Industry Notices

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2024

November 4, 2024: Free Financial Education Webinar: Financial Foundations for Young Adults
October 18, 2024: Updated Nonbank Financial Service Businesses Ransomware Self-Assessment Tool - Prepaid Funeral Contract Sellers and Perpetual Care Cemeteries
October 18, 2024: Updated Nonbank Financial Service Businesses Ransomware Self-Assessment Tool - Money Services Businesses
August 29, 2024: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Announces the Sunset of Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT)
August 27, 2024: 2024 Regional Bank Risk Summit
July 5, 2024: Emergency Closing of Offices
June 14, 2024: Free Financial Education Webinar: Preparing Financially for Natural Disasters
March 22, 2024: Free Financial Education Webinar: Inform, Inspire, Ignite!
March 7, 2024: Texas Department of Banking Provides Guidance for April 8 Eclipse
February 13, 2024: On-Demand Financial Education Webinar: Ready, Set, Get Organized!
February 8, 2024: Commissioner Submits Comments in Response to FDIC Proposed Guidelines Establishing Standards for Corporate Governance and Risk Management for Covered Institutions with Total Consolidated Assets for $10 Billion or More

2023

November 30, 2023: On Demand Financial Education Webinar: Financially Surviving the Holidays
October 25, 2023: Ransomware Self-Assessment Tool Version 2.0 for Mitigating the Risks of Ransomware
August 22, 2023: Texas Legislature Passes Legislation Impacting Money Services Businesses
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

2022

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
August 25, 2022: Financial Education Webinar: Understanding Your Credit
August 22, 2022: Amendment to Rule Requiring Notification of a Computer Security Incident by a Texas State-Chartered Bank
April 20, 2022: Financial Education Webinar: Building Wealth: A Checklist to Get You Started Presented by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
March 14, 2022: Director’s Affidavit - Oath of Office
March 14, 2022: Director, Manager, Managing Participant Affidavit – Oath of Office
February 11, 2022: Financial Education Webinar: Money Smart: Values, Influences, Spending and Saving, Presented Jointly by the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner and Texas Department of Banking

2021

2020

December 16, 2020: Self-Assessment Tool for Mitigating the Risks of Ransomware for Nonbank Financial Service Businesses – PFC/PCC
December 16, 2020: Self-Assessment Tool for Mitigating the Risks of Ransomware for Nonbank Financial Service Businesses – MSB
October 26, 2020: Financial Education Webinar: Applying for Credit Presented Jointly by the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner and Texas Department of Banking
October 13, 2020: Self-Assessment Tool for Mitigating the Risks of Ransomware
October 1 2020: Highlights from the 8th Annual Community Banking in the 21st Century Research and Policy Conference
August 25, 2020: Emergency Closing of Offices
July 3, 2020: Home Equity Lending Rule Review: Precomment Draft and Online Webinar Notice
June 23, 2020: Interagency Examiner Guidance For Assessing Safety and Soundness Considering the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Institutions
May 29, 2020: Department of Banking Resumes Examination Process in June
April 8, 2020: Increased Cyber Activity During Times of Crisis
April 1, 2020: Trust Company Call Report and Certification of Exempt Status
March 30, 2020: Business Continuity Planning Considerations – COVID-19
March 23, 2020: Treasury Memo Designates Financial Services Sector Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers
March 16, 2020: Texas Department of Banking Provides Support and Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID – 19)
February 6, 2020: Requirements for a Cybersecurity Incident Report filed by a Money Services Business
February 6, 2020: Requirements for a Cybersecurity Incident Report filed by a Texas State-Chartered Bank or Trust Company

2019

October 3, 2019: Highlights from the 7^th Annual Community Banking in the 21st Century Research and Policy Conference
September 3, 2019: Stakeholders Meeting: Alternate Dispute Resolution, Negotiated Rulemaking, and Finance Commission Appeals
August 14, 2019:Stakeholders Meeting: Review of Mortgage Payoff Statement Rules and Proposed Amendments to Payoff Statement Form
July 29, 2019: Hemp and Hemp-Related Products

2018

May 16, 2018: BSA Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions Now in Effect
March 26, 2018: Preparing for the Implementation of the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Methodology

2017

December 4, 2017: Business E-mail Compromise Workshop Presented by the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, MS-ISAC, REN-ISAC, R-CISC, and Symantec
November 13, 2017: FinCEN Issues Advisory to Financial Institutions Regarding Widespread Political Corruption in Venezuela and Proceeds Moving Through U.S. Financial System
November 13, 2017: FinCEN Issues Advisory to Financial Institutions Regarding Disaster-Related Fraud
October 16, 2017: Financial Education Webinar for MSBs - Guidance on Texas Permissible Investment Reports and Legislative Changes
October 12, 2017: Designation of Representative for Notice of an Abandoned Asset
October 2, 2017: Department Provides Support and Guidance for Financial Institutions and Borrowers Affected by Hurricane Harvey – Home Equity Loans and Home Repairs
September 27, 2017: CSBS Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Readiness Checklist Tool
September 15, 2017: Free Financial Education Webinar - Protect Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation
June 6, 2017: Texas Town Hall Meetings 2017
June 1, 2017: Update to the Currency Transaction Report and Technical Webinar
May 8, 2017: Free Financial Education Webinar: Texas Financial Education Endowment (TFEE)
March 9, 2017: Free Financial Education Webinar: Guidance on Various Filings for MSBs
February 13, 2017: Free Financial Education Webinar: Money Smart Week Texas
January 19, 2017: North Texas Electronic Crimes Task Force – Upcoming Tabletop Exercise
January 18, 2017: Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) Releases BSA/AML Self-Assessment Tool

