TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Amber Gurney has joined the staff of Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust Co. as assistant vice president and portfolio manager in the bank’s Frisco branch. She previously served as finance manager for Bright Realty, where she managed the development finance team and was its leader for internal and external needs. In her tenure at Bright … Read more
Jim Vineyard has joined Fort Worth-based the National Bank of Texas as senior vice president/senior lender in Fort Worth. He is responsible for new loan production in the Fort Worth market. Vineyard has 14 years of banking experience, including Capital One Bank and PlainsCapital Bank. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University and the … Read more
Tupelo, Mississippi-based BancorpSouth Bank has tapped Joseph Massey as president of its Collin County, Texas, market. He is responsible for overseeing the bank’s three locations in McKinney and Celina, as well as its community involvement and business development efforts. Massey joined the bank in 2015 and most recently served as the community bank president in … Read more
Scottie Luke has joined the staff of Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust Co. as senior vice president/chief risk officer. He is a certified community bank compliance officer and certified community bank internal auditor, and in 2019 completed the training and examinations required to be a certified fraud examiner. Luke holds a BA degree in finance … Read more
The board of directors of Waco-based The First National Bank of Central Texas announced on September 11 that Joe Barrow will become the bank’s chairman and CEO and Sloan Kuehl will serve as president and chief lending officer, effective January 1, 2021. The board reached the decision based on current President and CEO Randy Crawford … Read more
Denton-based AccessBank Texas recently hired Wendy Holder to serve as Dallas market president. With a wealth of banking experience and knowledge, for the past 10 years she has served in senior leadership positions with Texas Capital Bank and Bank of Texas in Dallas, building out their business development practices. She was senior vice president and director … Read more
Dallas-based ePayResources has named Tim Quisenberry, AAP, president of its subsidiary company, ePayAdvisors. This new role adds to his responsibilities as executive vice president of the association’s member services functions. Quisenberry has more than 28 years of experience in the payments industry and joined ePay in 2006. During his tenure, he has held roles on … Read more
Melissa Butler has joined Dallas-based State Bank of Texas as senior vice president of lending. She has more than 20 years of experience as a senior lender and business development professional, most recently with PMC Commercial Trust, where she developed extensive expertise with SBA 7(a) and SBA 504 loans concentrated in the hospitality sector. This … Read more
Houston-based Cadence Bank recently named Myra Caldwell its first chief diversity officer. Serving the bank for the past nine years, she most recently led its treasury management and deposit operations department. She brings extensive experience leading change through 14 bank mergers, department reorganizations and broad-based system and process improvements. Caldwell will develop the vision, mission and … Read more
Dallas-based American Bank has added Zane Smith to its executive team as executive vice president of credit and risk management. He brings more than 10 years of banking and regulatory experience to the new position. Smith spent eight years with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), where he served as associate national … Read more