OCGA 7-1-4

(21) “Financial institution” means:

(A) A bank;

(B) A trust company;

(C) Reserved;

(D) A credit union;

(E) A corporation licensed to engage in the business of selling payment instruments in this state on April 1, 1975, or so licensed pursuant to Article 4 of this chapter;

(F) Business development corporations existing on April 1, 1975, pursuant to the former “Georgia Business Development Corporation Act of 1972,” approved April 3, 1972 (Ga. L. 1972, p. 798), or organized pursuant to Article 6 of this chapter;

(G) An international bank agency doing business in this state on April 1, 1975, pursuant to the former “International Bank Agency Act,” approved April 6, 1972 (Ga. L. 1972, p. 1140), or authorized to do business in this state pursuant to Article 5 of this chapter;

(H) In addition, as the context requires, a national bank, savings and loan association, or federal credit union for the purpose of the following provisions:

(i) Code Section 7-1-2, relating to findings of the General Assembly;

(ii) Code Section 7-1-8, relating to supplementary principles of law;

(iii) Code Section 7-1-37, relating to restrictions on officials and personnel;

(iv) Code Section 7-1-70, relating to disclosure of information;

(v) Code Section 7-1-90, relating to judicial review of department action;

(vi) Code Sections 7-1-111 and 7-1-112, relating to emergency closings and business restrictions;

(vii) Paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Code Section 7-1-394, relating to criteria to be considered in approving new banks;

(viii) Code Section 7-1-840, relating to criminal prosecutions; and

(ix) Code Section 7-1-841, relating to application of Title 16 provisions;

(I) A bank holding company as defined in Code Section 7-1-605 for the purposes of Code Sections 7-1-61, 7-1-71, and 7-1-91;

(J) Banks chartered by states other than Georgia for the purposes of paragraph (10) of Code Section 7-1-261, relating to agency relationships; and

(K) Federal credit unions for the purposes of Part 6 of Article 2 of this chapter, relating to deposits, safe-deposit agreements, and money received for transmission, and Article 8 of this chapter, relating to multiple-party accounts.