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Charter a State Bank
Find information and resources regarding chartering a state bank in Georgia or converting from a federal/national bank to a state bank charter.

Find out if a Mortgage Loan Originator is Licensed
The Department has received numerous calls from MLO applicants regarding the status of their application with the Department. Information is available from the NMLS Consumer Access website once the Department has taken action on an MLO application (i.e., approved, denied, revoked, suspended, expired). If you conduct a search through NMLS Consumer Access and the Department has not acted on your application, the search will return a "No Match Found" response.

Pay GRMA Per Loan Fees Online
This link takes you to a secure site where you can file and pay your GRMA per loan fees online. Remittal of the GRMA per loan fees may only be made on-line by entities in the Department's database. With the on-line payment process, the Department accepts either ACH drafts on your checking account or Visa, MasterCharge, AmericanExpress, or DiscoverCard credit cards.

Renew a Representative Office Registration
This secure website is for 2011 Online Representative Office Renewals. This online renewal system is not for new registrations or for renewals of international representative offices or holding company registrations. See the Bank Forms and Applications page for the registration forms for a new representative office.

Report Mortgage Fraud
Links to a document where you may report suspected mortgage fraud to the Department.

Request Permission to use "bank" or "trust"
Request permission to use "bank" or "trust" in a name.

Search for a Georgia State-Chartered Bank
Search for a Georgia state-chartered bank, regulated by the Georgia Department of Banking & Finance.

Search for a Georgia State-Chartered Credit Union
Search for a Georgia state-chartered credit union, regulated by the Department of Banking & Finance.

Search for a Money Service Business (MSB)
Search for a Money Service Business regulated by the Department of Banking and Finance (i.e., check cashers, sale of check/money order companies, and money transmitters).

Search for a Mortgage Lender, Broker or Processor Licensee
Conduct a search for currently licensed mortgage brokers, lenders, processors and registrants.