TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
In April, Mount Pleasant-based Pilgrim Bank announced that it has hired John Russell to serve as vice president/relationship manager and Ben Taylor has joined the bank as assistant vice president/relationship manager. Prior to joining Pilgrim Bank, Russell spent the better part of 16 years in public education, in both the classroom as an agriculture science … Read more
Henderson-based VeraBank has announced that Joel Jackson is now senior executive vice president, chief lending officer and regional chair of the bank’s Southeast region. Jackson has more than 23 years of experience with a focus on commercial banking. He started his career in East Texas, working his way through various leadership positions at community banks … Read more
Mount Pleasant-based Guaranty Bank & Trust and Texas A&M University–Texarkana have entered a new partnership that will allow full-time bank employees to take courses at the university with reduced tuition prices. The partnership was officially launched in April on the Texas A&M University–Texarkana campus. “Throughout our company’s 110-year history, we have always placed a great … Read more