§ 23-46-207 - Interests in financial institutions prohibited. - Arkansas Statutes

23-46-207. Interests in financial institutions prohibited.

(a) (1) No employee or officer of the State Bank Department who participates in the examination of a financial institution, or who may be called upon to make an official decision or determination affecting the operation of a financial institution, shall be an officer, director, attorney, owner, or holder of stock in any state bank, registered out-of-state bank, or bank holding company which controls a state bank or a registered out-of-state bank, or receive, directly or indirectly, any payment or gratuity from any such organizations.

(2) A person subject to this section may not borrow money from a state bank or registered out-of-state bank which is an out-of-state state-chartered bank except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) A person subject to this section may:

(1) Be a depositor in any financial institution that the department regulates and participate in such overdraft programs associated with such deposit relationships as the commissioner may, by regulation, allow; and

(2) Purchase banking services, other than credit services, under rates and terms generally available to other customers of the financial institution.