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TITLE 7BANKING AND SECURITIES
PART 2TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF BANKING
CHAPTER 33MONEY SERVICES BUSINESSES
RULE §33.35What Records Must I Keep Related to Money Transmission Transactions?

        (I) an identifying number for your customer and, if applicable, the person on whose behalf your customer is conducting the transaction;

        (II) a photograph identification of your customer;

        (III) the identity of the issuer of the photograph identification; and

        (IV) the sender's name;

      (ii) your customer's date of birth;

      (iii) your customer's telephone number, or, if your customer has no telephone, a notation in the record of that fact;

      (iv) the time of day your customer receives payment of the transmitted funds;

      (v) the location of the office where your customer receives payment of the transmitted funds;

      (vi) the method of payment (e.g., cash, check); and

      (vii) the unique number of the receipt required under §33.37 of this title (relating to Money Transmission Receipts).

    (D) for a transaction where the transmission proceeds are delivered to the designated recipient other than in person:

      (i) the customer and transaction records required under 31 CFR §1010.410(e)(1)(iii) and (e)(3)(ii);

      (ii) the sender's name;

      (iii) the location of the office where the transmitted funds are received; and

      (iv) the unique number of the receipt required under §33.37 of this title (relating to Money Transmission Receipts).

  (6) With respect to a transmission transaction in an amount less than $3,000, whether your customer is the sender or the recipient, you must keep a record for each transaction that contains:

    (A) the date of the transaction and time of day your customer orders the transmission or receives payment of the transmitted funds;

    (B) the location of the office where the transaction is conducted;

    (C) the amount of the transmission;

    (D) the amount of any fee charged for the transaction;

    (E) the names of the sender and recipient; and

    (F) the unique number of the receipt required under §33.37 of this title (relating to Money Transmission Receipts).

(f) What records must I keep related to currency transportation?

  (1) This subsection applies to a transaction in which you, as a license holder or the authorized delegate of a license holder, receive currency or an instrument payable in currency to physically transport the currency or its equivalent from one location to another by motor vehicle or other means of transportation or through the use of the mail or a shipping, courier or other delivery services.

  (2) With respect to a transaction subject to paragraphs (3) or (4) of this subsection, you must ask your customer whether the customer is conducting the transaction on the customer's own behalf or on behalf of another person (individual or business.) If your customer is conducting the transaction on behalf of another person, you must obtain and record, in addition to the information required under paragraphs (3) or (4) of this subsection, the name and address of the other person together with appropriate identification for the other person, such as taxpayer identification, passport, or alien registration number.

  (3) With respect to a transportation transaction in an amount of $3,000 or more in which your customer is the sender and orders the transportation of the currency on the customer's own behalf or on behalf of another person, you must keep a record for each transaction that contains:

    (A) your customer's name, address, date of birth and telephone number or, if your customer has no telephone, a notation in the record of that fact;

    (B) your customer's taxpayer identification number (e.g., social security number, employee identification number) or passport number or, if your customer does not have such a number and is an alien, then the number of an alien identification card or other official document evidencing your customer's foreign nationality or residence, such as a foreign driver's license or foreign voter registration card;

    (C) the specific identifying information (number, type, issuer) of a document that contains the name and a photograph of your customer and that is customarily acceptable within the banking community as a means of identification when cashing checks for nondepositors;

    (D) the designated recipient's name;

    (E) the designated recipient's address and telephone number to the extent that information is available to you after reasonable inquiry;

    (F) the amount of currency or instrument(s) to be transported and, if an instrument, the type of instrument (e.g., money order, check);

    (G) the date and time of day you receive from your customer the currency or instrument(s) to be transported;

    (H) the location of the office where the transaction is conducted;

    (I) the amount of any fee charged for the transaction; and

    (J) the unique number of the receipt required under §33.37 of this title (relating to Money Transmission Receipts).

  (4) With respect to a transportation transaction in an amount of $3,000 or more in which your customer receives the transported currency as the designated recipient or on behalf of the designated recipient, you must keep a record for each transaction that contains:

    (A) your customer's name, address, date of birth and telephone number or, if your customer has no telephone, a notation in the record of that fact;

    (B) your customer's taxpayer identification number (e.g., social security number, employee identification number) or passport number or, if your customer does not have such a number and is an alien, then the number of an alien identification card or other official document evidencing your customer's foreign nationality or residence, such as a foreign driver's license or foreign voter registration card;

    (C) the specific identifying information (number, type, issuer) of a document that contains the name and a photograph of your customer and that is customarily acceptable within the banking community as a means of identification when cashing checks for nondepositors;

    (D) the sender's name;

    (E) the sender's address and telephone number to the extent that information is available to you after reasonable inquiry;

    (F) the amount of currency or instrument(s) to be delivered to your customer and, if an instrument, the type of instrument (e.g., money order, check);

    (G) the date and time of day your customer receives the transported currency or instrument(s);

    (H) the location of the office where the transported currency or instrument(s) is delivered to your customer; and

    (I) the unique number of the receipt required under §33.37 of this title (relating to Money Transmission Receipts).

  (5) With respect to a transportation transaction in an amount less than $3,000, whether your customer is the sender or the recipient, you must keep a record for each transaction that contains:

    (A) the date and time of day you receive from your customer the currency or instrument(s) to be transported or your customer receives the transported currency or instrument(s), as applicable;

    (B) the location of the office where the transaction is conducted;

    (C) the amount of the currency or instrument(s) transported;

    (D) the amount of any fee charged for the transaction;

    (E) the names of the sender and recipient; and

    (F) the unique number of the receipt required under §33.37 of this title (relating to Money Transmission Receipts).

(g) May I obtain a waiver of the recordkeeping requirements? The commissioner may waive any requirement of this section upon a showing of good cause if the commissioner determines that:

  (1) you maintain records sufficient for the department to examine your money transmission business; and

  (2) the imposition of the requirement would cause an undue burden on you and conformity with the requirement would not significantly advance the state's interest under Finance Code, Chapter 152.


Source Note: The provisions of this §33.35 adopted to be effective August 31, 2006, 31 TexReg 6643; amended to be effective July 8, 2010, 35 TexReg 5805; amended to be effective May 5, 2011, 36 TexReg 2724; amended to be effective July 5, 2018, 43 TexReg 4452; amended to be effective January 3, 2019, 43 TexReg 8584; amended to be effective November 16, 2023, 48 TexReg 6584

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