Following its September 30 approval by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the newly authorized Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) is positioning Dallas as a rising financial powerhouse and is the focus of the latest episode of Let’s Talk Local.
Wall Street may have the spotlight, but it’s time to make room for Y’all Street!
In this episode of Let’s Talk Local, host Sarah Zubiate Bennett takes viewers inside a Metroplex Civic and Business Association (MCBA) luncheon featuring a fascinating Q&A with Nicole Chambers, Global Managing Director of the newly approved TXSE.
With her extensive background at NASDAQ, Chambers shares deep industry insight and contagious confidence about what’s ahead for Texas finance. She explains how the exchange came to life, which industries she expects to grow fastest, and what this milestone means for Dallas’s future as a financial hub.
Bennett also sits down with Onyinye Akujuo, President and CEO of MCBA Dallas, to discuss the organization’s remarkable growth and its expanding impact across North Texas’ business and civic community.
Texas Stock Exchange Receives SEC Approval
The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) officially received federal approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 2025, becoming the first fully integrated national securities exchange approved in decades.
According to TXSE Group Inc., the SEC’s decision clears the way for trading, exchange-traded product (ETP) listings, and corporate listings to begin in 2026.
“Today’s approval marks a pivotal moment in our effort to build a world-class exchange rooted in alignment, transparency, and partnership with issuers and investors,” said James H. Lee, founder and CEO of TXSE Group Inc. “Real competition for corporate listings in the United States has finally arrived.”
The approval follows months of momentum positioning Texas as America’s new financial frontier. As The Dallas Express previously reported in August, Governor Greg Abbott joined business leaders at AT&T Stadium to celebrate the launch of NYSE Texas, ringing the closing bell and declaring, “It’s going to be Y’all Street instead of Wall Street.”
That exchange, operated by the New York Stock Exchange’s parent company, established Dallas as a secondary trading hub and foreshadowed TXSE’s rise as a homegrown competitor.
Headquartered in Dallas, TXSE has already completed development of its proprietary trading platform and order-matching engine. It is also the most well-capitalized equities exchange ever approved by the SEC, backed by BlackRock, Citadel, Charles Schwab, and prominent Texas business leaders.
The TXSE’s arrival cements Dallas’s transformation from a regional powerhouse to a national financial capital, one where “Y’all Street” might soon rival Wall Street itself.