Alerts

Previous Alerts

2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2013 | 2012 | 2007

Alerts announce concerns of the Department relating to unauthorized activity, scams, or similar situations. These are matters of interest to the banking industry, media and the public. All alerts are provided in Acrobat Adobe

2026

• May 12, 2026: CONSUMER ALERT – Broker Imposter Scams

2025

• December 31, 2025: CONSUMER ALERT - Viserbank
• December 30, 2025: CONSUMER ALERT–https://riotexas.us
• December 17, 2025: CONSUMER ALERT – www.mysbank.com
• June 16, 2025: CONSUMER ALERT – Sunchetz Capital Bank
• January 8, 2025: CONSUMER ALERT – Prime Trust Bank

2024

• October 2, 2024: CONSUMER ALERT – Beal Bank Ltd.
• August 14, 2024: CONSUMER ALERT – All Finance Bank of Texas
• May 13, 2024: CONSUMER ALERT – FRAUDULENT WEBSITES PURPORTING TO OFFER BANKING SERVICES

2023

• December 15, 2023: CONSUMER ALERT - First Heights Bank
• November 16, 2023: CONSUMER ALERT - Prime Stand Bank
• October 20, 2023: CONSUMER ALERT - Ameginc Bank
• June 6, 2023: CONSUMER ALERT - Diligence Bank

2022

• April 11, 2022: Consumer ALERT - Palm Springs Bank or PalmSpring Bank
• March 11, 2022: Consumer ALERT - First Priority Offshore Bank

2018

• April 5, 2018: ALERT - Fraudulent Emails Purporting To Be From Finance Commission of Texas Involving Fictitious Invitation to Bid
• January 5, 2018: Consumer ALERT -  AriseBank Purports to be a Bank and Soliciting Funds Online Through a Cryptocurrency Investment Scheme

2017

• December 15, 2017: Consumer ALERT - Various Media Outlets Inaccurately Reporting that the Tin Thanh Group has Acquired Oakwood Bank
• December 15, 2017: Consumer ALERT - Fraudulent Fax Solicitation Purporting to Offer a Business Line of Credit
• April 19, 2017: Consumer ALERT- Notice to Purchasers of Preneed Funeral Merchandise Sold By Apple Casket and Memorial Monuments

2016

• March 1, 2016: Consumer Alert - DebtWave Credit Counseling, Inc.

2015

• December 7, 2015: Consumer Alert – Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc.
• March 5, 2015: Consumer Alert - Fraudulent Website Purporting to be a Bank

2013

• December 10, 2013: Consumer Alert  - Fraudulent Telephone Contact Regarding the Department of Banking

2012

• February 15, 2012: Consumer Alert  - Fraudulent Loan Commitment Letter

2007

• March 8, 2007: Consumer Alert  - Fraudulent Callers Claiming to be Employees of the Department