Bill Text: NY S03332 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the licensing and regulation of income access services in the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-24 - REFERRED TO BANKS [S03332 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S03332-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3332 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Banks AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to providing for income access services in the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The banking law is amended by adding a new article 9-B to 2 read as follows: 3 IX-B 4 INCOME ACCESS SERVICES 5 Section 374-aa. Definitions. 6 374-bb. License. 7 374-cc. Action by superintendent on application. 8 374-dd. License provisions and posting. 9 374-ee. Grounds for suspension or revocation of license; proce- 10 dure. 11 374-ff. Investigations and examinations. 12 374-gg. Compliance. 13 374-hh. Advertising. 14 374-ii. Regulations and rulings. 15 374-jj. Changes in control. 16 374-kk. Violation and penalties. 17 374-ll. Books and records; reports. 18 374-mm. Severability. 19 § 374-aa. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms 20 shall have the following meanings: 21 1. "Consumer" means an individual who is a resident of the state of 22 New York. 23 2. "Debt collection activity" means the business of collection of any 24 debts, directly or indirectly, owed or due or asserted to be owed or due 25 another and the business of a buyer of debts who seeks to collect such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01954-01-5S. 3332 2 1 debts either directly or indirectly, as well as the business of any 2 creditor collecting its own debts if such creditor uses any name other 3 than its own that would suggest or indicate that someone other than such 4 creditor is collecting or attempting to collect such debts. 5 3. "Earned but unpaid income" means wages or compensation that have 6 been earned or have accrued to the benefit of a consumer but have not 7 been paid by an obligor to that consumer for labor or services performed 8 for or on behalf of an obligor. 9 4. "Earned income access rate cap" means the limit on the amount that 10 may be charged for an earned income access transaction that is estab- 11 lished by the superintendent by regulation. 12 5. "Earned income access transaction" means the payment of earned but 13 unpaid income to a consumer at a time other than the consumer's regular 14 payday or other regularly scheduled time on which the obligor pays to 15 the consumer wages or compensation earned or that have accrued to the 16 benefit of such consumer. 17 6. "Earned income access provider" or "provider" means a person or 18 entity that: 19 (a) provides, or offers to provide, on behalf of an obligor earned 20 income access transactions to consumers earning wages or compensation 21 from the obligor; or 22 (b) offers earned income access transactions to, or enters into earned 23 income transactions with, consumers. 24 7. "Exempt organization" shall mean any banking organization, foreign 25 banking corporation licensed by the superintendent or the comptroller of 26 the currency to transact business in this state, national bank, federal 27 savings bank, federal savings and loan association, federal credit 28 union, or any bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan asso- 29 ciation, or credit union organized under the laws of any other state or 30 any instrumentality created by the United States or any state with the 31 power to make mortgage loans. Subject to such regulations as may be 32 promulgated by the superintendent, "exempt organization" may also 33 include any subsidiary of such entities. 34 8. "Non-recourse" means the unavailability of any legal cause of 35 action or remedy against a consumer relating to an earned income access 36 transaction. 37 9. "Notice" means communication from the provider to the consumer in a 38 clear and conspicuous manner. 39 10. "Obligor" means a person or entity who is obligated to pay a 40 consumer any sum of money on an hourly, project-based, piecework, or 41 other basis for labor or services performed by the consumer for or on 42 behalf of that person or entity. Obligor does not include the customer 43 of an obligor or another third party that has an obligation to make any 44 payment to a consumer based solely on the consumer's agency relationship 45 with the obligor. 46 11. "Fees" means any amount charged by a provider to a consumer for an 47 earned income access transaction, including amounts to be paid as 48 described in paragraph (i) of subdivision two of section three hundred 49 seventy-four-gg of this article. 50 12. "Proceeds" means funds received by a consumer pursuant to an 51 earned income access transaction. 52 § 374-bb. License. 1. No person or entity, except for an exempt organ- 53 ization as defined in this article, shall engage in the business of 54 providing or offering earned income access transactions to consumers, or 55 enter into an earned income access transaction with a consumer, without 56 first obtaining a license.S. 3332 3 1 2. An application for a license under this article shall be in writ- 2 ing, under oath and in the form prescribed by the superintendent. 3 3. At the time of filing an application for a license, the applicant 4 shall pay to the superintendent an application fee. The application fee 5 shall be as prescribed pursuant to section eighteen-a of this chapter. 