N.Y. Banking Law § 132: Use of sign, or words, indicating bank or trust company by unauthorized persons prohibited

§ 132. Use of sign, or words, indicating bank or trust company by

unauthorized persons prohibited.

No person, except a national bank, a federal reserve bank, or a

corporation duly authorized by the superintendent to transact business

in this state, shall make use of any office sign at the place where such

business is transacted having thereon any artificial or corporate name,

or other words indicating that such place or office is the place of

business or office of a bank or trust company; nor shall any such person

or persons make use of or circulate any letterheads, billheads, blank

forms, notes, receipts, certificates, circulars, or any written or

printed or partly written and partly printed paper whatever, having

thereon any artificial or corporate name, or other word or words,

indicating that such business is the business of a bank or trust

company; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be deemed

to prevent a bank holding company from using any corporate name it is

duly authorized to use under subdivision (b) of section three hundred

two of the business corporation law.