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TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS

TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS

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Legend Bank Announces Promotions and Commercial Lending Expansion in North Richland Hills

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Bowie-based Legend Bank has announced two promotions of bankers serving North Richland Hills, Tarrant County and surrounding communities. Jason McMahon has been promoted to senior vice president/branch president of the North Richland Hills location and Addy Cook has been promoted to assistant vice president/commercial lender, expanding the bank’s commercial lending presence in North Richland Hills … Read more

PlainsCapital Bank Welcomes Burleigh to Wealth Management Team, Fox as Commercial Lender

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Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank announced that Greg Burleigh, CTFA, CWS, has joined The Private Bank at PlainsCapital as senior vice president/senior wealth management administrator. He will be based at the bank’s Hilltop Plaza location in Dallas. Burleigh brings nearly three decades of experience in fiduciary and wealth management services. Prior to joining PlainsCapital Bank, he served … Read more

Holt Named Fort Worth Market President at Southside Bank

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Tyler-based Southside Bank has appointed Justin Holt as Fort Worth market president, effective immediately. Bringing more than a decade of experience in banking leadership and commercial lending, he joined the Southside Bank team in 2023 as senior vice president/ commercial relationship manager. Before joining Southside Bank, Holt served in various senior leadership positions at North … Read more

Texas Gulf Bank Welcomes Chisolm as Commercial Loan Officer in Houston

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Blake Chisolm has joined Houston-based Texas Gulf Bank as assistant vice president/commercial loan officer at its CityCentre location in Houston. He brings five years of banking experience with a focus on commercial lending. Chisolm previously worked as a banking officer at Stellar Bank in Bellaire for more than four years. Before that, he was an … Read more

Texas Regional Bank Welcomes Herrmann as Tomball/Cypress Market President

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Harlingen-based Texas Regional Bank has named Ann Margaret Herrmann senior vice president and Tomball/Cypress market president. She will lead the bank’s market strategy and business development efforts in Tomball, Cypress and the greater Northwest Houston area. Herrmann’s appointment comes as Texas Regional Bank continues its strategic expansion in Houston. It recently opened a new branch in … Read more

SouthStar Bank Welcomes Bourland as Senior Vice President of Lending in Bee Cave

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Steven Bourland has joined Moulton-based SouthStar Bank’s Bee Cave team as a senior vice president of lending. He has more than three decades of experience in the finance industry and has expertise across several areas of lending, with an emphasis on commercial loans and commercial real estate loans. Bourland previously served as senior vice president … Read more

Akladios Joins Moody Bank as Senior Vice President and Commercial Banking Officer

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Nashwa Akladios has joined Galveston-based Moody Bank’s Friendswood banking team as senior vice president and commercial banking officer. With more than 30 years of banking experience, she specializes in commercial and residential real estate, construction, commercial, industrial, and asset-based lending, equipment financing and lines of credit. Akladios comes to Moody Bank from Truist, for which … Read more

IBC Bank Houston Names Samples Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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Jeff Samples, president of Laredo-based IBC Bank Houston, has been promoted to chairman and CEO in Houston. With more than 40 years of banking experience, he currently oversees the commercial banking department, which has more than $1.5 billion in funded loans, and is personally responsible for a loan portfolio of over $1 billion in loan … Read more

VeraBank Welcomes Leonard as Senior Vice President and Commercial Banker in Austin

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Henderson-based VeraBank has hired Dan Leonard for its commercial banking team. He will serve as senior vice president/commercial banker and office at the downtown Austin location. He has more than 22 years of experience serving the Austin business community. His responsibilities include commercial lending and deposit services, while also collaborating with commercial customers to deliver … Read more

Commercial Bank of Texas Taps Williams for Commercial Lending and Business Development in Jefferson County

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Nacogdoches-based Commercial Bank of Texas has named Austin Williams vice president of commercial lending and business development for Jefferson County. Williams has more than 25 years of leadership experience in business development, commercial lending and community engagement across Southeast Texas. He is a graduate of the Commercial Lending Program at Southern Methodist University, holds a … Read more