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To open an account, visit any participating branch of a bank or credit union listed below.

Click on the bank or credit union name for a list of participating branches: 

• Amegy Bank
• Bank of America
• Bank of Texas
• Capital One
• Central Bank
• Chase Bank
• Citibank
• Energy Capital Credit Union
• First Convenience Bank
• First Service Credit Union
• Guaranty Bank
• Main Street Bank
• NCI Community Development Credit Union
• People’s Trust Federal Credit Union
• Primeway Federal Credit Union
• Regions
• Shared Resources Credit Union
• Smart Financial Credit Union
• United Commercial Bank
• Unity National Bank
• Wachovia
• Wells Fargo Bank of Texas
• Woodforest Bank

These banks and credit unions are willing, on a case-by-case basis and usually with conditions, to accept customers who do not meet regular account opening requirements. Please refer to our Financial Institutions Directory (.pdf file, updated August 13, 2009) for more information on which banks offer this option. You should also talk with a bank or credit union representative about the restrictions applied to a second-chance customer.  

No Bank on Houston financial institution will accept customers with histories of fraud.