TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
In 2021, San Antonio-based Broadway Bank celebrated 80 years of service to customers and communities in South Central Texas. In 2022, the bank is launching an effort to identify and enter a new market in Texas to expand its expertise and strengths to new business opportunities—particularly in commercial real estate lending. To prepare for strategic … Read more
The Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) announced that George “Cliff” McCauley, executive vice president/correspondent banking at San Antonio-based Frost Bank, is the newest addition to the IBAT Wall of Heroes and Legends of Texas Community Banking located at the organization’s headquarters in downtown Austin. The Wall of Heroes and Legends is reserved for special … Read more
Birmingham, Alabama-based Regions Bank announced that Michael Pardue will serve as consumer banking executive leading the company’s expanded operations in Texas, including the Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth and Austin markets. Pardue, a financial services industry veteran of 20 years, makes the move to Texas from Memphis, Tennessee, where he served as Regions Bank’s consumer banking executive … Read more
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas recently announced appointments and reappointments to its branch boards in San Antonio, Houston and El Paso. As board members, these individuals provide input on regional economic conditions as part of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy functions. Each of these branch boards consists of seven members—four appointed by the Dallas … Read more
On December 9, Texas Capital Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Dallas-based Texas Capital Bank, announced that Matt Scurlock, executive vice president/corporate treasurer, will transition into the role of executive vice president/chief financial officer, effective January 1, 2022. He will replace Julie Anderson as CFO of Texas Capital Bank and Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. Anderson has been … Read more
Independent Banker magazine published its list of the 2021 “Best Community Banks to Work For” in its December issue. Five community banks across the U.S. made the list, each according to the bank’s asset size, and two of the five are headquartered in Texas: Corsicana-based Community Bank & Trust of Texas and Gainesville-based First State … Read more
On November 1, Texas Capital Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Dallas-based Texas Capital Bank, announced that Chris Calvert and Claire Harrison have been named market chairman and market president of Austin respectively. Calvert has been with Texas Capital Bank for more than 20 years, most recently having served as region president of Austin since … Read more
Misty Cox has been promoted to vice president and senior treasury management officer at Jacksonville-based Austin Bank. She joined the bank as a sales representative for the treasury management team in 2020. She brought with her 20 years of sales experience and works out of the bank’s Lufkin office. A native of Nacogdoches, Cox earned … Read more
Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank recently announced that Kristi Conway has joined its Houston lending group as executive vice president at 2925 Richmond Ave. Conway has more than 17 years of financial services and leadership experience, all of which she’s gained at Frost Bank. Most recently, she served as market president for commercial lending. Conway also held … Read more
In late November, The National Bank of Texas at Fort Worth announced a new hire and a promotion. José I. Duron has joined the bank as executive vice president and chief lending officer. He comes to The National Bank of Texas with more than 27 years of banking experience—20 of those years in commercial lending, … Read more