TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
On December 11, J. Pat Hickman, chairman of Amarillo-based Happy State Bank, and Frederick B. Hegi Jr., chairman of Tahoka-based First National Bank of Tahoka (FNB), announced that Happy State Bank is acquiring First National Bank of Tahoka through a merger. FNB Tahoka holds approximately $56 million in total assets and has one location in … Read more
On October 21, San Antonio-based Southwest Bancshares Inc., the bank holding company for The Bank of San Antonio, closed its merger of three affiliated banks, creating a unique Central Texas banking franchise. In connection with the closing of the transaction, Capitol of Texas Bancshares, the holding company for The Bank of Austin, and Texas Hill … Read more
Louise-based Louise Bancshares Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, The First State Bank, and Dilley-based Dilley State Bank announced on September 1 that they have entered into an agreement whereby Louise Bancshares Inc. would acquire Dilley State Bank. Upon closing of the transaction, expected in the fourth quarter of 2020, Dilley State Bank will become … Read more
On August 25, Texas Heritage Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Hondo National Bank, and Medina Community Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Hondo-based Community National Bank, jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement to combine the two holding companies into Texas Heritage Bancshares. The merger agreement was unanimously approved by the board of … Read more