Sec. 9. "Foreign bank" means an entity organized under the laws of a foreign country, a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands that engages in the business of a financial institution or a subsidiary or affiliate organized under those laws of such an entity. The term includes foreign commercial banks, foreign merchant banks, and other foreign institutions that engage in banking activities that are usually in connection with the business of a financial institution in the countries where the foreign institutions are organized or operating.
As added by P.L.347-1989(ss), SEC.1.