TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Curtis Wilkinson, Angel DeLeon and Austin Hughes have recently joined Brownwood-based TexasBank to strengthen its corporate and lending teams further. Curtis “Curt” Wilkinson joined the bank as senior vice president/controller. He brings a wealth of financial and industry expertise to TexasBank, having served in similar capacities for several other successful, high-growth large commercial banks over … Read more
Fort Worth-based NBT Financial Bank announced two officer new hires in September. Kyler Conde has joined NBT Financial Bank as assistant vice president/credit analyst. He previously worked for First Bank Texas as an appraisal and special assets team lead. Prior to that, he was an assistant lender at Spirit of Texas Bank. Conde holds an … Read more
Lee Herron, Mike Monroe and Mark Piland have joined Brownwood-based TexasBank as senior vice presidents in commercial lending, advancing the bank’s growing presence in construction lending across Dallas/Fort Worth and all North Texas. “These guys are truly the cream of the crop when it comes to DFW construction lending,” says Lin Bearden, chief lending officer. “They … Read more
Elizabeth Hutcheson has joined the staff of Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust Co. as vice president/wealth and trust officer in Longview and Tyler, and Lora Smith has been hired to serve as assistant vice president/natural resources manager in the bank’s wealth management division. Hutcheson studied business management at the University of Texas–Tyler and is a Leadership … Read more
Houston-based Cornerstone Capital Bank has expanded its leadership team with seven key hires. Patrick Ramsier has joined Cornerstone Capital Bank as president/capital markets CRE, bringing more than 35 years of commercial real estate finance experience. Prior to joining Cornerstone, he built successful on-book commercial real estate platforms at both LegacyTexas Bank and Southside Bank, for … Read more
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Valliance Bank, which has branches in North Texas, announced three new hires in June. Michael Kavalier has joined the bank as senior vice president/director of treasury. He has more than a decade of experience in community banking. Kavalier earned a BS degree in sports science from Iowa State University. He subsequently completed a … Read more
Harlingen-based Texas Regional Bank has announced four strategic hires to strengthen its trust and wealth management division. The team will operate from the bank’s Houston region. Joshua Flores has joined Texas Regional Bank as chief fiduciary officer. With a decade of experience in trust and estate litigation, he brings a wealth of expertise in fiduciary … Read more
Chad D. Stary, president and CEO of First State Bank of Uvalde, recently announced two new hires—one in the mortgage division and the other in commercial/agriculture lending. Jeffery Anderson has joined First State Bank of Uvalde as vice president and mortgage department manager. He has 24 years of credit and mortgage experience, with a background … Read more
Melody Guerra has been promoted to banking officer in the lending division of Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust in its Richardson location. She has been with the bank since 2015 and currently serves as lead administrative assistant. She supports lending officers, credit analysts and lending assistants, monitors and tracks daily reports, serves as draw coordinator for … Read more
Dallas-based Vista Bank has launched a financial institutions group for banks and credit unions. The group is led by two Texas financial industry veterans, Peter Stringer and Crystal Garcia. Prior to his retirement from Texas Capital Bank, Stringer spent more than two decades there building the financial institutions group into a $7 billion line of … Read more