6 4. A license granted pursuant to this article shall be valid unless 7 revoked or suspended by the superintendent or surrendered by the licen- 8 see. 9 § 374-cc. Action by superintendent on application. 1. After the filing 10 of an application for a license accompanied by payment of the fees for 11 license and investigation, it shall be substantively reviewed. After the 12 application is deemed sufficient and complete, the superintendent shall 13 issue the license, or the superintendent may refuse to issue the license 14 if the superintendent shall find that the financial responsibility, 15 experience, character and general fitness of the applicant or any person 16 associated with the applicant are not such as to command the confidence 17 of the community and to warrant the belief that the business will be 18 conducted honestly, fairly and efficiently within the purposes and 19 intent of this article. For the purpose of this subdivision, the appli- 20 cant shall be deemed to include all the members of the applicant if it 21 is a partnership or unincorporated association, and all the stockhold- 22 ers, officers and directors of the applicant if it is a corporation. 23 Such license to engage in business in accordance with the provisions of 24 this article at the location specified in the application shall be 25 executed in triplicate by the superintendent and the superintendent 26 shall transmit one copy thereof to the applicant, file a copy in the 27 office of the department of financial services, and file a copy in the 28 office of the clerk of the county in which is located the place desig- 29 nated in such license. 30 2. If the superintendent refuses to issue a license, the superinten- 31 dent shall notify the applicant of the denial, return to the applicant 32 the sum paid as a license fee, but retain the investigation fee to cover 33 the costs of investigating the applicant. 34 3. Each license issued pursuant to this article shall remain in full 35 force unless it is surrendered by the licensee, revoked or suspended. 36 § 374-dd. License provisions and posting. 1. A license issued under 37 this article shall state the name and address of the licensee, and if 38 the licensee be a co-partnership or association, the names of the 39 members thereof, and if a corporation the date and place of its incorpo- 40 ration. 41 2. Such license shall be kept conspicuously posted in the office of 42 the licensee and on the mobile application or website of the licensee 43 and shall not be transferable or assignable. 44 § 374-ee. Grounds for suspension or revocation of license; procedure. 45 1. A license granted pursuant to this section shall not be renewed, and 46 shall be revoked or suspended by the superintendent upon a finding that: 47 (a) the licensee has not complied with reporting requirements; 48 (b) the licensee has violated any provision of this article, the act 49 of congress entitled "Truth in Lending Act" and the regulations there- 50 under, as such act and regulations may from time to time be amended or 51 any rule or regulation lawfully made by the superintendent under and 52 within the authority of this article; 53 (c) any fact of condition exists which, if it had existed at the time 54 of the original application for such license, clearly would have 55 warranted the superintendent's refusal to issue such license; orS. 3332 4 1 (d) the licensee has failed to pay any sum of money lawfully demanded 2 by the superintendent or to comply with any demand, ruling or require- 3 ment of the superintendent. 4 2. Any licensee may surrender any license by delivering to the super- 5 intendent written notice that the licensee thereby surrenders such 6 license, but such surrender shall not affect such licensee's civil or 7 criminal liability for acts committed prior to such surrender. 8 3. Every license issued hereunder shall remain in force and effect 9 until the same shall have been surrendered, revoked, suspended, or shall 10 have expired, in accordance with the provisions of this article, but the 11 superintendent shall have authority to reinstate suspended licenses or 12 to issue new licenses to a licensee whose license or licenses shall have 13 been revoked if no fact or condition then exists which clearly would 14 have warranted the superintendent's refusal to issue such license. 15 4. Whenever the superintendent shall revoke or suspend a license 16 issued pursuant to this article, the superintendent shall forthwith 17 execute in triplicate a written order to that effect. The superintendent 18 shall file one copy of such order in the office of the department, file 19 another in the office of the clerk of the county in which is located the 20 place designated in such license and forthwith serve the third copy upon 21 the licensee, which order may be reviewed in the manner provided by 22 article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules. Such special 23 proceeding for review as authorized by this section must be commenced 24 within thirty days from the date of such order of suspension or revoca- 25 tion. 26 5. The superintendent may, on good cause shown, or where there is a 27 substantial risk of public harm, without notice and a hearing, suspend 28 any license issued pursuant to this article for a period not exceeding 29 thirty days, pending investigation. "Good cause", as used in this subdi- 30 vision, shall exist only when the licensee has engaged in or is likely 31 to engage in a practice prohibited by this article or engages in dishon- 32 est or inequitable practices which may cause substantial harm to the 33 persons afforded the protection of this article. 