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TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS

TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS

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Future Bankers at Texas Southern University Achieve 100 Percent Pass Rate on Industry Exam

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Students in Houston-based Texas Southern University’s (TSU) newly established Future Bankers Leadership Program achieved an impressive 100 percent pass rate for a key professional certification exam—giving them a distinct advantage as they pursue careers in the finance and banking industry. The Risk Management Association’s Credit Essentials Certificate (RMA CEC), which is tied to the program’s … Read more

FirstCapital Bank of Texas Awarded 5-Star Rating by BauerFinancial

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BauerFinancial Inc., the nation’s premier bank-rating firm, recently announced that Midland-based FirstCapital Bank of Texas has been awarded Bauer’s 5-Star rating for the 23rd consecutive time. To earn this top rating, the bank must excel under a rigorous, independent analysis of its financial condition. FirstCapital Bank of Texas has done so continuously since June 2016. … Read more

Extraco Banks Becomes First Texas Bank to Go Live with Agent IQ Service

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San Francisco-based Agent IQ Inc., a leader in personal digital customer engagement for financial institutions, recently announced the launch of its Lynq digital assistant and chat service with Temple-based Extraco Banks—Agent IQ’s first financial institution client in Texas. The launch also marks the second live integration with the Q2 mobile banking platform after the strong success … Read more

Texas Capital Bank Taps Hardy as Executive Vice President/Middle-Market Lead

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Todd Hardy has joined Dallas-based Texas Capital Bank’s middle-market banking team as executive vice president. He brings more than 30 years of commercial banking experience to his new role. Hardy will focus on growing relationships with commercial, industrial and operational businesses throughout North Texas while leading a team toward Texas Capital Bank’s expansion and market … Read more

Felan Joins Kansas-based CrossFirst Bank as Texas Regional President

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On January 13, Leawood, Kansas-based CrossFirst Bank announced that David Felan has been named Texas regional president, overseeing the bank’s operations and offices in Dallas and Frisco. He will be responsible for leading CrossFirst Bank’s continued growth across Texas and will oversee talent recruitment and expansion opportunities. “Any time you are able to attract an … Read more

Like a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes, Independent Financial Opens New Denison Location

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McKinney-based Independent Financial opened a new permanent Denison financial center in early January, replacing the former location that was among the buildings destroyed two years ago by the fire in historic downtown Denison. The new financial center is located at 900 S. U.S. Highway 75, just minutes from downtown. The branch opened on January 10, with … Read more

PlainsCapital Bank Welcomes Bielss as Senior Vice President in Westlake

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Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank recently announced that Chris Bielss has joined its Austin commercial lending group as senior vice president at 2705 Bee Caves Rd. in Westlake. “[Bielss’] deep-rooted relationships with local entrepreneurs and strong commercial banking background make him an excellent fit to serve PlainsCapital’s clients in Austin and across Texas,” says Sean Mills, Westlake … Read more

Louisiana’s Origin Bancorp Hires McGee as Chief Legal Counsel

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Ruston, Louisiana-based Origin Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Origin Bank, announced that Derek McGee has joined the company as senior executive officer and chief legal counsel. He is a former partner of Fenimore Kay Harrison LLP for which his primary area of focus was corporate, securities and regulatory representation of financial institutions. He has … Read more

Texas Regional Bank Expands to North Texas with AccessBank Texas Acquisition

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On December 31, Harlingen-based Texas State Bankshares Inc. and Denton-based Access Bancorp Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge Access Bancorp Inc. with Texas State Bankshares Inc. and AccessBank Texas with Texas Regional Bank. As a result of the transaction, Texas Regional Bank will add AccessBank Texas’ six banking centers … Read more

Texas Partners Bank Partners with Legacy Mutual Mortgage

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On January 4, San Antonio-based Texas Partners Bank announced a partnership with Legacy Mutual Mortgage. The acquisition of the partnership interests of Legacy Mutual Mortgage provides Texas Partners Bank—whose members include The Bank of San Antonio, The Bank of Austin and Texas Hill Country Bank—with a comprehensive mortgage platform broadening the bank’s reach and depth of … Read more

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