TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
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
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
As Brownwood-based TexasBank opens a new branch in Decatur this month, it has hired Andrew Rottner to serve as Wise County market president. He is a seasoned financial executive with more than 30 years of experience in banking. A grand opening event for the bank’s new Decatur branch is scheduled for 11 a.m.–2 p.m., July … Read more
Brownwood-based TexasBank has hired Jeanine Werberig to serve as Tarrant County retail market manager. With more than 35 years of banking experience and 18-plus years in leadership roles, she brings a blend of expertise, strategic vision and community-minded energy to her new role. Werberig’s background includes senior leadership roles at Happy State Bank, Affiliated Bank … Read more
On April 30, Dallas-based Vista Bank announced the appointment of Bob Mahalik, a seasoned financial expert with more than 40 years of regulatory experience at the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, to senior vice president, director of strategic initiatives and mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A) advisor. The move signals a deepening of the Vista Bank M&A bench as it positions … Read more
Brownwood-based TexasBank has hired Cee Yager to serve as its new Tarrant County president as the bank expands its footprint in Fort Worth and the surrounding area. With 36 years of banking experience, Yager brings expertise in commercial and consumer lending, real estate financing and branch management to his new position. Prior to joining TexasBank, … Read more
John E. Grist, chairman and CEO of Snyder-based West Texas State Bank, along with Chris Comer, Lubbock market president, announced two new officer hirings. Both join the team with experience in West Texas banking and both will office at the bank’s new branch at 7202 Slide Rd. in Lubbock. John E. Dolan joins the bank … Read more
On January 31, UMB Financial Corp., the parent company of Kansas City, Missouri-based UMB Bank, announced the closing of its acquisition of Denver, Colorado-based Heartland Financial USA Inc., which operates in Texas as First Bank & Trust, based in Lubbock. Heartland Financial USA operated 19 branches in Texas before the merger. Its Texas-based banks will … Read more
Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank has promoted commercial lending manager Seth Schulz to Lubbock market president, succeeding David Quintanilla, whose promotion to West Texas region chairman was announced in December and became effective on January 1. In addition, West Texas real estate lending manager Mark Rosenberg has been promoted to executive vice president. “Both [Shulz and Rosenberg] … Read more
On December 12, Dallas-based Vista Bank announced a definitive agreement to sell seven rural locations—Abernathy, Hale Center, Haskell, Idalou, Petersburg, Plainview and Ralls—to Dimmitt-based First United Bank. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025. Vista Bank will retain and expand its operational and retail presence in Lubbock. Established in 1912, … Read more