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Community Bankers Bestow IBAT Chairman’s Award to VeraBank’s Tidwell and Renzetti

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The Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) recently honored Brad Tidwell and Claire Renzetti with the IBAT Chairman’s Award. The IBAT Chairman’s Award is the association’s highest honor, recognizing individuals whose contributions extend beyond service to IBAT and demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to the community banking industry as a whole. IBAT’s 2025–26 Chair Greg Wilson, … Read more

FDIC Approves the Deposit Insurance Application for Augustus National Bank in Dallas

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On August 4, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approved a deposit insurance application for Augustus National Bank NA, a newly chartered national bank to be headquartered in Dallas. The organizers of the bank applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national bank charter and received preliminary conditional approval … Read more

Harmony Bank Names Witherspoon Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

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On May 4, Dallas-based Harmony Bank announced that it has hired Anne Witherspoon to serve as executive vice president and chief operating officer. She brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in banking operations, client experience, treasury services, project and product management, training and development and compliance management. Prior to joining Harmony Bank, Witherspoon was … Read more

Enzler and Silvas Named First Third Bancorp’s Texas Region Presidents Following Comerica Acquisition

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On February 23, Fifth Third Bancorp, parent company of Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank, announced that Brian Enzler will serve as the North Texas region president and Scott Silvas has been named South Texas region president. Enzler and Silvas will report to group regional president Tom Partridge. Earlier this month, Fifth Third completed its acquisition of … Read more

PlainsCapital Bank Welcomes Attwell to Houston Team

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Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank announced that Evans Attwell has joined the bank as senior vice president/senior business development officer. He will be based at PlainsCapital Bank’s Kirby location in Houston. “Evans has a long history of working with Houston businesses and individuals and understands what it takes to build lasting relationships,” notes Danny Schroder, Houston region … Read more

Trinity Bank Names Crookshank Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

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In mid-July, Fort Worth-based Trinity Bank NA announced that Todd Crookshank has joined the executive management team as executive vice president and chief operating officer. A proven operations executive with over 25 years of experience across financial institutions, Crookshank brings a track record of strategic leadership, operational excellence and transformative results to the organization. As … Read more

Ohio-based U.S. Bank Hires Batie for Government and Higher Education Banking in Texas and Oklahoma

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Keba Batie has joined Cincinnati, Ohio-based U.S. Bank as senior vice president in the bank’s government banking and higher education group, covering Texas and Oklahoma. Based in Dallas, he will focus on delivering tailored financial solutions to public sector clients such as cities, counties, states, tribal authorities, school districts and higher education institutions. Batie brings … Read more

Comerica Bank’s Jones Named Chair of UNCF Dallas’ North Texas Walk for Education

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Brandon Q. Jones, senior vice president/director of external affairs at Dallas-based Comerica Bank, has been named chair of the UNCF’s 2025 North Texas Walk for Education to help raise funds for underserved students across North Texas who are trying to get to and through college. The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is one of the … Read more

Cravens Appointed President of Susser Bank

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Dallas-based Susser Bank has appointed Carl Cravens president and chief banking officer. In his expanded role, he will continue to report directly to Sam L. Susser, chairman and CEO, and assume responsibility for all commercial banking, credit functions and marketing across the bank’s footprint. Cravens joined Susser Bank in 2018 and has been instrumental in scaling … Read more

Oklahoma-based First United Bank Names Jackson Dallas/Fort Worth Regional President

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Durant, Okalhoma-based First United Bank recently announced that Jesse Jackson has joined the organization as Dallas/Fort Worth regional president. He has more than 35 years of experience in banking and financial leadership. Most recently, Jackson served as executive vice president and head of commercial banking at b1BANK in Dallas. Under his leadership, the bank raised … Read more