---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 215a–3"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "215a–3"
heading: "Mergers and consolidations with subsidiaries and nonbank affiliates"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/215a-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — National Banks"
  - "Subchapter XVI — Consolidation and Merger"
---

# §215a–3. Mergers and consolidations with subsidiaries and nonbank affiliates

- (a) **In general—** Upon the approval of the [Comptroller](/usc/12/215b.md?p=3), a national bank may merge with one or more of its nonbank subsidiaries or [affiliates](/usc/12/5481.md?p=1).
- (b) **Scope—** Nothing in this section shall be construed—
  - (1) to affect the applicability of [section 1828(c) of this title](/usc/12/1828.md?p=c); or
  - (2) to grant a national bank any power or authority that is not permissible for a national bank under other applicable provisions of law.
- (c) **Regulations—** The [Comptroller](/usc/12/215b.md?p=3) shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.

## Source credit

(Nov. 7, 1918, ch. 209, § 6, as added Pub. L. 106–569, title XII, § 1206, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 3034.)