What entities qualify as financial institutions?
A. An institution licensed, registered or otherwise authorized to do business in this State pursuant to the provisions of chapter 604, 645B, or 645E, of NRS or title 55 or 56 of NRS or a similar institution chartered or licensed pursuant to federal law or doing business in this State. It also includes a business primarily engaged in other financial activities involving securities, commodity exchange, bonds, investments, management of money, loan, or credit card processing, among others. The term does not include a credit union organized under the provisions of chapter 678 of NRS or the Federal Credit Union Act and effective July 1, 2005, it does not credit reporting companies, collection agencies, pawnbrokers, companies that extend credit for their own goods and services only, and agricultural credit associations.
