TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Neil Ferguson 
Sulphur Springs-based Alliance Bank recently hired Lindsey Cummins to serve as vice president/lending. The announcement was made by Tom Sellers, chairman of the board and CEO. “Lindsey Cummins brings more than 18 years of financial industry experience to Alliance Bank,” Sellers says. “She has dedicated her professional career to banking in the Rockwall County market. … Read more
Lubbock-based Plains Bancorp Inc., the holding company for First United Bank and Spirit Mortgage, recently announced the following promotions: Julie Parsons, vice president. She has been with the bank since 2018 and has 23 years of mortgage industry experience. Parsons offices in the bank’s Amarillo Colonies banking center, where she is a mortgage loan officer. She … Read more
Yoakum-based Yoakum National Bank recently announced the hiring of two new executives. Monty Rogers has been named the bank’s 12th president. He will also serve as chief lending officer. In addition to responsibilities for overseeing lending across the organization, Rogers will focus on growth opportunities for the bank in the wider region. He will report … Read more
Deirdre Cherry has joined Fort Worth-based Bank of Texas as private wealth team lead. She is responsible for overseeing sales and service processes, and personally working with some of the largest customer relationships in the bank’s private wealth division. As a banking executive for more than 20 years, Cherry joins Bank of Texas having previously served as … Read more
Choudrant, Louisiana-based Origin Bank has announced expansions in its Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston regions with the opening of two new Texas banking centers. Its new 3,500-square-foot Medical City Dallas branch is located at 7777 Forest Lane, offering personal and business banking, insurance services, safe deposit box rentals and two ATMs. Origin Bank’s new location in The … Read more
Let me tell you a story. It’s not my story, but it is one I seem to be hearing a lot these days: The world of financial services is changing. It is changing fast. Everything is shifting overnight. Even while you sleep, someone is getting a leg up on you. As a banker, you are … Read more
Former banker Peter S. Clarke has published a new book titled Complete Guide to Protecting Your Loan Portfolio, available as a Kindle e-book on Amazon.com. The book addresses strategies for turn-around, debt restructuring, special assets, lender liability and bankruptcy. “Most bankers cannot unequivocally declare that they have been untouched by problem loans,” Clarke notes. “Certainly it … Read more
Cuero-based TrustTexas Bank is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year in grand style. On January 26, the bank invited customers, members of local chambers of commerce and other members of the five communities in which it operates to help mark the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, recollections and revelry. During the celebration at the bank’s … Read more
On January 28, Lubbock-based FirstBank & Trust of Texas announced the retirement of CEO Barry Orr, effective March 31. He is the organizer and founder of the bank, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. Orr will continue to serve as chairman of the board for FirstBank & Trust, as well as on the board … Read more
On January 25, Austin FC, the 27th club in Major League Soccer (MLS), announced that it has entered into a multiyear stadium-naming-rights partnership with Q2 Holdings Inc., an Austin-based provider of digital transformation solutions for banking and lending, for its state-of-the-art, $260-million stadium. Austin FC’s 20,500-plus seat Q2 Stadium will become one of 20 soccer-specific stadia … Read more