Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

12 U.S.C. § 1863

Permissible bank service company activities for depository institutions

Without regard to the provisions of sections 1864 and 1865 of this title, an insured depository institution may invest in a bank service company that performs, and a bank service company may perform, the following services only for depository institutions: check and deposit sorting and posting, computation and posting of interest and other credits and charges, preparation and mailing of checks, statements, notices, and similar items, or any other clerical, bookkeeping, accounting, statistical, or similar functions performed for a depository institution.

Pub. L. 87–856, § 376 Stat. 1132 Pub. L. 97–320, title VII, § 70996 Stat. 1541 Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title II, § 2613(d)110 Stat. 3009–477 Pub. L. 109–351, title VI, § 602(a)120 Stat. 1978 (, , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 109–3512006— substituted “insured depository institution” for “insured bank”.

Pub. L. 104–2081996— substituted “company” for “corporation” wherever appearing in section catchline and text.

Pub. L. 97–3201982— substituted provisions relating to permissible bank service corporation activities for depository institutions for provisions that a bank service corporation must provide bank services to a bank that applied for them if the applying bank competed with a bank which held stock in the corporation unless comparable services were available elsewhere at competitive cost or furnishing the services would be beyond the practical capacity of the corporation.