TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Ken Moore, president and CEO of Anahuac National Bank recently announced the hiring of Austin Snell. After training at the Anahuac National Bank location, Snell will serve as a general lender at Barbers Hill Bank in Mont Belvieu. Anahuac National Bank is comprised of a family of community banks serving Southeast Texas, including Anahuac National … Read more
Longtime president of First National Bank of Trenton Lewis Donaghey passed away on August 9 in Trenton after a brief struggle with pneumonia. He served as the president of the First National Bank of Trenton for 50 years, following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps. He worked with his father for 40 years and his … Read more
Richard Ware II, chairman of Amarillo National Bank, celebrated his 50th year at the family-owned bank in July. Representing the fourth generation of Ware family leadership, Ware helped transform Amarillo Bank into the largest 100-percent family-owned bank in the nation and a dominant business in the Texas Panhandle and beyond. Richard Ware became president of … Read more
In June, Dallas-based TIB The Independent BankersBank NA announced the election of Gary L. Owens and John J. D’Angelo to the board of directors of Independent Bankers Financial Corporation (IBFC). Owens is the president of Houston-based Wallis Bank and its holding company, Wallis Bancshares Inc. He also serves on the board of the Independent Bankers … Read more
Ruston, Louisiana-based Origin Bank recently announced that Susan Ascoy has joined the company’s North Texas team as vice president/treasury management officer. She has nearly 14 years of banking experience specializing in treasury management and business development for commercial, wealth management and international banking. In her new position at Origin Bank, she will develop and execute … Read more
Midland-based FirstCapital Bank of Texas has hired Kenneth L. Burgess III to serve as senior vice president/senior relationship manager at the bank’s Midland Plaza location. He has 14 years of banking experience, including working for FirstCapital Bank of Texas from 2007 to 2019. Originally from Midland, Burgess says he is excited to return to his … Read more
Laredo-based IBC Bank is mourning the loss of banking veteran, community leader and founding president and CEO of IBC Bank-Brownsville, Fred W. Rusteberg, who passed away on July 19. He was 74. He retired in 2016, after more than four decades in the banking industry. He founded the first IBC Bank in Cameron County, the … Read more
La Grange-based National Bank & Trust–Texas recently announced that Michael Corker has been elected chairman of the board. Corker has served as a director for National Bank & Trust since 2001. He and his wife Lisa have owned Hart Land Real Estate for more than 30 years. “Michael’s experience and commitment to La Grange and … Read more
The Leadership Division of the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) elected new board members during its quarterly board meeting in June. Founded in 1985, the IBAT Leadership Division is dedicated to the development of tomorrow’s leaders in community banking. The board’s executive committee will be led by Chairman Peter Smith, Lubbock market president at … Read more
In July, C.K. Lee was appointed president and chief operating officer of Oklahoma City-based InterBank. He will oversee operations and become part of a five-member executive management team. Capital planning, as well as mergers and acquisitions, are also part of Lee’s new responsibilities. Since 2017, he has worked on at least eight whole bank and … Read more