History of OFI

OFI traces its origin to the Banking Act of 1912, which established the agency initially as the Department of Banking. It was charged with enforcing all laws relating to banks, trust companies, savings banks and combined bank and trust companies organized and doing business under Kentucky laws. The legislature mandated supervision of state-chartered savings [building] and loan associations in 1918 and added state-chartered credit unions in 1922. When oversight of the state’s securities industry was given to the agency in mid-1932, the agency was renamed the Department of Banking and Securities. Over the years, other regulatory responsibilities were added, including consumer and industrial loan companies in 1946, companies that sell money orders in 1966, mortgage loan companies and brokers in 1980 and check-cashing companies in 1992. As the agency's scope increased over the years to include other types of financial institutions, its organizational structure and name changed as well, from the Department of Financial Institutions in 1984 to the Office of Financial Institutions in 2004.

Office of Financial Institutions
1025 Capital Center Drive
Suite 200
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-573-3390
Fax: 502-573-0086
E-mail: kfi@ky.gov