TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Sam Brown has joined Waco-based The First National Bank of Central Texas to serve as senior vice president/business development officer. He will office out of the bank’s Woodway branch in Waco. Brown has 20 years of community banking experience in the Waco area. Brown is a graduate of the University of Texas. He has held leadership roles … Read more
Stephen Panepinto, chairman, president and CEO of Louisiana-based Plaquemine Bank and Trust Co., was recently elected to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) board of directors. He will serve a four-year term representing Louisiana financial institutions, community development organizations and insurance companies, which are members of the FHLB Dallas. The FHLB Dallas … Read more
Midland-based FirstCapital Bank of Texas recently promoted Bryson Fowlkes to banking officer/portfolio manager at the bank’s Dallas branch location. Originally from Abilene, he joined the bank in 2018 starting as a credit analyst and recently transitioned to a portfolio manager. Fowlkes earned a finance degree from Texas Tech University. Established in 1998, FirstCapital Bank of Texas … Read more
Dallas-based Comerica Bank has appointed Summer Faussette as national African American business development manager supporting the bank’s ongoing commitment to building strong relationships with African American business leaders, entrepreneurs and communities across all markets. These responsibilities are an extension of her current role as vice president/external affairs–Arizona. As national African American business development manager, Faussette will collaborate … Read more
Odessa-based SouthWest Bank recently announced the promotions of key employees in various roles and new appointments to the board of directors. Paul Weaver, a 20 year veteran with SouthWest Bank, has accepted the position of Odessa area president. He is currently the chief lending officer at SouthWest Bank and will continue in this role as … Read more
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
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
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