Dallas Business Owners Gain New Leverage Against Merchant Cash Advance Lenders Under Texas HB 700
A 2026 Texas law requires MCA funders to register with the state &mdash; and a large share of them haven't. For Dallas businesses, that single fact is becoming a first line of defense.
DALLAS &mdash; Dallas business owners fighting merchant cash advance (MCA) debt have a new starting point that did not exist a year ago: checking whether their funder is even legally allowed to operate in Texas.
Under HB 700, which created the Texas Commercial Sales-Based Financing Law codified as Texas Finance Code Chapter 398, every MCA provider and broker operating in Texas must now register with the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC). There is no grace period. A funder that failed to register may be operating illegally &mdash; and for a Dallas business, that can become grounds to challenge the agreement and halt collection. Verifying a lender's status through the OCCC registration database has become a logical first step in evaluating a case.
The law's disclosure mandate compounds the exposure. For commercial financing under $1 million, funders must disclose the total financing amount, the finance charge, the total repayment amount, an estimated APR, and the payment schedule. Attorneys reviewing DFW-area agreements are finding that a significant share fail to meet these requirements &mdash; creating defenses where the disclosures were absent or inaccurate.
Then there is the usury argument, which Texas law sharpens. If a court finds an MCA functioned as a disguised loan &mdash; because it demanded fixed repayments, lacked genuine reconciliation, or shifted no real risk to the funder &mdash; Texas's usury provisions can apply. Texas recognizes a criminal usury ceiling, and when MCA agreements carry effective APRs of 80%, 150%, or higher, a declining-principal audit can demonstrate a rate far beyond the legal limit. Where a court agrees, the funder can forfeit interest and face additional penalties.
The exposure runs across Dallas's economy: trucking fleets in the DFW Airport corridor, warehouse operations in Grand Prairie, construction firms in Mesquite, and startups along the North Dallas technology corridor all share the volatile-cash-flow, equipment-heavy profile that MCA funders target &mdash; and that suffers most when fixed daily withdrawals continue through a slow month.
As with any MCA dispute, timing controls the outcome. Once a funder secures a judgment and moves to freeze accounts or enforce a UCC lien, options narrow sharply.
Dallas business owners facing MCA collections, a frozen account, or an unregistered funder can review their options and connect with an experienced attorney through CredibleLaw's Dallas network at&nbsp;<a href="https://crediblelaw.com/dallas-mca-defense-attorney/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">crediblelaw.com/dallas-mca-defense-attorney/</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://crediblelaw.com/dallas-mca-defense/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a>.
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