No foreign banking corporation, other than a bank organized under the laws of the United States, shall transact in this state the business of buying, selling, paying or collecting bills of exchange, or of issuing letters of credit or of receiving money for transmission or transmitting the same by draft, check, cable or otherwise, or of making loans, or of receiving deposits, or of exercising the fiduciary powers specified in section two hundred one-b of this chapter, or transacting any part of such
1. An action or special proceeding against a foreign banking corporation may be maintained by a resident of this state for any cause of action. For purposes of this subdivision one, the term "resident of this state" shall include any corporation formed under any law of this state. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an action or special proceeding against a foreign banking corporation may be maintained by another foreign corporation or foreign banking corporation or by a non-resident
1. No banking organization or foreign banking corporation transacting business in this state shall discontinue the payment of dividends or interest on any deposit made with such organization or corporation, or reduce the rate at which dividends or interest is paid, solely because such deposit is inactive or unclaimed, except that payment of dividends or interest may be discontinued for the period following June thirtieth of the year in which the deposit is paid to the state comptroller pursuant to
(a) No person shall establish or maintain a representative office in this state on behalf of one or more foreign banks unless the foreign bank to be represented has first obtained a license from the commissioner. The application for such license shall be in writing under oath and shall contain the information required by and be in the form prescribed by the commissioner. Each applicant for a license shall pay to the commissioner at the time of application a nonrefundable fee of four hundred dollars