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HRS §412:5A-204

International banks can only do business tied to foreign trade

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

This section says an international banking corporation cannot do business in the United States unless the state banking commissioner decides that business is a minor part of its international or foreign operations. It limits what these banks can do here.

financial institutions

The statute, as written — Prohibition of business in United States

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

No international banking corporation shall carry on any part of its business in the United States except as shall, in the judgment of the commissioner, be incidental to its international or foreign business.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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