| Date: | 04/01/1998 |
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| Organization: | Division of Banks |
| Docket Number: | 98-131 |
This opinion was issued in the second quarter of 1998.
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Use of word "trust" in name of entity that does not conduct banking business
Mass. Gen. Laws chapter 167, section 37 prohibits any individual or entity, either conducting a banking business or in the business of receiving money on deposit, from using the word "trust" in its name or title, unless otherwise authorized. It is the Division's opinion that a business trust organized under the law of another state may use the word "trust" in its name for purposes of collecting debts from consumers in the Commonwealth through a third-party, licensed collection agency.