34 § 374-ff. Investigations and examinations. 1. The superintendent shall 35 have the power to make such investigations as the superintendent shall 36 deem necessary to determine whether any provider or any other person has 37 violated any of the provisions of this article, or whether any licensee 38 has conducted itself in such manner as would justify the revocation of 39 its license, and to the extent necessary therefor, the superintendent 40 may require the attendance of and examine any person under oath, and 41 shall have the power to compel the production of all relevant books, 42 records, accounts, and documents. 43 2. The superintendent shall have the power to make such examinations 44 of the books, records, accounts and documents used in the business of 45 any licensee as the superintendent shall deem necessary to determine 46 whether any such licensee has violated any of the provisions of this 47 article. 48 3. The expenses incurred in making any examination pursuant to subdi- 49 vision two of this section shall be assessed against and paid by the 50 licensee so examined, except that traveling and subsistence expenses so 51 incurred shall be charged against and paid by licensees in such 52 proportions as the superintendent shall deem just and reasonable, and 53 such proportionate charges shall be added to the assessment of the other 54 expenses incurred upon each examination. Upon written notice by the 55 superintendent of the total amount of such assessment, the licenseeS. 3332 5 1 shall become liable for and shall pay such assessment to the superinten- 2 dent. 3 4. All reports of examinations and investigations, and all correspond- 4 ence and memoranda concerning or arising out of such examinations or 5 investigations, including any duly authenticated copy or copies thereof 6 in the possession of any licensee or the department, shall be confiden- 7 tial communications, shall not be subject to subpoena and shall not be 8 made public unless, in the judgment of the superintendent, the ends of 9 justice and the public advantage will be subserved by the publication 10 thereof, in which event the superintendent may publish or authorize the 11 publication of a copy of any such report or other material referred to 12 in this subdivision, or any part thereof, in such manner as the super- 13 intendent may deem proper. 14 § 374-gg. Compliance. 1. An earned income access provider shall not 15 operate in this state unless: 16 (a) the provider is licensed pursuant to this article, unless the 17 provider is an exempt organization pursuant to this article; 18 (b) in the event a provider takes custody of a consumer's earned but 19 unpaid income before paying proceeds to the consumer, the provider 20 ensures that the proceeds are fully insured by the Federal Deposit 21 Insurance Corporation at the consumer's individual account level; 22 (c) the provider complies with National Automated Clearing House Asso- 23 ciation rules, and when a debit is initiated to a consumer's account for 24 a payment, and the debit is returned for insufficient or uncollected 25 funds, the debit can be reinitiated only in accordance with paragraph 26 (d) of subdivision two of this section; 27 (d) the provider does not provide to any third party, including obli- 28 gors, any non-public personal information about consumers except in 29 compliance with applicable federal and state law, and the provider does 30 not sell, share, or otherwise disclose personal information that the 31 provider solicits or collects from consumers in connection with offering 32 earned income access transactions or related services; 33 (e) the provider gives notice to the consumer of the costs of earned 34 income transactions in accordance with rules established by the super- 35 intendent; and 36 (f) the provider, no less frequently than quarterly, delivers notice 37 in writing to each consumer to whom it has paid proceeds in that quarter 38 containing information to be prescribed by the superintendent, including 39 but not limited to an itemization of transactions and costs, the total 40 amount the consumer has paid in fees, information on how to report 41 complaints to the provider and to the department of financial services, 42 definitions of terms used in the notice, and an explanation of the costs 43 of the services provided; 44 2. It is a violation of this article to conduct an earned income 45 access transaction unless: 46 (a) the transaction is non-recourse; 47 (b) the provider has a reasonable basis to believe that the total 48 amount of the proceeds and fees associated with the transaction does not 49 exceed a percentage, to be set by the superintendent, of the consumer's 50 earned but unpaid income; 51 (c) the provider does not engage in debt collection activity or retain 52 the services of another to engage in debt collection activity in 53 connection with the earned income access transaction and does not convey 54 the debt itself;S. 3332 6 1 (d) if repayment is to be made through a debit of a consumer's 2 account, the debit is made in accordance with rules established by the 3 superintendent; 4 (e) the provider charges a fee for the earned income access trans- 5 action that does not exceed the earned income access rate cap or charges 6 no fee for