(1)In this Chapter “financial institution” means—
(a)a bank, as defined by section 840A of ICTA,
(b)a building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53),
(c)a wholly-owned subsidiary of a bank within paragraph (a) or a building society within paragraph (b),
(d)a person authorised by a licence under Part 3 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39) to carry on a consumer credit business or consumer hire business within the meaning of that Act,
(e)a bond-issuer, within the meaning of section 507, but only in relation to any bond assets which are rights under purchase and resale arrangements or diminishing shared ownership arrangements, or
(f)a person authorised in a jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom—
(i)to receive deposits or other repayable funds from the public, and
(ii)to grant credits for its own account.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) a company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a bank or building society (“the parent”) if it has no members except—
(a)the parent or persons acting on behalf of the parent, and
(b)the parent’s wholly-owned subsidiaries or persons acting on behalf of the parent’s wholly-owned subsidiaries.