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Title 12

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  1. Title 12 —Banks and Banking
  2. Chapter I —Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury
  3. Part 7 —Activities and Operations
  4. Subpart A   View Full Text
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Title 12Banks and BankingPart / Section
Chapter IComptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury1 – 199
Part 7Activities and Operations7.1000 – 7.5010
Subpart ANational Bank and Federal Savings Association Powers7.1000 – 7.1030
§ 7.1000Activities that are part of, or incidental to, the business of banking.
§ 7.1001National bank acting as general insurance agent.
§ 7.1002National bank and Federal savings association acting as finder.
§ 7.1003Money lent by a national bank at banking offices or at facilities other than banking offices.
§ 7.1004Establishment of a loan production office by a national bank.
§ 7.1005 [Reserved]
§ 7.1006Loan agreement providing for a national bank or Federal savings association share in profits, income, or earnings or for stock warrants.
§ 7.1007National Bank Acceptances.
§ 7.1008Preparation by a national bank of income tax returns for customers or public.
§ 7.1009 [Reserved]
§ 7.1010Postal services by national banks and Federal savings associations.
§ 7.1011National bank acting as payroll issuer.
§ 7.1012Establishment, operation, or use of a messenger service by a national bank.
§ 7.1014Sale of money orders at nonbanking outlets by a national bank.
§ 7.1015National bank and Federal savings association investments in small business investment companies.
§ 7.1016Independent undertakings issued by a national bank or Federal savings association to pay against documents.
§ 7.1017National bank as guarantor or surety on indemnity bond.
§ 7.1018National bank automatic payment plan accounts.
§ 7.1020Purchase of open accounts by a national bank.
§ 7.1021Financial literacy programs not branches of national banks.
§ 7.1022National banks' authority to buy and sell exchange, coin, and bullion.
§ 7.1023Federal savings associations, prohibition on industrial or commercial metal dealing or investing.
§ 7.1024National bank or Federal savings association ownership of property.
§ 7.1025Tax equity finance transactions by national banks and Federal savings associations.
§ 7.1026National bank and Federal savings association payment system memberships.
§ 7.1027Establishment and operation of a remote service unit by a national bank.
§ 7.1028Establishment and operation of a deposit production office by a national bank.
§ 7.1029Combination of national bank loan production office, deposit production office, and remote service unit.
§ 7.1030Permissible derivatives activities for national banks.
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