On January 3, Corpus Christi-based American Bank announced the acquisition of ACG Equipment Finance (ACG), a fully integrated direct equipment financing company headquartered in Austin. “Our acquisition of ACG Equipment...
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On January 4, San Antonio-based Texas Partners Bank announced a partnership with Legacy Mutual Mortgage. The acquisition of the partnership interests of Legacy Mutual Mortgage provides Texas Partners Bank—whose members...
Charles G. Cooper, commissioner of the Texas Department of Banking, announced that Crowley-based Texas Exchange Bank SSB has completed its conversion to a Texas state-chartered bank from a state savings...
Kingsville-based Kleberg Bank is featured in the latest issue of The Islander magazine for its robust internship program. The Islander, published by Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi (TAMU–CC), touts the community...
Texas City-based Texas First Bank has announced plans to open a new full-service banking center in Beaumont in January 2022. The location—at 6363 Phelan Blvd., just east of Dowlen Rd.—will...
Dallas-based First Foundation Inc., a financial services company with two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, First Foundation Advisors and First Foundation Bank, announced that it has completed its acquisition of TGR...
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June 1, 2020
The spread of the coronavirus presents considerable risks to the world economy in general and the banking industry specifically. By some estimates, China saw economic...
March 23, 2020
The selection committee of the Texas Bankers Hall of Fame has announced its 2020 inductees: the late James B. Bexley, Lloyd R. Ferguson, William David...
January 17, 2020
As the banking industry improves its security procedures, hardware and software, the bad guys are also stepping up their game. One of their weapons—skimmers—continue to...
October 6, 2019
The Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) standard from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is considered one of the most challenging accounting change projects in...
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Amarillo-based FirstBank Southwest recently announced the start of construction for its new bank at 300 W. Kingsmill in Pampa. The 8,000-square-feet facility will include a full-service bank, six drive-through lanes, a 24-hour drive-up ATM and...
Austin-based BAT Investments Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire Capital Bank of Texas, headquartered in Carrizo Springs. With branches in Carrizo Springs and Crystal City, as well as a loan production office in Austin,...
Irvine, California-based First Foundation Inc., a financial services company with two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, First Foundation Bank and First Foundation Advisors, announced its expansion into Texas with the relocation of its principal executive office...
The Texas Bankers Hall of Fame recently announced that its 2020 honorees will be inducted at the Eighth Annual Texas Bankers Hall of Fame Gala on April 22, 2021, on the campus of Sam Houston...
S&P Global Market Intelligence released its annual rankings for 2020’s best-performing community banks with assets between $3 billion and $10 billion and community banks with assets less than $3 billion, as well as top-performing credit...
Dallas-based State Bank of Texas announced on March 15 that it has finalized plans to build a new headquarters building in the Las Colinas Urban Center. Construction should commence by the end of 2021 and...
The Southwestern Graduate School of Banking (SWGSB) at Southern Methodist University will present its spring Workshop for Bank Directors in a virtual format via Zoom on the afternoons of March 17–19. This spring’s program, “An...
On March 1, Texas Southern University (TSU) announced a $500,000 pledge of support for its Jesse H. Jones School of Business (JHJSB) from Atlanta, Georgia-based Cadence Bank. The three-year pledge will support the school’s new...
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