the earned income access transaction; 7 (f) no portion of the earned but unpaid income to be paid as part of 8 the earned income access transaction is used before receipt by the 9 consumer to settle or pay down an obligation arising from a prior earned 10 income access transaction, and no proceeds roll over or are structured 11 in any way to create any continuing obligation to the provider on the 12 part of a consumer; 13 (g) the consumer receives the proceeds no less than one business day 14 prior to the next regularly scheduled date on which the obligor is sche- 15 duled to pay earned wages or income to such consumer; 16 (h) before a consumer enters into the earned income access trans- 17 action, the provider gives the consumer notice, in writing, of all fees 18 associated with the earned income access transaction and the cost of the 19 transaction, including the cost expressed as an annual percentage rate; 20 (i) if the provider offers consumers the opportunity to pay an addi- 21 tional amount for an earned income access transaction voluntarily, such 22 as a tip, (i) the provider gives notice to the consumer in writing that 23 paying such additional amount is not required for the consumer to 24 receive the proceeds, (ii) the provider does not suggest an amount to 25 the consumer by, for example, offering amount options from which the 26 consumer may select or pre-filling an amount in any form used in the 27 transaction process, or otherwise using a transaction process designed 28 to require the consumer to take affirmative action to avoid or opt out 29 of paying such additional amount, and (iii) such voluntary payment 30 amounts do not, when added to the total cost of the transaction, cause 31 the total fees for the earned income access transaction to exceed the 32 earned income access rate cap; 33 (j) the provider does not charge a late fee or prepayment penalty on 34 the earned income access transaction; 35 (k) the provider does not pull a credit report or otherwise assess 36 credit risk of the consumer prior to, during, or after the earned income 37 access transaction except that the provider may verify the consumer's 38 source of income as part of determining the amount of the proceeds; 39 (l) the provider does not report on the earned income access trans- 40 action to a consumer reporting agency prior to, during, or after the 41 transaction; 42 (m) the provider does not require a consumer to waive the right to 43 class action to engage in an earned income access transaction; 44 (n) the provider gives a consumer written notice of any amendment to 45 the contract or terms of service for earned income access transactions, 46 and the consumer agrees to such amendments before proceeding with an 47 earned income access transaction to which such amendments would apply; 48 and 49 (o) the consumer is eighteen years of age or older. 50 3. Transactions made in accordance with this section shall not be 51 subject to usury laws. 52 4. If a provider charges indirect transaction fees, such fees shall 53 not exceed the maximum allowable amount as set by the superintendent. 54 § 374-hh. Advertising. 1. No advertisement for an earned income access 55 transaction service shall be misleading or otherwise deceptive.S. 3332 7 1 2. An advertisement for earned income access transaction service shall 2 clearly and accurately disclose the costs of the service to consumers. 3 3. The superintendent shall adopt rules governing advertising of 4 earned income transaction services consistent with the purposes of this 5 section. 6 § 374-ii. Regulations and rulings. The superintendent is hereby 7 authorized and empowered to make such rules and regulations, conduct 8 hearings and make such specific rulings, orders, demands and findings as 9 may be necessary for the proper conduct of the business authorized and 10 licensed under and for the enforcement of this article. 11 § 374-jj. Changes in control. 1. It shall be unlawful except with the 12 prior approval of the superintendent for any action to be taken which 13 results in a change of control of the business of a licensee. Prior to 14 any change of control, the person desirous of acquiring control of the 15 business of a licensee shall make written application to the superinten- 16 dent and pay an investigation fee as prescribed pursuant to section 17 eighteen-a of this chapter to the superintendent. The application shall 18 contain such information as the superintendent, by rule or regulation, 19 may prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the purpose of making the 20 determination required by subdivision two of this section. 21 2. The superintendent shall approve or disapprove the proposed change 22 of control of a licensee in accordance with the provisions of subdivi- 23 sion one of this section. 24 3. For a period of six months from the date of qualification thereof 25 and for such additional period of time as the superintendent may 26 prescribe, in writing, the provisions of subdivisions one and two of 27 this section shall not apply to a transfer of control by operation of 28 law to the legal representative, as hereinafter defined, of one who has 29 control of a licensee. Thereafter, such legal representative shall 30 comply with the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section. 31 The provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section shall be 32 applicable to an application made under such section by a legal repre- 33 sentative. 