§ 58-1-51 NMSA 1978

The commissioner [director of the financial institutions division of the regulation and licensing department], in the exercise of the power to make rules and issue regulations pursuant to the Banking Act, shall act in the interests of promoting and maintaining a sound banking system, the security of deposits and depositors and other customers, the preservation of the liquid position of banks and in the interest of preventing injurious credit expansions and contractions.