• Voluntary Surrender of a License or Closure of a Branch

    • AU-4.5.1

      In Accordance with Article 50 of the CBB Law, all requests for the voluntary surrender of a license or closure of a branch are subject to CBB approval. Such requests must be made in writing to the Executive Director of Banking Supervision, setting out in full the reasons for the request and how the voluntary surrender or branch closure is to be carried out.

      January 2013

    • AU-4.5.2

      Licensees must satisfy CBB that their customers' interests are to be safeguarded during and after the proposed voluntary surrender or closure of the branch.

      January 2013

    • AU-4.5.3

      The CBB will only approve a voluntary surrender where it has no outstanding regulatory concerns and any relevant customers' interests would not be prejudiced. A voluntary surrender will not be accepted where it is aimed at pre-empting supervisory actions by the CBB. Also, a voluntary surrender will only take effect once the licensee, in the opinion of the CBB, has discharged all its regulatory responsibilities to customers.

      January 2013