TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
A year after devastating floods impacted communities across Kerr County and the Texas Hill Country, Harlingen-based Texas Regional Bank has donated the proceeds of its Central Texas Flood Relief Fund (CTFRF) to the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country’s Kerr County Flood Relief Fund and Texas Lions Camp. Following the July 2025 floods, Texas Regional … Read more
The July 4 and 5 flash floods across Central Texas—particularly along the Guadalupe River in the Hill Country—resulted in more than 135 deaths, a handful of people still missing and catastrophic financial impacts in the multi-billion-dollar range, with some estimates between $18 and $22 billion. Texas banks rallied immediately to help in the aftermath of the … Read more
In early July, catastrophic flash flooding swept through Central Texas, especially in the Hill Country, overwhelming rivers like the Guadalupe and devastating communities across Kerr, Comfort and Midland counties. Amid widespread destruction and an urgent need for relief, Texas’s community banks stepped up, demonstrating their longtime role as both local economic stewards and frontline responders … Read more