34 4. The term "legal representative", for the purposes of this section, 35 shall mean one duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to 36 act as executor, administrator, trustee, committee, conservator or 37 receiver, including one who succeeds a legal representative and one 38 acting in an ancillary capacity thereto in accordance with the 39 provisions of such court appointment. 40 5. As used in this section: (a) the term "person" includes an individ- 41 ual, partnership, corporation, association or any other organization, 42 and (b) the term "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, 43 of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and 44 policies of a licensee, whether through the ownership of voting stock of 45 such licensee, the ownership of voting stock of any person which 46 possesses such power or otherwise. Control shall be presumed to exist if 47 any person, directly or indirectly, owns, controls or holds with power 48 to vote ten per centum or more of the voting stock of any licensee or of 49 any person which owns, controls or holds with power to vote ten per 50 centum or more of the voting stock of any licensee, but no person shall 51 be deemed to control a licensee solely by reason of being an officer or 52 director of such licensee or person. The superintendent may in the 53 superintendent's discretion, upon the application of a licensee or any 54 person who, directly or indirectly, owns, controls or holds with power 55 to vote or seeks to own, control or hold with power to vote any voting 56 stock of such licensee, determine whether or not the ownership, controlS. 3332 8 1 or holding of such voting stock constitutes or would constitute control 2 of such licensee for purposes of this section. 3 § 374-kk. Violation and penalties. 1. Any person, including any 4 member, officer, director or employee of a provider, who violates or 5 participates in the violation of any provision of this article, or who 6 knowingly makes any incorrect statement of a material fact in any appli- 7 cation, report or statement filed pursuant to this article, or who know- 8 ingly omits to state any material fact necessary to give the superinten- 9 dent any information lawfully required by the superintendent or refuses 10 to permit any lawful investigation or examination, shall be guilty of a 11 misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five 12 hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months or both, in 13 the discretion of the court. 14 2. No provider shall make, directly or indirectly, orally or in writ- 15 ing, or by any method, practice or device, a representation that such 16 provider is licensed under the banking law except that a licensee under 17 this chapter may make a representation that the licensee is licensed as 18 an earned income access provider under this chapter. 19 § 374-ll. Books and records; reports. 1. The provider shall keep and 20 use in its business such books, accounts and records as will enable the 21 superintendent to determine whether such provider is complying with the 22 provisions of this article and with the rules and regulations lawfully 23 made by the superintendent hereunder. Every provider shall preserve such 24 books, accounts and records for at least six years after making the 25 final entry in respect to any earned wage access transaction recorded 26 therein; provided, however, the preservation of photographic reprod- 27 uctions thereof or records in photographic form shall constitute compli- 28 ance with this requirement. 29 2. By a date to be set by the superintendent, each provider shall 30 annually file a report with the superintendent giving such information 31 as the superintendent may require concerning the business and operations 32 during the preceding calendar year of the provider within the state 33 under the authority of this article. Such report shall be subscribed and 34 affirmed as true by the provider under the penalties of perjury and be 35 in the form prescribed by the superintendent. In addition to such annual 36 reports, the superintendent may require of providers such additional 37 regular or special reports as the superintendent may deem necessary to 38 the proper supervision of providers under this article. Such additional 39 reports shall be in the form prescribed by the superintendent and shall 40 be subscribed and affirmed as true under the penalties of perjury. 41 § 374-mm. Severability. If any provision of this article or the appli- 42 cation thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the inva- 43 lidity thereof shall not affect other provisions or applications of the 44 article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or 45 application, and to this end the provisions of this article are severa- 46 ble. 47 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 36 of the banking law, as amended by 48 chapter 146 of the laws of 1961, is amended to read as follows: 49 1. The superintendent shall have the power to examine every banking 50 organization, every bank holding company and any non-banking subsidiary 51 thereof (as such terms "bank holding company" and "non-banking subsid- 52 iary" are defined in article three-A of this chapter) and every licensed 53 lender and licensed earned income access provider at any time prior to 54 its dissolution whenever in [his] the judgment of such superintendent 55 such examination is necessary or advisable.S. 