12 CFR § 390.283 - Affiliate.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s390.283"
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title: "12 CFR § 390.283 - Affiliate."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "390.283"
section_name: "Affiliate."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AND STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY"
part_number: "390"
part_name: "REGULATIONS TRANSFERRED FROM THE OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1819."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 47655, Aug. 5, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "390"
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# 390.283 Affiliate.

The term *affiliate* of a State savings association, unless otherwise defined, means any corporation, business trust, association, or other similar organization:

(a) Of which a State savings association, directly or indirectly, owns or controls either a majority of the voting shares or more than 50 per centum of the number of shares voted for the election of its directors, trustees, or other persons exercising similar functions at the preceding election, or controls in any manner the election of a majority of its directors, trustees, or other persons exercising similar functions; or

(b) Of which control is held, directly or indirectly through stock ownership or in any other manner, by the shareholders of a State savings association who own or control either a majority of the shares of such State savings association or more than 50 per centum of the number of shares voted for the election of directors of such State savings association at the preceding election, or by trustees for the benefit of the shareholders of any such State savings association; or

(c) Of which a majority of its directors, trustees, or other persons exercising similar functions are directors of any one State savings association.