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Southern Bancshares and SouthStar Bank Sign Agreement to Merge with Nebraska-based Pinnacle Bancorp

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Omaha, Nebraska-based Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Southern Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Moulton-based SouthStar Bank. SouthStar Bank has $1.35 billion in assets with 16 full-service locations in Central Texas: Austin, Bee Cave, Brazoria, Bremond, Calvert, Franklin, Georgetown, Gonzales, Harker Heights, Hearne, Kerrville, Leander, Moulton, Round Rock and Shiner. In … Read more

Third Coast Bancshares Announces Agreement to Acquire Oklahoma-based Great Plains Bancshares

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On October 7, Third Coast Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Humble-based Third Coast Bank, and Great Plains Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Great Plains National Bank, announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Third Coast will acquire Great Plains in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately … Read more

Community Banking Association Elects Guerra Chair, Names New Executive Committee and Board

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In late September, the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) announced that Gabe Guerra, president and CEO of Corpus Christi-based Kleberg Bank, has been elected chair of the IBAT board of directors for 2026–27. He officially accepted the position during the association’s 52nd Annual Convention held September 19–22 in San Antonio. In addition to Guerra, … Read more

SouthStar Bank Hires Waters as Gerogetown Branch Executive

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Charlie Waters has joined Moulton-based SouthStar Bank as senior vice president and branch executive at the Georgetown office. He holds more than a decade of experience in the banking industry with a strong focus on commercial real estate. Before joining SouthStar Bank, Waters was vice president/commercial loan officer at The Commercial National Bank of Brady’s … 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

SouthStar Bank Welcomes Shaffer as Vice Pressident and Business Development Officer

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Moulton-based SouthStar Bank SSB has hired Barbara Shaffer to serve as vice president/business development officer in Leander. With more than 40 years of banking experience, Shaffer joins SouthStar Bank having previously worked in a similar position at R Bank in Round Rock since 2013. Prior to that, she was vice president/Frost at Work specialist at … Read more

SouthStar Bank Promotes Gibbs and Schindler to Lead Central Texas Region

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David Kapavik, president and CEO of Moulton-based SouthStar Bank, recently announced two promotions. Brent Gibbs has been promoted to executive vice president/Central Texas president and Cole Schindler has been named executive vice president/Central Texas CEO. As Central Texas president, Gibbs will be a critical liaison between the credit/lending functions and the board. He will be … Read more

SouthStar Bank Promotes Noyce to Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer

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Ryan Noyce has been promoted to executive vice president and chief lending officer at Moulton-based SouthStar Bank. He joined the SouthStar Bank team in 2017 as senior vice president of lending and has served the Texas banking industry for 25 years. Prior to his promotion, Noyce was a regional executive responsible for leading and developing … Read more

Foster, SouthStar Bank Director, Elected Chair of Texas Real Estate Research Center Advisory Board

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Doug Foster, board director/chairman of the audit committee at Moulton-based SouthStar Bank SSB and director of affairs at Polunsky Beitel Green LLP, was recently elected chairman of the advisory board of the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University (TRERC), effective January 1, 2024. He was originally appointed to the TRERC in 2021 … Read more

SouthStar Bank Welcomes Lenders Herbert and Garcia

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On August 11, Moulton-based SouthStar Bank SSB announced the hiring of two new lenders. Jason Herbert joins the bank’s Leander branch as a vice president of lending and branch executive. He brings more than 20 years of experience in the banking industry with a focus on residential lending. One of Herbert’s crowning achievements across his … Read more