TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Texas City-based Texas First Bank has promoted Jeffery Morgan to vice president/relationship manager in Conroe and the surrounding areas. Morgan joined the bank in 2019 as a credit analyst before transitioning to lender in 2020. Prior to joining Texas First Bank, he was an accounting technician intern at the Texas Department of Banking. A native … Read more
On August 16, Texas City-based Texas First Bank and Texas First Insurance officially broke ground on a new facility in Conroe. It will be the first of its kind for Texas First, housing a full-service banking center, insurance staff and Small Business Administration (SBA) team all under one roof. The 5,300-square-foot facility is part of … Read more
Henderson-based VeraBank has hired Stephanie Gomez to serve as treasury management officer in the bank’s Bryan/College Station, Huntsville and Conroe markets. Gomez has worked with VeraBank for nearly five years and most recently served as the assistant branch manager at the College Station branch. She holds a BS degree from Texas A&M University. “We couldn’t … Read more
Henderson-based VeraBank continues to grow in Southeast Texas with the opening of a new branch in Conroe. The new full-service location will be VeraBank’s first in Montgomery County and third in Southeast Texas. The Conroe branch, located at 200 River Pointe Dr., Ste. 100, officially opened on August 8 and will host a grand opening … Read more
On April 11, Simmons First National Corp., the parent company of Pine Bluff, Arkansas-based Simmons Bank, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Spirit of Texas Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Conroe-based Spirit of Texas Bank SSB. A definitive agreement to acquire Spirit of Texas Bank was previously announced last November with Spirit’s … Read more
On November 19, Pine Bluff, Arkansas-based Simmons First National Corp., the holding company for Pine Bluff, Arkansas-based Simmons Bank, and Conroe-based Spirit of Texas Bancshares Inc. announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Simmons will acquire Spirit, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Spirit of Texas Bank SSB, in a transaction consisting … Read more
Abilene-based First Financial Bank NA has promoted Chris Baughman to president of its Conroe region. The announcement was made by F. Scott Dueser, chairman, president and CEO of First Financial Bankshares Inc. Baughman will replace Sam Baker, who recently announced his upcoming retirement in March 2022. Baughman is no stranger to First Financial Bank, having … Read more
The College of Business Administration at Sam Houston State University (SHSU) in Huntsville has named Jill Sharp Vaughan the Smith-Hutson endowed chair of banking. She will oversee the college’s accredited bachelor of business administration and executive MBA degree programs in banking and financial institutions. Vaughan has spent the majority of her career working with community … Read more
Conroe-based Spirit of Texas Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Spirit of Texas Bank, announced that on January 8 it completed the previously announced sale of its Jacksboro location to Graham-based First State Bank. Under the terms of the transaction, the bank sold loans of approximately $3.5 million, deposits of approximately $5.7 million and the real … Read more
Conroe-based Spirit of Texas Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Spirit of Texas Bank SSB, recently announced that Allison S. Johnson has been appointed by the board to serve as executive vice president and chief financial officer of both the company and its wholly owned subsidiary. She has been serving as interim chief financial officer of … Read more