R333-5-3. Discount Brokerage Services

A state chartered bank may enter into a contractual arrangement with unrelated discount brokers where the broker executes securities transactions for bank customers and the bank shares the commissions generated by the transaction. This service is restricted as outlined below:

(1) The bank clearly acts solely at the customer's direction;

(2) The transactions are for the account of the customer and not the account of the bank;

(3) The transactions are without recourse;

(4) The bank makes no warranty as to the performance or quality of any security;

(5) The bank does not advise customers to make any particular investment;

(6) The bank's promotional material clearly explains the bank's limited role in the service; and

(7) The bank's promotional material clearly explains that the transactions are not federally insured.