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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="5-509" title_number="5" title_name="Banking Institutions -- General Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Regulations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each banking institution shall be a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation unless the institution is not in the business of accepting deposits or retaining funds in a deposit account. A banking institution is not in the business of accepting deposits if it accepts a deposit as a trustee or custodian and is not in the business of retaining deposits if the deposits do not remain in a deposit account of the institution for more than two consecutive banking days. Any institution which is not in the business of accepting deposits or retaining funds in a deposit account as defined in this section shall not be bound by the provisions of § 5–403(c)(2) of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If approved by a majority of its directors, a banking institution may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Become and participate as a member of the Federal Reserve System; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Withdraw from the system.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
