18 U.S.C. § 20

Financial institution defined

As used in this title, the term “financial institution” means—

(1)

an insured depository institution (as defined in section 3(c)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act);

(2)

a credit union with accounts insured by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund;

(3)

a Federal home loan bank or a member, as defined in section 2 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1422 ), of the Federal home loan bank system;

(4)

a System institution of the Farm Credit System, as defined in section 5.35(3) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971;

(5)

a small business investment company, as defined in section 103 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 ( 15 U.S.C. 662 );

(6)

a depository institution holding company (as defined in section 3(w)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act;

(7)

a Federal Reserve bank or a member bank of the Federal Reserve System;

(8)

an organization operating under section 25 or section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act;

(9)

a branch or agency of a foreign bank (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978); or

(10)

a mortgage lending business (as defined in section 27 of this title ) or any person or entity that makes in whole or in part a federally related mortgage loan as defined in section 3 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974.

(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1107(a) , Oct. 12, 1984 , 98 Stat. 2145 , § 215(b); amended Pub. L. 99–370, § 2 , Aug. 4, 1986 , 100 Stat. 779 ; renumbered § 20 and amended Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 962(e)(1) , (2), Aug. 9, 1989 , 103 Stat. 503 ; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2597(a) , Nov. 29, 1990 , 104 Stat. 4908 ; Pub. L. 111–21, § 2(a) , May 20, 2009 , 123 Stat. 1617 .)