TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE and IDEAS
The Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a safe place for healing after abuse, recently received a $10,000 donation from Bank of Texas through its annual Guide the Giving initiative. Every year, as part of the Guide the Giving initiative, BOK Financial employees across the company’s eight-state footprint, which includes Bank … Read more
Weatherford-based First Bank Texas has appointed Ed Greenlee to its board of directors. A respected Texas banking executive with 50 years of experience, he brings a wealth of industry knowledge and a strong commitment to community-centered financial services. A native of Abilene, Greenlee’s career in banking has spanned markets across the state, from Abilene, Kerrville … Read more
Fort Worth-based NBT Financial Bank announced two new hires and four promotions in July. Janice Spooner has joined NBT Financial Bank as senior vice president/Grapevine market president. She has more than 37 years of banking experience, specializing in commercial and consumer lending. Spooner is a graduate of the Texas Bankers Association Management Development Program and … Read more
On July 1, Investar Holding Corp., the holding company for Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Investar Bank NA, and Wichita Falls Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Wichita Falls-based First National Bank, jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Investar will acquire Wichita Falls for cash and stock consideration. The merger is … Read more
On July 14, Huntington Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Columbus, Ohio-based Huntington Bank, and Dallas-based Veritex Holdings Inc., the parent company of Dallas-based Veritex Community Bank, announced a definitive merger agreement in which Huntington will acquire Veritex. The acquisition accelerates Huntington Bancshares’ growth in Texas by expanding its presence in Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. … Read more
Dallas-based Susser Bank has appointed Carl Cravens president and chief banking officer. In his expanded role, he will continue to report directly to Sam L. Susser, chairman and CEO, and assume responsibility for all commercial banking, credit functions and marketing across the bank’s footprint. Cravens joined Susser Bank in 2018 and has been instrumental in scaling … Read more
College Station-based American Momentum Bank announced a new hire and a promotion in July. The bank has hired Scott Winchell to serve as senior vice president/market president for Andrews. He will focus on community development, lending and risk management for the Andrews, Seminole and greater Permian Basin markets. Winchell brings nearly 20 years of banking … Read more
Pat Leatherwood, chairman of the board of First National Bank of Dublin, has announced the election of Matt Stockman of De Leon and Kameron Mazurek of Comanche to the bank’s board of directors. Stockman is president of Stockman Seed & Fertilizer, a business he launched in 1986 in De Leon. Mazurek founded the law and … Read more
Rachel Slade has joined San Antonio-based Texas Partners Bank as vice president/treasury solutions relationship manager. She has 19 years of experience in financial services and expertise in management, private and business banking. Slade previously served as Nashville area manager/business banker at Legends Bank in Nashville, Tennessee, for more than five years. Prior to that, she … Read more
Weatherford-based First Bank Texas hit the road this spring with a new mobile banking branch designed to deliver full-service banking and financial education to neighborhoods, community and sporting events, festivals and schools. “From the days of the stagecoach to the digital age, our bank has always worked to meet our customers where they are,” says … Read more