Fin. Code, § 2081 · Chapter 5. Eligible Securities
Fin. Code, § 2081
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A licensee shall at all times own eligible securities having an aggregate market value computed in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles of not less than the aggregate amount of all of its outstanding payment instruments and stored value obligations issued or sold in the United States and all outstanding money received for transmission in the United States.
(b) If the commissioner finds that the financial condition of a licensee is impaired, or that the financial condition of a licensee is such that its business is being conducted in an unsafe and unsound manner, the commissioner, to protect the public interest, may issue an order, subject to the procedures set forth in Section 2148, doing one or both of the following:
(1) Increasing the amount of eligible securities that the licensee must maintain.
(2) Requiring the licensee to obtain, as security for the payment of outstanding money transmission obligations, additional security in the form of financial guarantees.
(c) Eligible securities, even if commingled with other assets of the licensee, are deemed to be held in trust for the benefit of the purchasers and holders of the licensee’s outstanding payment instrument and stored value obligations, and all senders of outstanding money received for transmission, in the event of bankruptcy or receivership of the licensee, or in the event of an action by a creditor against the licensee who is not a beneficiary of this statutory trust. No eligible securities impressed with a trust pursuant to this subdivision shall be subject to attachment, levy of execution, or sequestration by order of any court, except for a beneficiary of this statutory trust.
(d) All outstanding payment instruments and stored value issued or sold by a licensee or its agent, and all outstanding money received for transmission by a licensee or its agent, shall remain a liability of the licensee from the time money or monetary value is received by the licensee or its agent until the licensee receives confirmation that such money or monetary value was received by the beneficiary, or until the outstanding payment instrument or stored value obligation has been paid, or until the money is refunded to the customer.
(e) A licensee shall maintain a record in the United States of proof of receipt by the beneficiary or refund to the customer of money received for transmission.
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History
Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 4. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.
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