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Active Alerts
- April 11, 2022: Consumer Alert - Palm Springs Bank or PalmSpring Bank
- March 11, 2022: Consumer Alert - First Priority Offshore Bank
Proclamations
- February 17, 2021: Proclamation Authorizing Closures Due to Severe Winter Weather
- March 16, 2020: Proclamation Texas State-Chartered Banks for the Coronavirus
- August 28, 2017: Updated Proclamation Texas State-Chartered Banks for Hurricane Harvey
Press Releases
- April 11, 2023: Banking Commissioner Issues Consent Order Relating to Bittrex, Inc.
- April 4, 2023: Banking Commissioner Issues Consent Order Prohibiting Further Participation Relating to David Cantu
- March 28, 2023: Banking Commissioner Issues Consent Order Prohibiting Further Participation Relating to Ronald Wayne Schroeder
Industry Notices
- April 25, 2023: Applicability of Texas Legal Lending Limit Statutes to Purchases of Third-Party Loans and Related Supervisory Concerns
- March 15, 2023: Free Financial Education Webinar: Making a Streetwise Vehicle Purchase Presented Jointly by the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner and Texas Department of Banking
- November 17, 2022: Free Financial Education Webinar: Avoiding the Risk of Financial Exploitation, Presented Jointly by the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner and Texas Department of Banking
Testimony
- March 1, 2023: Commissioner provides testimony before the Pensions, Investments and Financial Services
- November 17, 2022: Commissioner provides testimony before the Senate Business and Commerce Committee
- August 25, 2022: Commissioner Provides Testimony to House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Committee