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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="1-301" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Confidential Financial Records">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Fiduciary institution” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A national banking association;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A banking institution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>An other–state bank that maintains a branch in this State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A credit union that is organized under the laws of this State or of the United States;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Any other organization that is organized under the banking laws of this State and subject to the supervision of the Commissioner; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>A savings and loan association that is organized under the laws of this State or of the United States.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Fiduciary institution” does not include any person licensed by the Commissioner under Title 11 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Financial record” means the original or any copy or record of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A document that grants signature authority over a deposit or share account;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A statement, ledger card, or other record of a deposit or share account that shows transactions in or with respect to that deposit or account;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A check, clear draft, or money order that is drawn on a fiduciary institution or issued and payable by or through a fiduciary institution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Any item, other than an institutional or periodic charge, that is made under an agreement between a fiduciary institution and another person and that constitutes a debit or a credit to that person’s deposit or share account; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Any information that relates to a loan account or an application for a loan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Financial record” includes any evidence of a transaction conducted by means of an electronic terminal.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Supervisory agency” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Federal Home Loan Bank Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The National Credit Union Administration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The Federal Reserve Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The United States Comptroller of the Currency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The State of Maryland Deposit Insurance Fund Corporation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>The Credit Union Insurance Corporation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>The Commissioner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>The Division of Savings and Loan Associations; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>An agency of another state with primary responsibility for chartering and supervising banks.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
