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Active Alerts

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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

Previous Proclamations

 

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

Previous Press Releases

 

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

Previous Industry Notices

 

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

Previous Testimony

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