TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Chris Spain has joined Harlingen-based Texas Regional Bank as vice president and treasury management officer for the bank’s Dallas area market. Spain has 10 years of experience in banking, including six years specializing in treasury management. Prior to joining Texas Regional Bank, he was a treasury management sales officer for American National Bank of Texas … Read more
Greg Dodds, president and CEO of Brownwood-based TexasBank has announced the hiring of Tony Vargas to serve as senior vice president and chief digital officer and Stephanie Martin to serve as senior vice president of retail and deposit operations. Vargas joins TexasBank with more than 25 years of experience in banking technology and operations. Raised … Read more
Lubbock-based Peoples Bank has hired Brett Stewart to serve as market president for the bank’s newest location in Frisco. The hiring was announced by Matthew Knies, North Texas market president. The Frisco location currently operates as a loan production office with plans to convert it to a full-service bank. Stewart has been in banking for … Read more
Tyler-based Southside Bank recently announced the promotion of Charles Colley to Austin market president. Colley has worked in banking for more than 25 years. Since joining the Southside Bank team in 2022, he has served as executive vice president/commercial lender with a primary focus on commercial real estate. “Under [Colley’s] leadership, Southside Bank will continue … Read more
Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank has hired Sara Brooke Burnside to serve on its Houston lending team as senior vice president/senior commercial loan officer. She will be based at the bank’s Richmond Ave. location. “Her extensive experience and proven track record in commercial lending will be a tremendous asset as we continue to expand our services and … Read more
John Olson has joined Houston-based Amegy Bank as vice president and Dallas/Fort Worth area mortgage production manager. With more than 20 years of banking and finance experience, he will help grow the bank’s North Texas market residential mortgage division. Olson most recently served as managing director of residential mortgage at Bank Ozk in the Dallas … Read more
Houston-based Cornerstone Capital Bank has appointed Paul Woo chief financial officer. He has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Woo previously served as senior vice president and director of capital planning and corporate development at Cadence Bank. Prior to Cadence Bank, he was a senior member of The Endicott Group, … Read more
Plains Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Dimmitt-based First United Bank, has announced the addition of Brayden Ruthart to its Amarillo lending team. He will serve as vice president of commercial lending and will office at the Amarillo-Colonies banking center, located at 4501 First United Bank Pkwy. in Amarillo. An Amarillo native, Ruthart spent nearly … Read more
Perryton-based Interstate Bank has announced the retirement of Danny Skarda, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, and the election of Blair Berg as his successor. Berg assumed his new role on September 30. Skarda, a third-generation banker, is retiring after a distinguished career managing banks in New Mexico, Montana and Texas for more … Read more
First Financial Bankshares Inc., the parent company of Abilene-based First Financial Bank, has announced the election of Brian D. Goodrich as executive vice president and general counsel. “We are delighted to welcome Brian to Abilene and the company’s executive management team as the first general counsel for First Financial Bankshares,” says F. Scott Dueser, chairman, … Read more