Maryland Insurance Section 23-102

      No bank, savings bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, industrial finance company, small loan company, or other similar organization that is regulated under the laws of the State or the United States nor any bank, savings bank, trust company, savings and loan association, or credit union that is organized in another state and has a branch in this State nor any authorized insurer that does not engage in the insurance financing business is subject to this title.