(205 ILCS 657/15)

Sec. 15. Exemptions. The following are exempt from the licensing requirements of this Act:

(1) The United States and any department or agency of the United States.

(2) This State and any political subdivision of this State.

(3) Banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, savings banks, or credit unions, licensed or organized under the laws of any state or of the United States and any foreign bank maintaining a branch or agency licensed or organized under the laws of any state or of the United States.

(4) Currency exchanges licensed under the Currency Exchange Act are exempt from licensing only for (i) the issuance of money orders or (ii) the sale, loading, or unloading of stored value cards.

(5) Corporations and associations exempt under item (3) or (4) from the licensing requirements of this Act are not exempt from approval by the Director as authorized sellers. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to enlarge the powers of those corporations and associations.

(6) An operator of a payment system to the extent that it provides processing, clearing, or settlement services between or among persons exempt under this Section in connection with wire transfers, credit card transactions, debit card transactions, stored value transactions, automated clearing house transfers, or similar funds transfers.

(Source: P.A. 97-511, eff. 8-23-11; 98-991, eff. 8-18-14.)