Tex. Finance Code § 346.001

This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 346.001, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.

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§ 346.001. DEFINITIONS.

Official statutory text

In this chapter:

(1) "Billing cycle" means the interval between periodic billing statements.

(2) "Credit card" means a card, confirmation, or identification or check or other written request by which a customer obtains access to a revolving credit account.

(3) "Creditor" means an authorized lender who directly or through another who honors a credit card issued by the person, extends credit, including money loaned, to a customer under an agreement that provides for the use of a credit card.

(4) "Customer" means a person who has accepted a revolving credit account.

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