The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 8 : Banking and Insurance
Chapter 079 : Money Services
Subchapter 006 : PRUDENTIAL STANDARDS FOR MONEY TRANSMITTERS
(Cite as: 8 V.S.A. § 2541)-
§ 2541. Security
(a) An applicant for a money transmission license shall provide, and a licensee at all times shall maintain, security consisting of a surety bond in a form satisfactory to the Commissioner or, with the Commissioner’s approval, a deposit that meets the requirements of this section.
(b) The amount of the required security shall be the greater of $100,000.00 or an amount equal to one hundred percent of the licensee’s average daily money transmission liability in this State calculated for the most recently completed three-month period, up to a maximum of $2,000,000.00.
(c) A licensee that maintains a surety bond or deposit in the maximum amount provided for in subsection (b) of this section shall not be required to calculate its average daily money transmission liability in this State for purposes of this section.
(d) A licensee may exceed the maximum required surety bond or deposit amount pursuant to subdivision 2543(a)(5) of this subchapter.
(e) The surety bond or deposit shall be payable to the State for use of the State and for the benefit of any claimant against the licensee and its authorized delegates to secure the faithful performance of the obligations of the licensee and its authorized delegates with respect to money transmission.
(f) The aggregate liability on a surety bond may not exceed the principal sum of the bond. A claimant against a licensee or its authorized delegate may maintain an action directly against the bond, or the Commissioner may maintain an action on behalf of the claimant against the bond. The power vested in the Commissioner by this subsection shall be in addition to any other powers of the Commissioner under this chapter.
(g) The surety bond or deposit shall cover claims effective for as long as the Commissioner specifies, but for at least five years after the licensee ceases to provide money services in this State. However, the Commissioner may permit the amount of security to be reduced or eliminated before the expiration of that time to the extent the amount of the licensee’s outstanding money transmission obligations in this State is reduced. (Added 2023, No. 110 (Adj. Sess.), § 44, eff. July 1, 2024.)
