TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Nine Texas bankers have been selected to receive the second annual Texas Bankers Foundation’s Emerging Leader Award. The award was created last year by the Texas Bankers Foundation in partnership with the Texas Bankers Association Bank Leadership Council to honor bankers who have had a positive impact in the Texas banking industry and are expected to … Read more
Lindsay Ridgeway has joined Midland-based Community National Bank as senior vice president of accounting. She has nine years of experience as a bank controller and previously worked as an auditor, which included financial institution audits. Ridgeway holds a BBA degree in accounting and an MS degree in accounting from Texas A&M University, and is also … Read more
On September 22, Dallas-based Comerica Inc. announced that David Whiting, senior managing director of the Technology and Life Sciences (TLS) division, has been named president of the division. He will manage Comerica Bank’s TLS teams in California, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Toronto, Canada. Whiting, a 17-year veteran of Comerica Bank, has served … Read more
On September 24, Little Rock, Arkansas-based Encore Bank announced its expansion into Dallas and Fort Worth. Marc Massad has been named executive vice president/regional president in Dallas, and Scott Jones has been named executive vice president and regional president of Tarrant County. Massad is a 16-year Texas banking veteran. He was senior vice president/ commercial … Read more
This month, David Kelton Monk is celebrating 50 years in the Texas banking industry and he’s not done yet. He launched his banking career in September 1970 as a teller at Citizens State Bank in Malakoff. From 1972 to 1980, he served as vice president at First Savings & Loan in Athens. He then worked … Read more
Janis Adams was recently promoted to banking officer at Jacksonville-based Austin Bank. She has been with the bank since 1990, holding a variety of positions, including bookkeeper, proof operator, teller and safe-deposit clerk. Adams currently oversees the customer service center in the downtown Jacksonville office. Often the first person with whom customers engage when entering … Read more
Ruston, Louisiana-based Origin Bank recently promoted Justin Holt to Tarrant County market leader/regional executive vice president. He has more than 13 years of banking experience, specializing in commercial banking, accounts receivable, inventory, equipment and owner-occupied real estate to middle-market manufacturers and distributors. In his new position, he will oversee lending and deposit activities in the … Read more
Becky Reuter, vice president/mortgage banking market manager at Grapevine-based Premier Bank Texas, recently announced the addition of Todd Mayo as mortgage lending officer. He will be responsible for originating mortgage loans in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Mayo has 20 years of experience in the finance industry, including bank management, consumer and commercial lending and financial … Read more
In July, Fort Worth-based The National Bank of Texas announced numerous promotions and new hires. Jason Ballou has been promoted to the Fort Worth market president. He has been with the bank since 2018 and formerly served as credit analyst, loan office and senior credit officer. Ballou has 13 years of banking experience. Sarah Hicks … Read more
In June, Cuero-based TrustTexas Bank’s board of directors elected Anthony Netardus an advisory board member. He has served as ag extension agent in DeWitt County for more than 25 years. Netardus has a bachelor’s degree in animal science from Southwest Texas State University and a master’s degree in agriculture science from Texas A&M University–Kingsville. He has … Read more