First Liberty National Banchares to Acquire First National Bank of Alvin and Pearland State Bank

On October 17, Charles McGuire, chairman of First Liberty National Bancshares Inc., the holding company of Liberty-based First Liberty Bank, and Kelly Stretcher, president and CEO of First Liberty Bank, announced that a definitive agreement has been executed wherein First Liberty National Bancshares Inc., has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the issued and outstanding … Read more

WestStar Bank to Sell Insurance Agency Assets in El Paso to Hub International Ltd.

On October 1, El Paso-based WestStar Bank and Chicago, Illinois-based Hub International Limited, a leading global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, jointly announced the sale of the assets of WestStar Insurance Agency Inc. to Hub. Located in El Paso, WestStar Insurance is a subsidiary of WestStar Bank. It has focused on business insurance, employee … Read more

Liberty Capital Bank and Texas Heritage Bank to Merge, Strengthening Decades-Long Partnership

On September 19, Liberty Capital Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Addison-based Liberty Capital Bank, announced its plans to merge with Southwestern Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Boerne-based Texas Heritage Bank. The merger is based upon long-standing respect and mentorship between Texas Heritage Bank principals Jack Griggs and Steve Mack and the co-founder of Liberty … Read more

Louisiana’s Business First Merger with Texas’ Oakwood Bancshares Approved by Regulators

In September, Business First Bancshares, the holding company for Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based b1BANK, received regulatory approvals to complete its merger with Oakwood Bancshares, the holding company for Dallas-based Oakwood Bank, a Texas banking association. “We appreciate our regulatory partners’ efficient review of the proposed transaction as well as the strong affirmation expressed by the Oakwood … Read more

Illinois-based First Busey Corp. Enters Texas Market with Kansas-based CrossFirst Bankshares Merger

On August 27, Champaign, Illinois-based First Busey Corp., the holding company for Busey Bank, and Leawood, Kansas-based CrossFirst Bankshares Inc., the holding company for CrossFirst Bank, announced their plan to merge, pursuant to which CrossFirst will merge with and into Busey in an all-common stock transaction valued at approximately $916.8 million, based on Busey’s closing … Read more

Texas Regional Bank Finalizes Acquisition of Estrada Hinojosa & Company

On August 2, Texas State Bankshares Inc., the holding company for Harlingen-based Texas Regional Bank, completed its acquisition of Dallas-based investment banking group Estrada Hinojosa & Company Inc. Going forward, the acquired company will operate under TRB Capital Markets LLC, a subsidiary of Texas Regional Bank, using the assumed name of Estrada Hinojosa. This acquisition … Read more

Florida-based SouthState Corp. to Acquire McKinney-based Independent Bank Group

On May 20, SouthState Corp., the parent company of Winter Haven, Florida-based SouthState Bank NA, and Independent Bank Group Inc., the parent company of McKinney-based Independent Bank (dba Independent Financial), jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which SouthState will acquire Independent Bank Group in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately … Read more

Prosperity Bancshares Receives Regulatory Approvals for Lone Star State Bancshares Acquisition

On March 19, Prosperity Bancshares Inc., the parent company of El Campo-based Prosperity Bank, announced that it has received all regulatory approvals to complete its previously announced acquisition of Lone Star State Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Lubbock-based Lone Star State Bank of West Texas. Alan Lackey, CEO of Lone Star State Bank, will … Read more

Louisiana’s BOM Bank to Acquire Nine American State Bank Locations in Texas

On March 15, Natchitoches, Louisiana-based BOM Bank announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire nine Arp, Texas-based American State Bank locations in Texas. These include American State Bank’s Haslam, Timpson, Center, Lufkin, Chestnut, Huntington, Chester and Conroe branches, as well as one soon-to-be-renovated location. The proposed transaction is expected to close in the … Read more

Sunflower Bank/FirstSun Capital Bancorp and HomeStreet Inc. Announce Merger

On January 16, Denver, Colorado-based FirstSun Capital Bancorp, the holding company of Dallas-based Sunflower Bank NA, and Seattle, Washington-based HomeStreet Inc., the holding company of HomeStreet Bank, announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which HomeStreet Inc. and HomeStreet Bank will merge with and into FirstSun Capital Bancorp and Sunflower Bank, … Read more