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

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• NEW - 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
• In Re: QUADS Trust Company - Order of Final Disposition - October 21, 2008
• Bureau of Financial Institutions Finds Low Foreclosure Numbers at Maine Banks and Credit Unions - July 31, 2008
• Bureau of Financial Institutions and Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection Issue Joint Advisory Ruling #116 - "Convenience" HELOCs - June 18, 2008
• State Agencies Focus on Elder Abuse Awareness - June 15, 2008
• Maine Mortgage Lending FAQs - April 14, 2008
• What Consumers Should Know About the Hannaford Data Breach
• In re: QUADS Trust Company - Receiver's Notice of Destruction of QUADS Trust Company Records Stored at Firehouse Financial Center in Frederick, Maryland - February 22, 2008
• In re: QUADS Trust Company - Superintendent's Approval of Destruction of QUADS Trust Company Records Stored at Firehouse Financial Center in Frederick, Maryland - February 22, 2008
• In re: QUADS Trust Company - Receiver's Notice of Destruction of QUADS Trust Company Records Stored at Office Movers, Inc. in Frederick, Maryland - February 15, 2008
• In re: QUADS Trust Company - Superintendent's Approval of Destruction of QUADS Trust Company Records Stored at Office Movers, Inc. in Frederick, Maryland - February 15, 2008
• Bureau issues In re: QUADS Trust Company - Order Terminating Conservatorship and Appointing Receiver - January 31, 2008
• OCC Makes Available Downloadable Consumer Illustrations of Information on Nontraditional Mortgage Products - July 5, 2007
• 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

» 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

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