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Texas Capital Bank Partners with Huston-Tillotson University to Provide Commercial Lending Certificate Program

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Texas Capital Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Dallas-based Texas Capital Bank, in coordination with the American Bankers Association (ABA), has expanded its Commercial Lending Certificate Program to Huston-Tillotson University in Austin. Texas Capital Bank and ABA launched the program for historically Black colleges and universities in 2021 at Texas A&M University–Prairie View. As an … Read more

Frost Bank Opens Little Elm Financial Center—Latest Site of 28-Location Dallas Expansion

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The Frost Little Elm Financial Center—the second of 28 new financial centers to open in San Antonio-based Frost Bank’s Dallas region expansion—is now open for business. The new branch, like the other locations in the bank’s recent expansions, features a full range of financial services for consumer and business customers. It’s also home to one … Read more

Origin Bancorp Accelerates Texas Expansion with BT Holdings Merger Agreement

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On February 24, Ruston, Louisiana-based Origin Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Choudrant, Louisiana-based Origin Bank, and BT Holdings Inc., the holding company for Quitman-based BTH Bank NA, jointly announced the signing of an agreement and plan of merger under which Origin will acquire BTH in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $313.5 million, based … Read more

Latest Texas Bank Report Balances Optimistic Outlook with Continuing Hurdles

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The February 2022 edition of the Texas Bank Report, published by the Texas Department of Banking, is now available on the department’s website. It includes September 30, 2021, financial data. “Many observers anticipated tough times for the financial service industry in the early days of the pandemic; however, nearly two years later, this has not … Read more

Dallas-based MapleMark Bank and Oakwood Bank to Merge as Equals

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On January 25, Maple Financial Holdings Inc., the parent company of Dallas-based MapleMark Bank, and Oakwood Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Dallas-based Oakwood Bank, announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in a merger-of-equals transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, the combined holding company will be Maple Financial … Read more

Future Bankers at Texas Southern University Achieve 100 Percent Pass Rate on Industry Exam

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Students in Houston-based Texas Southern University’s (TSU) newly established Future Bankers Leadership Program achieved an impressive 100 percent pass rate for a key professional certification exam—giving them a distinct advantage as they pursue careers in the finance and banking industry. The Risk Management Association’s Credit Essentials Certificate (RMA CEC), which is tied to the program’s … Read more

FirstCapital Bank of Texas Awarded 5-Star Rating by BauerFinancial

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BauerFinancial Inc., the nation’s premier bank-rating firm, recently announced that Midland-based FirstCapital Bank of Texas has been awarded Bauer’s 5-Star rating for the 23rd consecutive time. To earn this top rating, the bank must excel under a rigorous, independent analysis of its financial condition. FirstCapital Bank of Texas has done so continuously since June 2016. … Read more

Extraco Banks Becomes First Texas Bank to Go Live with Agent IQ Service

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San Francisco-based Agent IQ Inc., a leader in personal digital customer engagement for financial institutions, recently announced the launch of its Lynq digital assistant and chat service with Temple-based Extraco Banks—Agent IQ’s first financial institution client in Texas. The launch also marks the second live integration with the Q2 mobile banking platform after the strong success … Read more

Frost Bank Opens Medical District Financial Center—First New Site of Dallas Expansion

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The Frost Medical District Financial Center—the first of 28 new financial centers to open in San Antonio-based Frost Bank’s Dallas region expansion—is now open for business. The new branch, like the other locations in the bank’s recent expansions, features a full range of financial services for consumer and business customers. It’s also home to one … Read more

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