TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
On April 23, Dallas-based Texas Capital announced several executive leadership appointments that, according to the bank, “are designed to scale the firm’s clearly differentiated platform in its next phase of growth.” Jeff Hood has been appointed managing director/chief human resources officer. He joins Texas Capital from Citizens Financial Group with more than 25 years of … Read more
Harlingen-based Texas Regional Bank has strengthened its Central Texas presence with the opening of a new banking center in Boerne and the relocation of its Bulverde-area banking center into a newly constructed facility in Spring Branch. The new Boerne banking center provides full-service personal and business banking with direct access to local specialists. The Bulverde … Read more
On March 16, Lafayette, Louisiana-based Home Bank opened its newest full-service banking center in Tomball. Located at 27702 Tomball Pkwy., the new branch marks Home Bank’s sixth location in the Greater Houston area, joining existing centers in River Oaks, Sugar Land, Friendswood, Webster and Pasadena. Following a six-month renovation, the existing building has been transformed into a … Read more
Birmingham, Alabama-based Regions Bank announced that Kafi Slaughter has joined the bank to serve as area wealth leader for Regions Private Wealth Management across Houston, Austin, San Antonio and other markets in the southern half of the Lone Star State. She will report to Connie Rogers, Texas regional executive for Regions Private Wealth Management. A fifth-generation … Read more
Pawhuska, Oklahoma-based Blue Sky Bank has hired Chris Shaw to serve as East Dallas market president. He joins the team with more than 25 years of experience in commercial, industrial and business banking. Before joining Blue Sky Bank, Shaw was with b1Bank for more than eight years, capping his tenure there as Dallas market president. … Read more
Galveston-based Moody Bank has hired Jason Sanders to serve as senior vice president/commercial banking officer. Originally from Indiana, he joins the bank’s energy corridor banking center at 850 N. Eldridge Pkwy. in Houston after more than 20 years with several leading national and regional banks. Prior to joining Moody Bank, Sanders was a banking center … Read more
In late June, Dallas-based Comerica Bank announced that Stephen Jeffrey has been named senior vice president/Austin market president. He will lead market strategy, collaboration, community development and overall growth, as well as direct the region’s commercial team as group manager of business banking and middle market. “What sets Stephen apart is not just his expertise … Read more
Rachel Slade has joined San Antonio-based Texas Partners Bank as vice president/treasury solutions relationship manager. She has 19 years of experience in financial services and expertise in management, private and business banking. Slade previously served as Nashville area manager/business banker at Legends Bank in Nashville, Tennessee, for more than five years. Prior to that, she … Read more
On April 24, Dallas-based Comerica Bank announced that Matt Marchbanks has been named its Fort Worth market president. He will also serve as senior vice president/middle-market and business banking group manager in this footprint. Marchbanks began his financial services career 25 years ago after completing the Comerica Commercial Banking Development Program. Throughout his tenure, he … Read more
Cameron-based Citizens National Bank has hired Angela Adams to serve as senior vice president/treasury management in Round Rock. With more than 25 years of experience in relationship and community banking, she joins Citizens National Bank from First United Bank in Austin, where she served as vice president/treasury management officer after moving to Austin from Kansas … Read more