((a)) ** Services permissible other than taking deposits** A bank service company may provide to any person any service authorized by this section, except that a bank service company shall not take deposits.

((b)) ** Services to be performed in State where shareholders or members are located** Except as permissible under subsection (c), (d), or (e) or with the prior approval of the Board under in accordance with subsection (f) of this section—

((1)) a bank service company shall not perform the services authorized by this section in any State other than that State in which its shareholders or members are located; and

((2)) all insured bank shareholders or members of a bank service company shall be located in the same State.

((c)) ** Performance where State bank or savings association is shareholder or member** A bank service company in which a State bank or State savings association is a shareholder or member shall perform only those services that such State bank or State savings association shareholder or member is authorized to perform under the law of the State in which such State bank or State savings association operates and shall perform such services only at locations in the State in which such State bank or State savings association shareholder or member could be authorized to perform such services.

((d)) ** Performance where national bank or Federal savings association is shareholder or member** A bank service company in which a national bank or Federal savings association is a shareholder or member shall perform only those services that such national bank or Federal savings association shareholder or member is authorized to perform under the law of the United States and shall perform such services only at locations in the State at which such national bank or Federal savings association shareholder or member could be authorized to perform such services.

((e)) ** Performance where State bank and national bank are shareholders or members** A bank service company may perform—

((1)) only those services that each depository institution shareholder or member is otherwise authorized to perform under any applicable Federal or State law; and

((2)) such services only at locations in a State in which each such shareholder or member is authorized to perform such services.

((f)) ** Geographic location** Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section or any other provision of law, other than the provisions of Federal and State branching law regulating the geographic location of banks or savings associations to the extent that those laws are applicable to an activity authorized by this subsection, a bank service company may perform at any geographic location any service, other than deposit taking, that the Board has determined, by regulation, to be permissible for a bank holding company under as of the day before .section 1843(c)(8) of this titleNovember 12, 19991999-11-12