TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Conversions The TDB reports that Ozona National Bank, based in Ozona, has converted to a Texas state-chartered bank under the name Ozona Bank. Home Office Relocation The TDB reports that Susser Bank has applied to relocate its home office from 500 Harwood in Bedford to 100 Crescent Ct., Ste. 575, in Dallas. Branches The OCC reports that Commercial … Read more
Mergers and Acquisitions The TDB reports that Roscoe State Bank, based in Roscoe, has applied to merge with Cornerstone Home Lending, based in Houston, under the name Cornerstone Capital Bank SSB. The OCC reports that it has approved an application by First National Bank of Aspermont, based in Aspermont, to purchase a branch from Vista Bank, based … Read more
Dallas-based Vista Bank recently hired Jeremy O’Brien to serve as deposit operations analyst. Prior to joining Vista Bank, he served as deposit operations specialist team lead for PlainsCapital Corp. from 2012 to 2021, and before that, as commercial teller/personal banker at American State Bank for two years. O’Brien attended South Plains College. According to a … Read more
An impressive number of community banks were included in the recently published 2020 list of the “100 Best Companies to Work for in Texas,” an annual recognition program developed by Texas Monthly magazine, the Texas Association of Business, Texas Society for Human Resource Management and Best Companies Group. Among the companies recognized in the small-sized-employer … Read more