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Non-Bank Licensees

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The Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities licenses more than 37,000 non-bank ("non-depository") lenders, including mortgage brokers, originators, lenders and servicers; auto sales finance companies; debt management and debt settlement companies; check cashers; consumer discount companies; credit services loan brokers; pawnbrokers; and money transmitters. We also enforce compliance with state and federal laws for non-bank lenders so that consumer and business borrowers will have confidence in their transactions.​


We provide free help to anyone with a question, concern or complaint about Pennsylvania financial institutions, services, or products.  Simply call 1.800.PA.BANKS (800.722.2657) or use our 
online complaint form and a consumer services specialist​ ​will respond within 24 hours during the week. 

The department is accredited by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors
the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators and the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisorsand is a member of the North American Securities Administrators Associationthe Money Transmitters Regulators Associationand the National Association of Consumer Credit Administrators.

Our work is funded entirely by the assessments and fees paid by Pennsylvania’s regulated financial community.  No taxpayer dollars are used to support our work.