Definitions

Section 365.20 Definitions "Bank" means a state-chartered bank chartered under the provisions of the Illinois Banking Act [205 ILCS 5]. "Department" means the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. "Division" means the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation-Division of Banking. "Payday Loan" or "loan" means a loan with a finance charge exceeding an annual percentage rate of 36% and with a term that does not exceed 120 days, including any transaction conducted via any medium whatsoever, including, but not limited to, paper, facsimile, Internet, or telephone, in which: A lender accepts one or more checks dated on the date written and agrees to hold them for a period of days before deposit or presentment, or accepts one or more checks dated subsequent to the date written and agrees to hold them for deposit; or A lender accepts one or more authorizations to debit a consumer's account; or A lender accepts an interest in a consumer's wages, including, but not limited to, a wage assignment. "PLRA" means the Payday Loan Reform Act [815 ILCS 122].  Banks are expressly exempt from the provisions of the PLRA.