3332 9 1 § 3. Subdivisions 3 and 5 of section 37 of the banking law, as amended 2 by chapter 360 of the laws of 1984, are amended to read as follows: 3 3. In addition to any reports expressly required by this chapter to be 4 made, the superintendent may require any banking organization, licensed 5 lender, licensed earned income access provider, licensed casher of 6 checks, licensed mortgage banker, foreign banking corporation licensed 7 by the superintendent to do business in this state, bank holding company 8 and any non-banking subsidiary thereof, corporate affiliate of a corpo- 9 rate banking organization within the meaning of subdivision six of 10 section thirty-six of this article and any non-banking subsidiary of a 11 corporation which is an affiliate of a corporate banking organization 12 within the meaning of subdivision six-a of section thirty-six of this 13 article to make special reports to [him] the superintendent at such 14 times as [he] such superintendent may prescribe. 15 5. The superintendent may extend at [his] their discretion the time 16 within which a banking organization, foreign banking corporation 17 licensed by the superintendent to do business in this state, bank hold- 18 ing company or any non-banking subsidiary thereof, licensed casher of 19 checks, licensed mortgage banker, private banker, licensed earned income 20 access provider or licensed lender is required to make and file any 21 report to the superintendent. 22 § 4. Section 39 of the banking law, as amended by section 3 of part L 23 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 24 § 39. Orders of superintendent. 1. To appear and explain an apparent 25 violation. Whenever it shall appear to the superintendent that any bank- 26 ing organization, bank holding company, registered mortgage broker, 27 licensed mortgage banker, licensed student loan servicer, registered 28 mortgage loan servicer, licensed mortgage loan originator, licensed 29 lender, licensed earned income access provider, licensed casher of 30 checks, licensed sales finance company, licensed insurance premium 31 finance agency, licensed transmitter of money, licensed budget planner, 32 out-of-state state bank that maintains a branch or branches or represen- 33 tative or other offices in this state, or foreign banking corporation 34 licensed by the superintendent to do business or maintain a represen- 35 tative office in this state has violated any law or regulation, [he or36she] the superintendent may, in [his or her] their discretion, issue an 37 order describing such apparent violation and requiring such banking 38 organization, bank holding company, registered mortgage broker, licensed 39 mortgage banker, licensed student loan servicer, licensed mortgage loan 40 originator, licensed lender, licensed earned income access provider, 41 licensed casher of checks, licensed sales finance company, licensed 42 insurance premium finance agency, licensed transmitter of money, 43 licensed budget planner, out-of-state state bank that maintains a branch 44 or branches or representative or other offices in this state, or foreign 45 banking corporation to appear before [him or her] such superintendent, 46 at a time and place fixed in said order, to present an explanation of 47 such apparent violation. 48 2. To discontinue unauthorized or unsafe and unsound practices. When- 49 ever it shall appear to the superintendent that any banking organiza- 50 tion, bank holding company, registered mortgage broker, licensed mort- 51 gage banker, licensed student loan servicer, registered mortgage loan 52 servicer, licensed mortgage loan originator, licensed lender, licensed 53 earned income access provider, licensed casher of checks, licensed sales 54 finance company, licensed insurance premium finance agency, licensed 55 transmitter of money, licensed budget planner, out-of-state state bank 56 that maintains a branch or branches or representative or other officesS. 3332 10 1 in this state, or foreign banking corporation licensed by the super- 2 intendent to do business in this state is conducting business in an 3 unauthorized or unsafe and unsound manner, [he or she] the superinten- 4 dent may, in [his or her] their discretion, issue an order directing the 5 discontinuance of such unauthorized or unsafe and unsound practices, and 6 fixing a time and place at which such banking organization, bank holding 7 company, registered mortgage broker, licensed mortgage banker, licensed 8 student loan servicer, registered mortgage loan servicer, licensed mort- 9 gage loan originator, licensed lender, licensed earned income access 10 provider, licensed casher of checks, licensed sales finance company, 11 licensed insurance premium finance agency, licensed transmitter of 12 money, licensed budget planner, out-of-state state bank that maintains a 13 branch or branches or representative or other offices in this state, or 14 foreign banking corporation may voluntarily appear before [him or her] 15 such superintendent to present any explanation in defense of the prac- 16 tices directed in said order to be discontinued. 