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Bureau of Financial Institutions

The budget for Maine State Government requires all executive branch Departments, Agencies and Offices to be closed on July 6, 2009.  Many services offered by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation are always available at www.maine.gov/pfr.

The Bureau of Financial Institutions supervises all state-chartered financial institutions including banks, credit unions, and nondepository trust companies.

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News

• Bureau of Financial Institutions' Survey Shows Foreclosues Continue to Increase at Modest Rate
• Bureau of Financial Institutions Releases Fourth Quarter 2008 Home Foreclosure Data
• Department of Professional and Financial Regulation Issues Holiday Season Identity Theft Warning
• Bureau of Financial Institutions' Survey Shows Slight Increase in Home Foreclosures
• Maine Bureau of Financial Institutions Announces Student Financial Literacy Project
• Maine’s Bureau of Financial Institutions Issues Warning About Phony E-mails Using Names of Banks and Credit Unions
• Bureau of Financial Institutions Awarded Reaccreditation
• Maine's Bureau of Financial Institutions Issues Warning About New Phishing Attempts Targeting Maine Consumers
• Superintendent Issues 2009 Report to the Legislature - Click here to access report in pdf format
• Bureau of Financial Institutions’ Survey Shows Continuing Small Increase in Home Foreclosures at Maine Banks and Credit Unions during 3rd Quarter
• Bureau of Finanical Institutions Issues Report Examining Impact of Data Breaches on Maine Banks and Credit Unions
• Maine Data Breach Study
• Bureau of Financial Institutions' Survey Shows Slight Increase in Home Foreclosures during 2nd Quarter of 2008
• Bureau of Financial Institutions Finds Low Foreclosure Numbers at Maine Banks and Credit Unions
• Bureau of Financial Institutions and Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection Issue Joint Advisory Ruling #116 - "Convenience" HELOCs
• State Agencies Focus on Elder Abuse Awareness
• Maine Mortgage Lending FAQs
• What Consumers Should Know About the Hannaford Data Breach
• OCC Makes Available Downloadable Consumer Illustrations of Information on Nontraditional Mortgage Products

» All Bureau Press Releases

Notices

• A synopsis of the relevant enacted laws passed by the First Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature may be found at the Bureau's Notice to Interested Parties
• Application from Bangor Bancorp, MHC, Bangor, Maine to Acquire by Merger Pepperell Bancshares Financial Group, Inc., Biddeford, Maine
• Notice of Order of Conservation of QUADS Trust Company
• Order Appointing Conservator in re: QUADS Trust Company

» All Notices

Laws, Rules, Bulletins and Advisory Rulings

• M.R.S. Title 9-A §8-103 - Definitions and rules of Construction
• NEW - Chapter 145 (Regulation #45) - Student Loans
• Payroll Processing Law

» All Laws, Rules, Bulletins and Advisory rulings

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