TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Jeff Sowell has been named senior vice president and chief technology officer at Jacksonville-based Austin Bank. He joined the team in 2000 as a computer support specialist and has spent the past 21 years ensuring network systems are available and employees have the tools needed to conduct business. He was promoted to network support manager … Read more
Karla Hollins has joined Jacksonville-based Austin Bank as assistant vice president and relationship manager in the company’s Lufkin office. With more than 26 years of banking experience in management, operations and lending, Hollins comes to Austin Bank from Regions Bank where she served as vice president/consumer banking manager with responsibility for the oversight of 14 … Read more
Henderson-based VeraBank recently hired Ashlyn Cole as Angelina County market president. Cole, an experienced commercial banker and leader in Lufkin, will focus on leading and growing VeraBank’s business in Lufkin and Angelina County. Cole has been a community banker for more than 11 years and has spent most of her career in commercial lending helping … Read more