2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 487 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Act 276 of 1999 - BANKING CODE OF 1999 (487.11101 - 487.15105)
276-1999-1 - CHAPTER 1 (487.11101...487.11203)
276-1999-1-1 - PART 1 SHORT TITLE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (487.11101...487.11107)
Section 487.11106 - Use of designation or name.

Sec. 1106.

The use of the word “bank”, “banker”, or “banking” or any foreign language words of similar meaning as a designation or name, or part of a designation or name under which business is or may be conducted in this state, is restricted to a national bank, a bank subject to this act, an out-of-state bank, a bank holding company registered under the bank holding company act, a foreign bank agency, a foreign bank branch, a savings and loan holding company as defined in 12 C.F.R. 583.20, or a savings bank that is lawfully conducting business in this state, unless that designation or name, taken as a whole, would not imply a banking business. Use of the term “mortgage banker” or “mortgage banking” in the name or assumed name of a licensee or registrant under the mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers licensing act, 1987 PA 173, MCL 445.1651 to 445.1684, does not violate this section.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibility of the financial institutions bureau and the commissioner of the financial institutions bureau to the commissioner of the office of financial and insurance services and the office of financial and insurance services by type III transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2000-2, compiled at MCL 445.2003 of the Michigan compiled laws.