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... officer responsible for the licensee's business, and any other person that performs similar functions. (E) "Licensee" means a person licensed under sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code to receive, directly or indirectly, for transmission, money or its equivalent from persons located in this state. (F) "Outstandings" means the total of all moneys received for transmission that are not yet delivered, paid...

...any state of the United States or doing business under a license granted under Chapter 1119. of the Revised Code, a subsidiary or affiliate of a bank, savings and loan association, or savings bank, a credit union service organization, or an authorized representative of any of these; (5) A contractor providing electronic transfer of government benefits on behalf of the United States or any department, agency, or inst...

...(A) Each application for a money transmitter license shall be in the form prescribed by the superintendent of financial institutions and accompanied by an application fee established in section 1315.13 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The superintendent shall approve or deny every application for a license under this section within one hundred eighty days after the date that the superintendent accepts the application as ...

...ancial condition; (2) The applicant's business practices; (3) The applicant's and its directors', executive officers', and controlling persons' experience, competence, and history of compliance with applicable laws. (C) The superintendent shall not approve an application described in division (A)(1) of this section if the applicant does not meet both of the following requirements: (1) The applicant is a legal...

...irements: (A) Be a legally established business entity that is capitalized separately and distinctly from every other legal entity and qualified to do business in this state; (B) Have a minimum net worth of not less than five hundred thousand dollars, calculated according to generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding any assets that the superintendent of financial institutions disqualifies and includin...

...(A)(1)(a) Subject to division (A)(2) of this section, each licensee shall maintain permissible investments described in division (B) of this section having an aggregate market value of not less than the aggregate amount of all of the licensee's outstandings received from persons in the United States, directly and through authorized delegates, to the extent reported to the licensee. (b) For purposes of division (A)(1...

...(A)(1) In a form satisfactory to the superintendent of financial institutions, each licensee shall provide and maintain a security device of one or more of the types described in division (B) of this section of not less than three hundred thousand dollars or such greater amount as the superintendent finds appropriate but, except pursuant to a supervisory action, not exceeding two million dollars. (2) By control agre...

...ate at which the licensee is conducting business directly or through its authorized delegates; (5) Any other information that the superintendent requires. (B) Annually, not more than one hundred twenty days after the end of its fiscal year, each licensee shall submit to the superintendent its audited unconsolidated financial statements for the fiscal year, including a balance sheet, income statement, statement of c...

...(A) Within fifteen business days after the occurrence of any of the events listed below, a licensee shall file a written report with the superintendent describing the event and its expected impact on the licensee's activities in the state: (1) Any material changes in information provided in a licensee's application or any report submitted to the superintendent under sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code; ...

...cessible to the superintendent on seven business days written notice. (D) No licensee shall fail to comply with this section.

...(A) Subject to division (F) of this section, no person, alone or acting in concert with other persons, shall, directly or indirectly, acquire control of a licensee without the prior approval of the superintendent of financial institutions. (B) A person or group of persons proposing to acquire control of a licensee shall submit an application for the superintendent's approval in the form prescribed by the superintend...

...(A) After accepting an application to acquire control of a licensee described in section 1315.10 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of financial institutions shall examine all of the facts and circumstances relating to the application. (B) The superintendent shall approve the application described in division (A) of this section if the superintendent determines both of the following: (1) The competence and e...

...Code; (3) Other laws applicable to the business of transmitting money. (C) As part of the examination of a licensee authorized by section 1315.12 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of financial institutions may examine the books and records and policies and procedures of the licensee's authorized delegate. (D)(1) An authorized delegate or other person that receives money or its equivalent for transmission by ...

...(A) As often as the superintendent of financial institutions considers necessary, the superintendent, or any deputy or examiner appointed or any contractor engaged by the superintendent for that purpose, thoroughly shall examine the records and affairs of each licensee. The examination shall include a review of all of the following: (1) Compliance with law; (2) Safety and soundness; (3) Other matters that the supe...

...(A) In administering sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code and fulfilling the duties imposed by those sections, including the duty imposed by section 1315.12 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of financial institutions may do any of the following: (1) Participate with financial institution regulatory authorities of this and other states, the United States, and other countries in any of the following: ...

...amined to assist them in conducting the business of the licensee or other money transmitter examined in a safe and sound manner and in compliance with the law; (5) To law enforcement authorities conducting criminal investigations. (C) Information leading to, arising from, or obtained in the course of an examination of a licensee or other person pursuant to sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code shall not b...

... Code for each licensee to carry on the business of a money transmitter. When establishing the annual fee for each licensee, the superintendent may consider the number of offices and authorized delegates the licensee has and the volume of business the licensee does in this state.

...The superintendent of financial institutions may adopt rules that, in the superintendent's judgment, are necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code.

...Whenever the approval of the superintendent of financial institutions is required under sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code, or under an order or supervisory action issued or taken under those sections, for a person to serve as an organizer, incorporator, director, executive officer, or controlling person of a licensee, or to otherwise have a substantial interest in or participate in the management ...

...e or unsound practice in conducting the business of transmitting money. (2) The licensee or other person is violating, has violated, or, the superintendent has reasonable cause to believe, is about to violate any of the following: (a) A law or rule; (b) A condition imposed in writing by the superintendent in connection with granting an application or other request by the licensee or other person; (c) A written ag...

...nt. (4) The licensee is conducting its business in an unsafe or unsound manner. (5) The licensee is insolvent. (6) The licensee has suspended payment of its obligations, has made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or has admitted in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due. (7) The licensee has applied for an adjudication of bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, or other relief re...

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions may assess civil penalties against a licensee or other person for each day a violation, unsafe or unsound practice, or breach continues as follows: (1) The superintendent may assess a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per day if the licensee or other person violates any of the following: (a) Any law or rule; (b) Any order issued pursuant to section...

...y where the person's principal place of business or residence is located or, if the person's principal place of business or residence is not in this state, the court of common pleas of Franklin county for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or an injunction.

...ides or in which the principal place of business of the person is located, or a judge of the court, shall compel compliance by attachment proceedings as for contempt in the case of noncompliance with a subpoena issued from the court or refusal to testify in the court.

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions may serve any notice that the superintendent is required or authorized to give and any subpoena or order that the superintendent is required or authorized to issue pursuant to sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code, at the sole discretion of the superintendent, by any of the following means: (1) In person by the superintendent or an employee or agent of the d...