Foreign Certificates of Deposit: Securities or Banking Transactions after Wolf v. Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A.

Authors

Dana W. Fox

Abstract

A certificate of deposit has features which invite its characterization' as both a commercial banking and an investment banking instrument. This dual characterization raises a question as to whether the federal banking or securities laws properly apply to regulate the issue of such certificates. This Note reviews the implications of extending the coverage of the federal securities laws to the issuance of a certificate of deposit by a foreign bank to a United States citizen. The discussion centers upon Wof v. Banco Nacional de Mexico, A.,4. and incorporates the recent result in that case, analyzing its likely effect upon the future conduct of international banking transactions.

Recommended Citation

Dana W. Fox, Foreign Certificates of Deposit: Securities or Banking Transactions after Wolf v. Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A., 7 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 435 (1984).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_international_comparative_law_review/vol7/iss2/7