2016

October 19, 2016: Free Financial Education Webinar: Cybersecurity Awareness for Money Services Businesses
October 5, 2016: Free Financial Education Webinar: Navigate, an Educational Resource by the Dallas FRB
September 27, 2016: 4th Annual Community Banking Research and Policy Conference
September 2, 2016: Guidance on CFPB Amendments to Mortgage Rule
August 16, 2016: FFIEC - Banking Regulators Seek Comment on Proposed Small Institution “Call Report”
August 1, 2016: Fraud Awareness for Money Services Businesses
July 28, 2016: FinCEN Issues Geographic Targeting Orders: U.S. Title Insurance Companies Must Comply
July 15, 2016: Incident Response Testing - Upcoming Testing Exercise
June 1, 2016: Free Financial Education Webinar - Expanding Children's Savings Accounts for College in Texas
May 18, 2016: 2016 Town Hall Meetings
May 2, 2016: Train-the-Trainer Workshop in Dallas
April 1, 2016: April is National Financial Literacy Month

2015

November 23, 2015: Financial Education Webinar - Bankers and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Programs
September 24, 2015: Promoting National Cyber Security Awareness Month
September 15, 2015: Train the Trainer Workshops
September 15, 2015: Cybersecurity Assessments & the FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool
August 3, 2015: Financial Education Webinar: Money Smart for Older Adults
May 21, 2015: Day with the Commissioner
May 20, 2015: Banker Alert - Unlicensed Appraiser James “Jay” Edwards
May 8, 2015: Financial Education Webinar: FDIC Money Smart for Young People and Banking on Kids
April 8, 2015: Reminder: One-Time Election - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI)
February 2, 2015: Financial Education Webinar: Texas Financial Education Endowment (TFEE)
January 15, 2015: Key Regulatory Capital Regulation Change: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI)

2014

October 23, 2014: Event - Executive Leadership of Cybersecurity - Austin
September 29, 2014: Financial Education Webinar: "Healthy Communities: A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligations"
September 10, 2014: 2nd Annual Fed/CSBS Community Banking Research ConferenceSeptember 23th-24th
May 16, 2014: Town Hall Meetings
April 24, 2014: Financial Education Webinar: "Texas Children's Savings Accounts"

2013

October 11, 2013: Incident Response Testing – Upcoming Testing Exercise
October 10, 2013: Financial Education Webinar: "Strategies to Meet Bank CRA Requirements through Junior Achievement"
September 26, 2013: Fed/CSBS Community Banking Research Conference October 2-3, 2013
June 5, 2013: Financial Education Webinar: "Fraud Prevention for Seniors and Identity Theft"
May 8, 2013: Town Hall Meetings: Community Banking in America
February 15, 2013: Mandatory BSA E-Filing Reminder for Banks and MSBs
January 30, 2013: Free Financial Education Webinar: "Building Wealth App"
January 22, 2013: San Antonio Regional Office Relocation

2012

November 1, 2012: Incident Response Testing – Upcoming Testing Exercise
November 1, 2012: Executive Officer Oversight of Cyber-crime Risks
October 3, 2012: CSBS Issues Statement on BASEL III
September 4, 2012: Free Financial Education Webinar: "Money Smart for Small Business"
May 18, 2012: Policy Revision Regarding Branch Certificates
May 4, 2012: Reminder: Department of Banking Domain Change
May 4, 2012: Free Financial Education Webinar: "Consumer Education and Engagement"
January 23, 2012: Free Financial Education Webinar: "Financial Literacy Weeks"
January 13, 2012: Supervisory Memorandum 1029: Standards for the Risk Management of Corporate Account Takeovers

2011

November 2, 2011: BSA Forms
October 27, 2011: Benchmarking Financial Literacy- Year 5
October 20, 2011: Free Financial Education Webinar
June 1, 2011: Emergency Preparedness
May 17, 2011: Registration Deadline for MLOs
April 7, 2011: April is Financial Literacy Month
February 23, 2011: Letter on Final Overdraft Payment Supervisory Guidance, FIL-81-2010.
January 24, 2011: S.A.F.E. Act and Mortgage Loan Originators (MLOs) Training

2010

October 19, 2010: Financial Literacy Survey - Year 4
October 18, 2010: Request for Comment: NMLS Federal Registry Fees for Mortgage Loan Originators
October 11, 2010: Foreclosures and Best Practices

2008

March 18, 2008: Closed Account Notification System (CANS)

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