TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Neil Ferguson 
Galveston-based HomeTown Bank recently announced a number of staff promotions, as well as a new hire. HomeTown Bank has promoted Elizabeth Birch to vice president. Birch, who has 17 years of banking experience, joined HomeTown Bank seven years ago in the new accounts department at the Galveston main bank and is now new accounts supervisor. She … Read more
Dallas-based State Bank of Texas announced on March 15 that it has finalized plans to build a new headquarters building in the Las Colinas Urban Center. Construction should commence by the end of 2021 and is expected to be completed in mid-2023. The project was announced by Chan Patel, CEO and board chair. The new headquarters … Read more
The board of directors of Corpus Christi-based Charter Bank has promoted Kirk Bourland to vice president of commercial lending. He has been with the bank since 2018, starting as a credit analyst/loan trainee. Bourland has a BBA degree in finance and BBA degree in business economics from Texas Tech University. In other news, Daniel Nash has joined Charter … Read more
Many aspects of life are beginning the return to normal. In a number of ways, we can see light at the end of the tunnel. We look forward to the days when we can do things the ways that we had before, prior to COVID-19. But we are also asking: Should everything go back to the way … Read more
Paris-based Lamar National Bank has appointed Van Pardue to the bank’s board of directors. Pardue, a 45-year community bank veteran, joined Lamar National in August 2019 as president of corporate development. Originally from Monroe, Louisiana, he and his wife Ann moved to Texas to lead the expansion of Origin Bank (then Community Trust Bank) into … Read more
Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank recently welcomed a new lending team to serve the Denton area. Ernie McGee serves as president; James E. Posey and Alex Eysermans serve as senior vice presidents and commercial loan officers; Kevin Hodge serves as a commercial loan officer; and Jeanette Hoffman serves as senior lending assistant. The new Denton banking group marks … Read more
Rob Graves recently joined Denton-based AccessBank Texas as vice president/commercial lending. He adds more than a decade of experience in the banking industry to the Dallas/Fort Worth lending team. Graves began his banking career in 2009 with Wells Fargo Bank in Denton, where he worked as a teller and quickly rose through the ranks. After … Read more
Branches The OCC reports that JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, based in Columbus, Ohio, has applied to establish a branch at the southwest corner of Bay Area Blvd. and Moonrock Dr. in Houston. The OCC reports that Wells Fargo Bank National Association, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has applied to establish a branch at … Read more
Mergers and Acquisitions The OCC reports that Lone Star Capital Bank National Association, based in San Antonio, has applied to acquire Business Bank of Texas National Association, based in Austin. The TDB and the FRBD report that Peoples Bank, based in Lubbock, has applied to acquire First Bank & Trust, based in Seymour. Branches The … Read more
The Southwestern Graduate School of Banking (SWGSB) at Southern Methodist University will present its spring Workshop for Bank Directors in a virtual format via Zoom on the afternoons of March 17–19. This spring’s program, “An In-Depth Look at Mission-Critical Duties and Responsibilities,” will be led by the industry’s best and brightest and focus on what … Read more