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The applicant is: Grounds for refusal of registration (e.g., for a corporation, Article 52-61-5 of the Banking Act) The applicant is: (1) A corporation whose net assets are negative; (2) A corporation that has not established a system for performing Electronic Payment Services appropriately and with certainty; (3) A corporation whose registration for Electronic Payment Services has been revoked in the past five years; (4) A corporation that has been ordered in the past five years to discontinue Electronic Payment Services; (5) A corporation that has been sentenced to a fine for violation of the Banking Act or any other laws and regulations in the past five years; (6) A corporation that has not appointed a representative in Japan (7) A corporation whose officers have received any specified administrative penalty, punishment or other sanction in the past. business or offices in multiple prefectures, the operator must register with LFB, and in order to operate a Money Lending Business with places of business or offices in just one prefecture, instead must register with the prefectural governor (Article 3 of the Money Lending Business Act). There are no restrictions on who can register, and both corporations and individuals can apply. Outline of registration procedures The applicant must submit the statutorily required application form, with the necessary documents attached. The application will be reviewed, and registration as a Money Lending Business will be granted unless there are grounds to refuse registration, or there is a material false statement or material omission in the application form or the attached documents. The registration will lapse after three years and the Money Lending Business Operator should renew the registration at least two months before the expiration date. Grounds for refusal of registration (e.g., for a corporation, Article 6 of the Money Lending Business Act) (1) A corporation whose registration as a Money Lender has been revoked in the past five years; (2) A corporation that has been sentenced to a fine for violation of the Money Lending Business Act or any other applicable law, or committed a crime prescribed in the Penal Code or other applicable law in concluding a loan contract or collecting claims under said contract in the past five years; (3) A corporation that is a member of an organized crime group or was a member of an organized crime group at any time in the preceding five years (an Organized Crime Group Member, etc.); (4) A person specified by Cabinet Office Order as a person who can be reasonably considered to be likely to commit a wrongful or untrustworthy act in relation to a Money Lending Business; (5) A corporation any officer of which has received any specified administrative penalty, punishment or other sanction in the past; (6) A corporation whose business activities are controlled by an Organized Crime Group Member, etc. (7) A corporation that is likely to engage an Organized Crime Group Member, etc. in its business operations or to use an Organized Crime Group Member, etc. as an assistant in those operations; (8) A corporation that has not appointed a Chief of Money Lending Operations at its place of business or office; (9) A corporation whose amount of net assets is less than the amount prescribed by cabinet order as necessary and appropriate to appropriately conduct a Money Lending Business (50 million yen); Money Lending Business f. The Money Lending Business Act requires that in order to operate a Money Lending Business with places of 65

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