5 12 U.S.C. §1828(r)(4) and Finance Code §005(h) (effective September 1, 2001, renumbered as §59.005(e)).  The cited subsection of Finance Code §59.005 provides as follows (edits effective September 1, 2001):

     (e) [(h)] This section does not affect:

          (1)  authority under another law for a financial [depository] institution to act as an agent on behalf of another person or to act as a principal in employing another person as agent; or

          (2)  whether an agent's activities on behalf of a financial [depository] institution under another law would cause the agent to be considered a branch of the financial [depository] institution.

Similar language appears in 12 U.S.C. §1828(r)(4).