TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Larry Allen, CEO and chairman of the board at Lubbock-based Peoples Bank, recently announced the addition of two bankers to the team—Matthew Knies and Slade Terry. Knies will serve as senior vice president and lender at the bank’s Princeton location. He has been in banking for five years. Knies received his BBA degree in finance … Read more
Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank recently announced the hiring of two seasoned bankers—Michael Ellzey and Jamie Gutierrez. Ellzey has joined the bank’s commercial lending team as senior vice president. He will office out of The Woodlands branch at 1699 Research Forest Dr., Ste. 100. Ellzey has more than 20 years of commercial lending and banking experience in … Read more
Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust Co. recently announced two new hires and a promotion. Chelsea Miller has joined the staff as vice president/commercial lender. With more than 14 years of experience in the financial services industry, she most recently was a business development officer/banker for Wells Fargo Bank in Plano. Miller majored in business administration … Read more
Jacksonville-based Austin Bank recently announced two promotions and two new hires. Billie Mims has been named location president in Kilgore. She has more than 33 years of banking and lending experience focusing primarily on consumer and commercial lending, as well as oversight of loan support personnel. Mims joined the Austin Bank team with the acquisition … Read more
Jack Griggs, chairman, and Steve Mack, CEO, have announced the appointment of Jim Kreuz to serve as chief lending officer at Boerne-based Texas Heritage Bank. Additional officers recently appointed are Katie Borne, CPA, controller, and Tim Rehkopf, consumer lending officer. Kreuz is a career banking professional who has served in the San Antonio market for … Read more
Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank recently expanded its commercial banking team in Austin with the addition of Laura Kane and Rodney Thompson as senior vice presidents of commercial lending and Carly McCollum as commercial loan officer. Kane and McCollum will serve clients from PlainsCapital Bank’s downtown Austin office while Thompson will work from its Westlake branch. Kane … Read more
Choudrant, Louisiana-based Origin Bank has announced that Tyler Pope and Ben Trahan have joined the company’s North Texas commercial banking team. Both will maintain offices in North Dallas and serve commercial banking clients throughout the Origin Bank’s North Texas region. “It gives me great pleasure to welcome Tyler Pope and Ben Trahan to Origin Bank,” … Read more
The National Bank of Texas at Fort Worth has announced recent new hires. Rachel Emrich has joined the bank as credit analyst. She recently earned her BBA degree in finance and accounting from Benedictine College in Atchinson, Kansas. Emrich has been an intern for Service Animal Travel where she helped the start-up company in many … Read more
Dallas-based Susser Bank recently announced its leadership team to serve San Antonio, Austin and the South Texas region. The team is unique in that three of the individuals are San Antonio natives and have served together for two decades in the banking industry. The new team members include Steve Edlund, San Antonio market executive; Adam Carr, … Read more
Choudrant, Louisiana-based Origin Bank has announced that Greg Irwin and Bill Kresser have joined the company’s Fort Worth relationship banking team. Both will maintain offices at the bank’s financial center on Throckmorton St. in downtown Fort Worth. “We are thrilled to welcome Greg and Bill to Origin Bank,” says Justin Holt, Tarrant County market leader. “Their … Read more