02-029-135 Me. Code R. § II
This regulation permits a financial institution authorized to do business in Maine to tie products, services and their price to other products and services offered by the financial institution or its affiliate to the same extent as a financial institution is permitted to do under federal law and regulation. Recent federal rulings have permitted tying certain products and services (i.e., bundling products and offering relationship pricing). Absent specific authority under Maine laws or rules, a financial institution authorized to do business in this State is very limited in offering Maine consumers bundled products or relationship pricing. This also places Maine's financial institutions at a competitive disadvantage with nonbank providers of financial services.
02-029 C.M.R. ch. 135, § II