California Department of Financial Institutions

{{Infobox government agency

|agency_name = Department of Financial Institutions

|type = department

|formed = {{Start date|1997|07|01}}

|dissolved = {{end date|2013|07|01}}

|superseding = Department of Business Oversight

|jurisdiction = California

|headquarters = San Francisco, California

|chief1_position = Commissioner of Business Oversight

|parent_agency = Business, Transportation and Housing Agency

}}

The California Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) was a government department of the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency responsible for financial regulation of California's banking system.{{cite news|title=State launches inquiry into bank's actions in Durkee fraud case|first1=John|last1=Hoeffel|first2=E. Scott|last2=Reckard|work=Los Angeles Times|date=22 September 2011|access-date=16 November 2012|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-sep-22-la-me-0922-durkee-bank-20110922-story.html}}

Pursuant to the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 2012, the Department of Financial Institutions and Department of Corporations became divisions of the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) on July 1, 2013.