12 CFR § 333.1 - Classification of general character of business.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s333.1"
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title: "12 CFR § 333.1 - Classification of general character of business."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "333.1"
section_name: "Classification of general character of business."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AND STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY"
part_number: "333"
part_name: "EXTENSION OF CORPORATE POWERS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1816; 1817(i); 1818; 1819(a) (“Seventh”, “Eighth”, and “Tenth”), 1828, 1828(m), 1831p-1(c), 5414 and 5415."
cfr_part: "333"
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# 333.1 Classification of general character of business.
State nonmember insured banks are divided into five categories for the purpose of classifying their general character or type of business,
<sup>2</sup>
[^] viz: commercial banks, banks and trust companies, savings banks (including mutual and stock), industrial banks, and cash depositories.
<sup>2</sup> A bank's business may include two or more of the general classifications.
[15 FR 8644, Dec. 6, 1950]