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...Unless otherwise expressly agreed to in writing by the bank, the relationship between a bank and its obligor, or a bank and its customer, creates no fiduciary or other relationship between the parties or any special duty on the part of the bank to the customer or any other party.

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions shall adopt rules prescribing standards for extensions of credit that are either of the following: (1) Secured by liens on interests in real estate; (2) Made for the purpose of financing the construction of either a building or improvements to real estate. (B) In prescribing the standards required by division (A) of this section, the superintendent shall consider al...

...(A)(1) A state bank may accept drafts or bills of exchange drawn on it and may purchase acceptances of drafts or bills of exchange issued by other banks and participations in acceptances of drafts or bills of exchange issued by other banks, subject to the following limitations: (a) For acceptances of drafts or bills of exchange described in division (B)(1) of this section, the limitations in division (B)(2) of this ...

...(A) A bank may extend credit to a customer pursuant to a revolving credit agreement allowing the customer to access the credit from time to time, subject to a limitation on the outstanding balance of the credit accessed and without regard to whether the customer has previously accessed and repaid the credit. A revolving credit agreement may authorize the customer to access the credit extended by either or both of th...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Revolving credit agreement" means an agreement pursuant to which a bank contemplates repeated transactions and the amount of credit that may be extended pursuant to the agreement is made available to the extent that any outstanding balance is repaid. "Revolving credit agreement" does not include an agreement secured by a residential mortgage. (2) "Residential mortgage" means ...

...(A) A bank may contract for and receive interest or finance charges at any rate or rates agreed upon or consented to by the parties to the loan contract, extension of credit, or revolving credit agreement, but not exceeding an annual percentage rate of twenty-five per cent. In addition, a bank may charge, collect, and receive, as interest, other fees and charges that are agreed upon by the bank and the borrower, incl...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Derivative transaction" includes any transaction that is a contract, agreement, swap, warrant, note, or option that is based, in whole or in part, on the value of, any interest in, or any quantitative measure or the occurrence of any event relating to, one or more commodities, securities, currencies, interest or other rates, indices, or other assets. (2) "Loans and extensions of cr...

...e either of the following: (i) A bank, savings bank, or savings association, the deposits of which are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation; (ii) A corporation the majority of the shares of which are owned by the United States or by any state of the United States. (3) "Control" of a company or state bank by a person means the person, directly or indirectly, or acting through or in concert with one ...

...(A) Except as authorized by this section or section 1109.23 of the Revised Code, no state bank may extend credit in any manner to any of its own executive officers. No executive officer of a state bank may become indebted to that bank except by means of an extension of credit the bank is authorized by this section to make. Any extension of credit made pursuant to this section shall be promptly reported to the bank's ...

...(A) No stock state bank shall lend money on the security of shares of its own stock or accept shares of its own stock in satisfaction of a debt, unless necessary to prevent loss on a debt previously contracted in good faith. (B) A stock state bank that accepts shares of its own stock as allowed by division (A) of this section shall retire or dispose of the shares at the time and in the manner required by the superin...

...(A)(1) A state bank may own or hold for not more than five years any real estate it acquires by foreclosure, conveyance in lieu of foreclosure, or other legal proceedings relating to loan security interests or otherwise in satisfaction of a debt previously contracted. The superintendent of financial institutions may, upon application by a state bank, grant the bank the power to hold the real estate for a longer time....

...(A) A state bank may purchase, acquire by lease, or otherwise invest in the real estate and interests in real estate the board of directors considers necessary or convenient for transaction of the bank's business, including by ownership of an entity having as its exclusive authority the ownership and management of the bank's real estate interests. (B) A state bank may invest an amount equal to the greater of the ban...

...nd obligations in which national banks, savings banks, and savings associations insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation are permitted to invest.

...A state bank may apply to the superintendent of financial institutions for permission to invest, subject to the conditions and requirements prescribed by the superintendent, an amount, in the aggregate, not exceeding ten per cent of a stock state bank's paid-in capital and surplus or a mutual state bank's retained earnings in the stock of banks or corporations chartered or incorporated under the laws of the United St...

...(A) A state bank may invest in the securities of a domestic insurance company organized under Chapter 3907. or 3925. of the Revised Code, regulated by the superintendent of insurance under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code and engaged exclusively in the business of reinsuring risks, to the extent permitted by and subject to limitations and restrictions imposed by the superintendent of financial institutions by rules ad...

...(A)(1) As used in division (A) of this section: (a) "Venture capital firm" means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, limited liability company, or other entity, the principal business of which is or will be the making of investments in small businesses. (b) "Small business" means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, limited liability company, or other entity that either does not have more than fo...

...To the extent permitted by and subject to any limitations and restrictions the superintendent of financial institutions may impose, a state bank may underwrite and deal in investments in the form of bonds, notes, debentures, or other debt securities that are any of the following: (A) The direct obligation of or guaranteed by the United States; (B) The direct obligation of or guaranteed by any state of the United St...

...In addition to the specific investments authorized in this chapter, a state bank may also invest, in the aggregate, no more than ten per cent of its assets in the common or preferred stock, obligations, or other securities of any corporations, as authorized by the bank's board of directors.

...(A) In addition to the other loan and investment authority provided for banks in Chapter 1109. of the Revised Code, but subject to all other provisions of the Revised Code, a state bank may invest up to fifteen per cent of its total assets in loans or investments authorized by the bank's board of directors. (B) If a loan or other investment is authorized under more than one section of Chapter 1109. of the Revised Co...

... "Depository institution" means a bank, savings association, savings bank, or credit union. (B) A state bank may invest, in the aggregate, up to ten per cent of its capital in shares of bankers' banks or bankers' bank holding companies. (C)(1) The voting shares of a bankers' bank shall be owned by twenty or more depository institutions or depository institution holding companies, and no depository institution or de...

...(A) A state bank may invest, in the aggregate, twenty-five per cent of its assets in the stock, obligations, and other securities of bank subsidiary corporations and bank service corporations. (B) A state bank shall obtain the approval of the superintendent of financial institutions prior to investing in, acquiring, or establishing a bank subsidiary corporation or bank service corporation, or performing any new acti...

...Only for investments made under section 1109.44 of the Revised Code may a state bank invest in securities pursuant to section 1109.39 of the Revised Code or make investments pursuant to section 1109.40 of the Revised Code that result in any of the following: (A) The state bank, directly or indirectly, or acting through one or more other persons, owning, controlling, or having the power to vote twenty-five per cent o...

...A state bank may invest in the shares of a clearing corporation as defined by section 1308.01 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a state bank shall not invest more than fifteen per cent of its capital in the shares, obligations, or other securities of any one issuer. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of the following: (1) Bonds or other obligations enumerated in divisions (A)(1) to (6) of section 1109.32 of the Revised Code; (2) Investment in a bank subsidiary corp...

...In exercising its investment authority, a state bank shall give equal consideration to investments that involve firms owned and controlled by minorities and firms owned and controlled by women, either alone or in joint venture with other firms, where the investments offer quality, return, and safety comparable to other investments currently available to the bank.