N.Y. Banking Law § 202-B
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Upon opening a branch or agency and thereafter, a foreign banking corporation licensed pursuant to article two of this chapter shall keep on deposit, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the superintendent shall adopt shall from time to time, with such banks or trust companies or private bankers or national banks in the state of New York as such foreign banking corporation may designate and the superintendent may approve, interest-bearing stocks and bonds, notes, debentures, or other obligations of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or guaranteed by the United States, or of this state, or of a city, county, town, village, school district, or instrumentality of this state or guaranteed by this state, or dollar deposits, or obligations of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or obligations issued by the Inter-American Development Bank, or obligations of the Asian Development Bank, or obligations issued by the African Development Bank, or obligations issued by the International Finance Corporation, or bonds, notes, debentures, or other obligations issued by or guaranteed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) or by the Federal National Mortgage Corporation (Fannie Mae), or bonds, notes, debentures, or other obligations issued by or guaranteed by the Student Loan Marketing Association (SALLIE MAE) or all bonds, notes, debentures, or other obligations issued by or guaranteed by a federal home loan bank, or bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations of any unaffiliated issuer provided that, at the time of such investment, the obligation has received the highest rating of an independent rating service designated by the superintendent or, if the obligation is rated by more than one such service, the highest rating of at least two such services, or such other assets as the superintendent shall by rule or regulation permit, to an aggregate amount to be determined by the superintendent, based upon principal amount or market value, whichever is lower, in the case of the above-described securities, and subject to such limitations as the superintendent shall prescribe; provided, however, that the superintendent may determine, in the superintendent's discretion, that any such bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations of a particular issuer are not acceptable for purposes of meeting the requirements of this subdivision. The superintendent may from time to time require that the assets deposited pursuant to this subdivision may be maintained by the foreign banking corporation at such amount, in such form and subject to such conditions as he or she shall deem necessary or desirable for the maintenance of a sound financial condition, the protection of depositors and the public interest, and to maintain public confidence in the business of such branch or branches or such agency or agencies. The superintendent may give credit to reserves required to be maintained with a federal reserve bank in or outside the state of New York pursuant to federal law, subject to such rules and regulations as the superintendent may from time to time promulgate. So long as it shall continue business in the ordinary course, such foreign banking corporation shall be permitted to collect interest on the securities so deposited and from time to time exchange, examine and compare such securities. * NB Effective until notification of the superintendent of financial services * 1. Upon opening a branch or agency and thereafter, a foreign banking corporation licensed pursuant to article two of this chapter shall keep on deposit, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the superintendent shall from time to time promulgate, with such banks or trust companies or private bankers or national banks in the state of New York as such foreign banking corporation may designate and the superintendent may approve, interest-bearing stocks and bonds, notes, debentures, or other obligations of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or guaranteed by the United States, or of this state, or of a city, county, town, village, school district, or instrumentality of this state or guaranteed by this state, or dollar deposits, or obligations of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or obligations issued by the Inter-American Development Bank, or obligations of the Asian Development Bank, or obligations issued by the African Development Bank, or obligations issued by the International Finance Corporation, or bonds, notes, debentures, or other obligations issued by or guaranteed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) or by the Federal National Mortgage Corporation (Fannie Mae), or bonds, notes, debentures, or other obligations issued by or guaranteed by the Student Loan Marketing Association (SALLIE MAE) or all bonds, notes, debentures, or other obligations issued by or guaranteed by a federal home loan bank, or bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations of any unaffiliated issuer that meet the standards of creditworthiness established by regulation by the superintendent, or such other assets as the superintendent shall by rule or regulation permit, to an aggregate amount to be determined by the superintendent, based upon principal amount or market value, whichever is lower, in the case of the above-described securities, and subject to such limitations as he or she shall prescribe; provided, however, that the superintendent may determine, in his or her discretion, that any such bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations of a particular issuer are not acceptable for purposes of meeting the requirements of this subdivision. The superintendent may from time to time require that the assets deposited pursuant to this subdivision may be maintained by the foreign banking corporation at such amount, in such form and subject to such conditions as he or she shall deem necessary or desirable for the maintenance of a sound financial condition, the protection of depositors and the public interest, and to maintain public confidence in the business of such branch or branches or such agency or agencies. The superintendent may give credit to reserves required to be maintained with a federal reserve bank in or outside the state of New York pursuant to federal law, subject to such rules and regulations as the superintendent may from time to time promulgate. So long as it shall continue business in the ordinary course, such foreign banking corporation shall be permitted to collect interest on the securities so deposited and from time to time exchange, examine and compare such securities. * NB Effective upon notification of the superintendent of financial services