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...Each licensee, at all times, shall meet both of the following requirements: (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 ...

...(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) of this section, a licens...

...factory 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 agreement or terms of the ...

... forty-five days after the end of each calendar quarter, each licensee shall submit to the superintendent of financial institutions all of the following in the form prescribed by the superintendent: (1) The licensee's unaudited, unconsolidated financial statements as of the end of the calendar quarter, including a balance sheet, income statement, statement of changes in shareholder's equity, and statement of cash fl...

...f 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; (2) The licensee's filing for bankruptcy or reorganization; (...

...(A) Each licensee shall make, keep, and preserve with respect to the licensee the following books, accounts, and other records for a period of five years to be open to inspection by the superintendent of financial institutions: (1) A record or records of each money transmission transaction; (2) A general ledger containing all assets, liabilities, capital, income, and expense accounts, posted at least monthly; (3) ...

...ivision (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 superintendent. (C)(1) The...

...ised 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 experience of the applicant or applicants seeking to acquire control of a licensee and the applicant's or a...

... state through an authorized delegate shall execute an express written contract with the authorized delegate that, at a minimum, sets forth all of the following: (1) The duties and responsibilities of the authorized delegate regarding money or its equivalent received from persons located in this state for transmission by the licensee; (2) The duties and responsibilities of the authorized delegate regarding instrume...

...s 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 superinte...

...ised 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: (a) Programs for alternate examinations of the records and affairs of licensees and other money transmitters over which they have concurrent jurisdiction; (b) Joint or concurre...

...evised Code is privileged and confidential. No person, including any person to whom the information is disclosed under the authority of this section, shall disclose information leading to, arising from, or obtained in the course of an examination, except as specifically provided in this section. (B) The superintendent of financial institutions and the superintendent's agents and employees may disclose information le...

...Annually, the superintendent shall establish both of the following: (A) The application fee for an application for a license to transmit money under section 1315.03 of the Revised Code; (B) An annual fee described in division (E) of section 1315.04 of the Revised Code for each licensee to carry on the business of a money transmitter. When establishing the annual fee for each licensee, the superintendent may conside...

...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 ...

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions may issue and serve a notice of charges and intent to issue a cease and desist order upon a licensee or other person if, in the opinion of the superintendent, either of the following applies to the licensee or other person: (1) The licensee or other person is engaging, has engaged, or, the superintendent has reasonable cause to believe, is about to engage in an unsafe...

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions may issue and serve a notice of charges and intent to suspend or revoke a licensee's license, if the superintendent finds that any of the following applies: (1) Any fact or condition exists that, if it had existed at the time when the licensee applied for its license, would have been grounds for denying the application. (2) The licensee's net worth becomes inadequate...

...(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...

...If the superintendent of financial institutions has reason to believe that a person has violated or is violating section 1315.02 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may petition the court of common pleas of the county 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...

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions may do both of the following: (1) Summon and compel, by order or subpoena, witnesses to appear before the superintendent, deputy superintendent, examiner, or attorney examiner, and testify under oath regarding the affairs of a licensee or other person; (2) Compel, by order or subpoena, the production of any record, book, paper, document, item, or other thing pertaini...

...(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...

...e Revised Code, the division of financial institutions shall set a reasonable time, date, and place in this state for the hearing and notify the licensee or other person requesting the hearing. Within ninety days after the hearing, the superintendent of financial institutions shall render a decision, which shall include findings of fact upon which the decision is predicated, and shall issue and serve on the lice...

...t ceases to do business in this state shall do so in accordance with a plan approved by the superintendent of financial institutions or pursuant to directions issued by the superintendent in connection with the revocation or suspension of the licensee's license pursuant to section 1315.151 of the Revised Code. (B) When a licensee ceases to do business in this state, if the superintendent considers it necessary to pr...

...1.51 of the Revised Code; (3) A financial institution; (4) A person that is primarily engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property or services at retail and does not derive more than five per cent of the person's gross income from the cashing of checks; (5) A person licensed under sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code, or any agent of that person, to the extent that the person or the age...

...person, on and after January 1, 1993, shall operate a check-cashing business without first obtaining a license from the superintendent of financial institutions. (B) Application for an original license required under this section or a renewal license required under section 1315.23 of the Revised Code shall be in writing, under oath, and in the form prescribed by the superintendent. The application shall contain the ...