TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE and IDEAS
On September 22, Harlingen-based Texas Regional Bank opened its new Frisco banking center. The location at 15147 Preston Rd. is the bank’s eighth branch in North Texas. Frisco continues to draw significant business investment alongside sustained population growth. Corporate relocations, business expansion and residential development have strengthened the city’s position. The new location establishes a … Read more
Harlingen-based Texas Regional Bank has announced the appointment of Jim Recer as North Texas president, with oversight of both the community bank and commercial bank. He will work closely with regional presidents Duke York and Dennis Wright. Recer joined Texas Regional Bank in January as executive vice president of lending. Over the past year, he … Read more
Fort Worth-based Bank of Texas has hired Dennis Wright as North Texas market executive in Dallas, according to the Dallas Business Journal. “My role is to more further establish and firmly entrench Bank of Texas in the northern part of the Dallas metro area,” Wright told the Journal. “We’re already actively serving these communities, but … Read more