§ 190. Application of article; definition. This article shall apply to
  banks, trust companies, savings banks, savings and loan associations and
  foreign banking corporations licensed, pursuant to section twenty-six of
  this  chapter,  to  maintain  a  branch in the state, as those terms are
  defined, respectively, in subdivisions  one,  two,  four  and  eight  of
  section  two,  and  subdivision  five  of  section  two  hundred of this
  chapter. As used in this article, the term "banking  institution"  shall
  mean and include banks, trust companies, savings banks, savings and loan
  associations  and  foreign  banking  corporations  licensed, pursuant to
  section twenty-six of this chapter, to maintain a branch in  the  state,
  as so defined.
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