Section 4Sec./Art. 4

Any bank or banking institution which is engaged in the business of receiving deposits as herein defined on the effective date of this Act, or which thereafter may engage in the business of receiving deposits, may insure its deposit liabilities with the Corporation. Before approving the application of such bank to become an insured bank, the Board of Directors shall give consideration to the factors enumerated in Section 5 and shall determine upon the basis of a thorough examination of such bank, that its assets in excess of its capital requirements are adequate to enable it to meet all its liabilities to depositors and other creditors as shown by the books of the bank.