17 3. To make good impairment of capital or to ensure compliance with 18 financial requirements. Whenever it shall appear to the superintendent 19 that the capital or capital stock of any banking organization, bank 20 holding company or any subsidiary thereof which is organized, licensed 21 or registered pursuant to this chapter, is impaired, or the financial 22 requirements imposed by subdivision one of section two hundred two-b of 23 this chapter or any regulation of the superintendent on any branch or 24 agency of a foreign banking corporation or the financial requirements 25 imposed by this chapter or any regulation of the superintendent on any 26 licensed lender, licensed earned income access provider, registered 27 mortgage broker, licensed mortgage banker, licensed student loan servi- 28 cer, licensed casher of checks, licensed sales finance company, licensed 29 insurance premium finance agency, licensed transmitter of money, 30 licensed budget planner or private banker are not satisfied, the super- 31 intendent may, in the superintendent's discretion, issue an order 32 directing that such banking organization, bank holding company, branch 33 or agency of a foreign banking corporation, registered mortgage broker, 34 licensed mortgage banker, licensed student loan servicer, licensed lend- 35 er, licensed earned income access provider, licensed casher of checks, 36 licensed sales finance company, licensed insurance premium finance agen- 37 cy, licensed transmitter of money, licensed budget planner, or private 38 banker make good such deficiency forthwith or within a time specified in 39 such order. 40 4. To make good encroachments on reserves. Whenever it shall appear to 41 the superintendent that either the total reserves or reserves on hand of 42 any banking organization, branch or agency of a foreign banking corpo- 43 ration are below the amount required by or pursuant to this chapter or 44 any other applicable provision of law or regulation to be maintained, or 45 that such banking organization, branch or agency of a foreign banking 46 corporation is not keeping its reserves on hand as required by this 47 chapter or any other applicable provision of law or regulation, [he or48she] the superintendent may, in [his or her] their discretion, issue an 49 order directing that such banking organization, branch or agency of a 50 foreign banking corporation make good such reserves forthwith or within 51 a time specified in such order, or that it keep its reserves on hand as 52 required by this chapter. 53 5. To keep books and accounts as prescribed. Whenever it shall appear 54 to the superintendent that any banking organization, bank holding compa- 55 ny, registered mortgage broker, licensed mortgage banker, licensed 56 student loan servicer, registered mortgage loan servicer, licensed mort-S. 3332 11 1 gage loan originator, licensed lender, licensed earned income access 2 provider, licensed casher of checks, licensed sales finance company, 3 licensed insurance premium finance agency, licensed transmitter of 4 money, licensed budget planner, agency or branch of a foreign banking 5 corporation licensed by the superintendent to do business in this state, 6 does not keep its books and accounts in such manner as to enable [him or7her] the superintendent to readily ascertain its true condition, [he or8she] such superintendent may, in [his or her] their discretion, issue an 9 order requiring such banking organization, bank holding company, regis- 10 tered mortgage broker, licensed mortgage banker, licensed student loan 11 servicer, registered mortgage loan servicer, licensed mortgage loan 12 originator, licensed lender, licensed earned income access provider, 13 licensed casher of checks, licensed sales finance company, licensed 14 insurance premium finance agency, licensed transmitter of money, 15 licensed budget planner, or foreign banking corporation, or the officers 16 or agents thereof, or any of them, to open and keep such books or 17 accounts as [he or she] the superintendent may, in [his or her] their 18 discretion, determine and prescribe for the purpose of keeping accurate 19 and convenient records of its transactions and accounts. 20 6. As used in this section, "bank holding company" shall have the same 21 meaning as that term is defined in section one hundred forty-one of this 22 chapter. 23 § 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 44 of the banking law, 24 as amended by section 4 of part L of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019, is 25 amended to read as follows: 26 (a) Without limiting any power granted to the superintendent under any 27 other provision of this chapter, the superintendent may, in a proceeding 28 after notice and a hearing, require any safe deposit company, licensed 29 lender, licensed earned income access provider, licensed casher of 30 checks, licensed sales finance company, licensed insurance premium 31 finance agency, licensed transmitter of money, licensed mortgage banker, 32 licensed student loan servicer, registered mortgage broker, licensed 33 mortgage loan originator, registered mortgage loan servicer or licensed 34 budget planner to pay to the people of this state a penalty for any 35 violation of this chapter, any regulation promulgated thereunder, any 36 final or temporary order issued pursuant to section thirty-nine of this 37 article, any condition imposed in writing by the superintendent in 38 connection with the grant of any application or request, or any written 39 agreement entered into with the superintendent. 40 § 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 41 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 42 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 43 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 44 completed on or before such effective date.
