TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
James E. Landen Jr. is Omaha, Nebraska-based Security National Bank’s new Texas market president and the son of James E. “Jim” Landen, Security National Bank’s chairman and CEO. Landen Jr. has 10 years of banking experience in the Dallas market. He previously worked at Veritex Community Bank as senior vice president and as market president of … Read more
Dimmit-based Plains Bancorp Inc., the holding company for First United Bank, recently hired Monty Rogers to serve as Lubbock market president. He will office at the Lubbock Northwest Banking Center. Rogers comes to First United Bank with 29 years of experience in the financial services industry. Rogers is a 1993 graduate of Texas Tech University … Read more
La Grange-based National Bank and Trust-Texas has hired David Laffee to serve as chief financial officer. He stepped into the role of CFO in April and will serve as treasurer of the bank’s holding company as well. Laffee has more than 15 years of experience as a CFO for various financial institutions ranging in size from $125 … Read more
Midland-based FirstCapital Bank of Texas has hired Glenn Bass to serve as vice president/relationship manager at the bank’s Marble Falls branch. With 20 years of experience in the banking industry, he has served as a vice president and managed banks in Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin. Prior to joining FirstCapital Bank of Texas, Bass served … Read more
Frank Brinegar, executive vice president/chief commercial banking officer of Grapevine-based Premier Bank Texas, has announced the addition of Bobby Gonzales as vice president/commercial banking officer. Gonzales will be responsible for sourcing and maintaining commercial client relationships with various lending and banking products throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth market and surrounding areas. Gonzales has worked in retail and … Read more
Christopher Reynolds has joined the staff of Texas Bank and Trust as assistant vice president and credit manager. Involved in the financial services industry since 2006, he was most recently credit manager for American State Bank in Tyler. Reynolds holds a BBA degree in finance from Texas State University. He is a past member and fundraising treasurer … Read more
David Baty, president and CEO of Frisco-based Texas Republic Bank, has announced recent officer promotions. Andrew Donaldson has been promoted from credit analyst to loan officer. He started at Texas Republic Bank in 2015 as an intern while attending school at Texas A&M University. He joined the bank as a credit analyst after he graduated with … Read more
Farmers Branch-based TIB The Independent BankersBank NA has hired Curtis Harvey, to return to the company as executive vice president/chief financial officer, a position he held from 2003 to 2012. He will also serve as an advisory director on the board. Harvey has enjoyed a long and distinguished banking career that began as an accounting … Read more
Ken Moore, president and CEO of Anahuac National Bank recently announced the hiring of Austin Snell. After training at the Anahuac National Bank location, Snell will serve as a general lender at Barbers Hill Bank in Mont Belvieu. Anahuac National Bank is comprised of a family of community banks serving Southeast Texas, including Anahuac National … Read more
Ruston, Louisiana-based Origin Bank recently announced that Susan Ascoy has joined the company’s North Texas team as vice president/treasury management officer. She has nearly 14 years of banking experience specializing in treasury management and business development for commercial, wealth management and international banking. In her new position at Origin Bank, she will develop and execute … Read more