S.C. Code Ann. § 34-30-1440 – Authorized actions of state savings banks; issuance of capital notes, bonds, debentures, or other obligations or securities

(A) In addition to the powers granted in this chapter, but subject to rules or regulations that the board prescribes, a state savings bank incorporated or operated under this chapter may:
1. (1) with prior board notification, establish off the premises of a principal office or branch, a customer communications terminal, point of sale terminal, automated teller machine, automated or other direct or remote information processing device or machine, whether manned or unmanned, through or by means of which funds or information relating to a financial service or transaction rendered to the public is stored and transmitted, instantaneously or otherwise to or from a state savings bank terminal or terminals controlled or used by or with other parties. The establishment and use of a device or machine does not constitute a branch office, and the capital requirements and standards for approval of a branch office as provided in the statutes and regulations are not applicable to the establishment of an off-premises terminal, device, or machine. A state savings bank, through mutual consent, may share on-premises, unmanned, automated teller machines, and cash dispensers;
2. (2) issue credit cards, extend credit in connection with them, and otherwise engage in or participate in credit card operations;
3. (3) with prior board approval, act as a trustee, executor, board, guardian, or in another fiduciary capacity;
4. (4) become a member of a clearing house association and pledge assets required for its qualification;
5. (5) with the approval of the Commissioner of Banking, capital certificates may be issued by state-chartered savings banks and sold directly to subscribers or through underwriters, and the certificates constitute part of the general reserve and net worth of the issuing state savings bank, provided such certificates:
  1. (a) are subordinate to all savings accounts, savings certificates, and debt obligations;
  2. (b) constitute a claim in liquidation on the general reserves, surplus, and undivided profits of the state savings bank remaining after the payment of all savings accounts, savings certificates, and debt obligations;
  3. (c) are entitled to the payment of dividends; and
  4. (d) may have a fixed or variable dividend rate.
6. (6) service loans and investments for others.
(B) With the approval of the Commissioner of Banking, a state savings bank may issue capital notes, bonds, debentures, or other obligations or securities.