(1) One or more individual incorporators desiring to organize a foreign
capital depository shall file with the commissioner an application to the board
for a charter for a foreign capital depository. The application shall be signed by each of the incorporators,
sworn to before a notary, officer or other official recognized by the laws of
this state or under federal law as having the power to administer oaths or
witness and attest to execution, and the application shall contain the
following information in addition to any other information as may be required
pursuant to 32-8-201, MCA, including the form of application prescribed by the
commissioner:
(a) the
names, addresses, places of residence and principal occupations of the
incorporators and the stockholders initially subscribing to purchase the
capital stock of the applicant and the number of shares subscribed by each
initial subscriber;
(b) the
name of the city or town and county in which the principal office of the
depository is to be located;
(c) the
names, principal occupations, addresses, places of residence and business and
professional experience of all proposed officers, including the officer
designated as managing officer for the applicant;
(d) the
number of the board of directors and the names, principal occupations,
addresses, places of residence and business and professional experience of the
applicant's initial board members;
(e) the
purposes for which the depository is formed, which shall be limited to those
services for nonresident aliens allowed to the depository under the act;
(f) the
financial statements that contain sufficient detail to substantiate each
controlling person's net worth;
(g) the
document from a certified public accountant confirming that the applicant has
satisfied the requirements of capital adequacy as required by ARM 2.60.805;
(h) the
business plan pro forma statement containing operational projections over a
period of three years as required by ARM 2.60.804;
(i) the
intended location of each place of business and identification and location of
any facilities (all of which places of business and facilities must be located
in Montana) that will be used to maintain or hold assets deposited with, or the
funds or other assets of, the depository, including the identity and
qualifications of any one who will control or hold any such assets or funds and
documentation of the proposed policies and procedures for assuring compliance
by parties with the act and administrative rules pertaining to privacy and all
other matters;
(j) the
officers and employees of the applicant proposed to be bonded, the amount of
bonds to be provided and the surety company or sureties proposed to issue said
bonds, which bonds shall be in such form as is provided or approved by the
commissioner and issued by a surety company qualified and authorized to do
business in Montana or otherwise approved by the commissioner; and
(k) such
other information relevant to an applicant's fitness to operate a foreign
capital depository, as the commissioner or board may require.
(2) Applicant
shall be required to disclose to all customers by written notice at the time of
deposit the following:
(a) "neither deposits of currency, tangible personal property, any
other property, business transactions nor the foreign capital depository is
insured by any governmental entity such as the United States or the state of
Montana";
(b) the
notice shall be acknowledged in English in writing by the customer; and
(c) the
notice shall be provided to the customer in the English language.
(3) Subject
to the provisions of ARM 2.60.809(3) , an application fee of $25,000 shall be
paid to the state of Montana at the time of application and thereafter shall
not be refundable in whole or in part.
(4) The
proposed articles of incorporation in accordance with 32-1-301, MCA, shall be
submitted with the application for a charter.
(5) The
form for applying for a charter for a foreign capital depository (Form FCD-1) may be obtained from the Commissioner of Banking and Financial Institutions,
Department of Administration, 846 Front Street, P.O. Box 200546, Helena, MT
59620-0546.