TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Valliance Bank, which operates Texas locations in McKinney and Fort Worth, announced that Shelby Bruhn has been elected chief lending officer and executive vice president by the board of directors. He joined the bank in 2016 and has more than 20 years of experience. Bruhn has served as Texas market president and commercial lender … Read more
On January 19, Independent Financial, a financial services company with 93 locations across Texas and Colorado, announced that construction has begun on phase two of the company’s headquarters in McKinney. The companies making the announcement also included the City of McKinney, McKinney Economic Development Corp. and KDC, a corporate build-to-suit development and investment firm. The … Read more
The Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) recently honored Robb Temple with the IBAT Chairman’s Award. Temple, chief government affairs officer at McKinney-based Independent Financial, was presented this prestigious award during the 2020 IBAT unCONVENTIONal, the association’s 46th annual Convention presented virtually in early October. The IBAT Chairman’s Award is the association’s highest honor, selected solely … Read more
McKinney-based Independent Financial ranks second in the Dallas Business Journal’s 2020 “Middle Market 50,” which recognizes the fastest-growing private and public midsize companies in North Texas. The publication defines middle-market companies as those with annual revenue between $10 million and $1 billion. It includes companies within a 12-county area around the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, an … Read more
Tupelo, Mississippi-based BancorpSouth Bank has tapped Joseph Massey as president of its Collin County, Texas, market. He is responsible for overseeing the bank’s three locations in McKinney and Celina, as well as its community involvement and business development efforts. Massey joined the bank in 2015 and most recently served as the community bank president in … Read more