California · Financial Code
FIN §5655: No association shall advertise or hold itself out to the public as a bank.
What this law says, in plain English
An association is prohibited from advertising itself or representing itself to the public as a bank.
Read the full statutory text
No association shall advertise or hold itself out to the public as a bank. This subdivision shall not be construed to prohibit an association which is a savings bank from advertising or holding itself out to the public as a “savings bank.”
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