TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Oklahoma City-based Valliance Bank has named Cara McClain president of Valliance Bank McKinney. She brings a diverse banking background, as well as more than 25 years of banking experience to the McKinney team. For the past four years, McClain served as president of the private bank at Valliance McKinney. Prior to joining Valliance, she served … Read more
Harlingen-based Texas Regional Bank has promoted John Tippit IV to executive vice president over divisions. He will oversee multiple divisions in the newly created role, including trust, wealth management, mortgage, capital markets and insurance. Tippit joined Texas Regional Bank in 2016 as an investment advisor in the bank’s wealth management division. He was promoted to … Read more
Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust recently announced that Melinda Beatty has been promoted to senior vice president and chief compliance officer/CRA officer, and Rachel Speed is now assistant vice president and loan technology and project manager. An employee of the bank since 2006, Beatty has served as compliance/CRA officer, assistant compliance officer, regional retail manager, … Read more
Jacksonville-based Austin Bank recently unveiled a new logo, tagline and brand colors. “Same bank. Same name. Same family. New look,” the East Texas-based notes. The rebranding is part of the long-term vision for the bank. The new tagline—“With you for good”—speaks to its commitment to “being there for [customers] in happy times and in tough … Read more
Henderson-based VeraBank continues to expand its footprint in Central Texas with the opening of a new branch in Bastrop, which opened for business on May 1. This full-service branch will be VeraBank’s first in Bastrop and ninth in the greater Austin area. “Our bank is large enough to serve any of your financial needs, but … Read more
On May 1, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) announced the selection of Texas Banking Commissioner Charles G. Cooper to its State Liaison Committee (SLC) for a two-year term. The SLC also announced that Cooper has been elected chair of the committee for a one-year term. Cooper has served as Texas’ banking commissioner since … Read more
Charlie Parks has joined Midland-based Community National Bank as senior vice president in Lubbock. He has more than 25 years of banking experience with lending knowledge that includes commercial real estate, agriculture, commercial and single-family land development, C&I, multi-family construction/development and single-family construction loans. Parks holds a finance degree from Rawls College of Business at … Read more
San Antonio-based Frost Bank’s expansion in the Dallas and Houston regions continues unabated. The company has opened four new locations just in the past two months: The bank’s first location in Irving opened for business on March 20; A branch in the River Oaks section of Houston opened on April 10, replacing a previous Frost … Read more
On April 24, Little Rock, Arkansas-based Bank OZK announced that John Carter has returned as chief credit officer. He will be responsible for oversight of the bank’s credit, loan operations, special assets and mortgage lending functions. In addition, Carter will participate in the development of corporate strategy for lending practices and policies. Carter rejoins Bank … Read more
Waco-based The First National Bank of Central Texas has appointed two new business leaders to its board of directors. The appointments were announced by Joe Barrow, chairman and CEO. Julia Jurgensen is an attorney with Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick & Dickson PLLC. The Waco native’s work focuses on construction contract negotiation and consulting, construction disputes … Read more