§ 6.1-194.29. Remote service units
A. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
"Remote service unit" or "RSU" means an information processing device, including associated equipment, structures and systems, by which information relating to financial services rendered to the public is stored and transmitted, instantaneously or otherwise, to a financial institution. Any such device not on the premises of a state association that, for activation and account access, requires use of a machine-readable instrument and personal security identifier in the possession and control of an account holder, is an RSU. The term includes, without limitation, point-of-sale terminals, merchant-operated terminals, cash-dispensing machines, and automated teller machines. It excludes automated teller machines on the premises of a state association, unless shared with other financial institutions. An RSU shall not be considered to be a branch office of an association.
"Personal security identifier" or "PSI" or "PIN" means any word, number, or other security identifier essential for an account holder to gain access to an account through a remote service unit.
B. Subject to the requirements of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. § 1693, et seq.) and Regulation E of the Federal Reserve Board, a state association may establish or use remote service units and participate with others in remote service unit operations on an unrestricted geographic basis. A state association may establish a remote service unit without prior approval of the Commission, provided that notice is given to the Commissioner in accordance with the provisions of subsection A of § 6.1-194.26. No remote service unit may be used to open a savings account, a demand account or establish a loan account.
C. Before permitting an account holder to use a remote service unit, the association shall provide a personal security identifier to the account holder and require its use when accessing a remote service unit. An association may not employ RSU access techniques that require the account holder to disclose a PSI to another person.
D. A state association shall not share an RSU with any financial institution or other entity which is not insured by an agency of the federal government or by some other insuring agency approved by the Commissioner.
E. A state association shall not share an RSU located in the Commonwealth with any foreign savings institution, or other financial institution which is not incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth, unless such foreign savings institution or other financial institution has been authorized by the Commission to conduct its business in the Commonwealth. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit a state association from sharing an RSU with a federal savings institution, or other federally chartered financial institution, authorized to conduct its business in the Commonwealth.
(1985, c. 425.)
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