electronic banking facilities. As used in this subsection, “financial institution” means any bank, Connecticut credit union, federal credit union, out-of-state bank or out-of-state credit union authorized under Connecticut or federal law to accept deposits within this state, or any other person having a place of business in this state who holds an account belonging to a consumer and who agrees with the consumer to provide electronic fund transfer services subject to the provisions of 12 CFR Part 205, as from time to time amended, at automated teller machines, point of sale terminals or similar retail electronic banking facilities in this state; “account” means a demand deposit, savings deposit, share, member or other consumer asset account, held either directly or indirectly, and established primarily for personal, family or household purposes, including a line of credit extended to a consumer, but not including an occasional or incidental credit balance in a credit plan; “consumer” means a natural person residing in this state; “network” means one or more financial institutions or other persons that own and operate one or more network systems or facilities, or provide communications or processing services to one or more automated teller machines, point of sale terminals or similar retail electronic banking facilities located in this state; and “processor” means one or more persons that provide communications, processing, clearing, settlement or related services to one or more financial institutions in connection with the operation of one or more automated teller machines, point of sale terminals or similar retail electronic banking facilities located in this state.
(P.A. 75-373, S. 2, 9; P.A. 83-298, S. 2; 83-411, S. 8, 20; P.A. 86-158, S. 2, 5; P.A. 93-275, S. 2; P.A. 94-122, S. 68, 340; P.A. 95-49, S. 2; P.A. 97-157, S. 2, 3; P.A. 15-235, S. 43.)
History: P.A. 83-298 clarified that more than one banking institution may establish and use satellite devices; P.A. 83-411 provided for the use of satellite devices outside of this state on a transaction fee basis; P.A. 86-158 deleted the words “within this state”, to allow a banking institution to establish and use a point of sale terminal in other states and authorized the establishment or use of a point of sale terminal within this state by a domestic commercial establishment; P.A. 93-275 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added provision allowing the commissioner to consider the convenience and necessity to the public when making a decision re establishment and use of satellite devices and added Subsec. (b) re regulations; P.A. 94-122 expressly authorized banks and credit unions to establish and use on-site ATMs in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-193b transferred to Sec. 36a-155 in 1995; P.A. 95-49 amended Subsec. (b) to add reference to regulations pertinent to Sec. 36a-170, to add Subdivs. (1) to (3), inclusive, re the contents of the regulations, and to add the definitions of “financial institution”, “account”, “consumer”, “network” and “processor”; P.A. 97-157 amended Subsec. (a) to eliminate provisions requiring the commissioner's approval to establish satellite devices and amended Subsec. (b) to eliminate regulation-making authority re fees for applications to establish satellite devices, effective June 24, 1997; P.A. 15-235 amended Subsec. (b) by changing “home banking services” to “virtual banking services” and deleting references to home banking terminals, effective July 7, 2015.
