TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Larry Allen, chairman and CEO of Lubbock-based Peoples Bank, has announced the addition of Jennifer Lopez and LaTisha Sneed to the team. Lopez will serve as a mortgage underwriter for the bank’s home loan center. She has been in banking for more than 20 years. Lopez serves as an ambassador for Polished, a nonprofit organization … Read more
Larry Allen, CEO and chairman of the board at Lubbock-based Peoples Bank, has announced the addition of Cheryl Brown and Amanda Locke. Brown joins the bank as senior vice president and internal auditor. She has been in banking for more than 20 years and is a certified public accountant. Brown is a member of the … Read more
Larry Allen, CEO and chairman of the board at Lubbock-based Peoples Bank, announced the following promotions at the end of 2021. “These promotions reflect the outstanding staff we have at Peoples Bank,” Allen says. “Each one of these individuals goes above and beyond and we are fortunate to have them on our team.” Dawn Ambrose … Read more
Larry Allen, CEO and chairman of the board at Lubbock-based Peoples Bank, recently announced the addition of two bankers to the team—Matthew Knies and Slade Terry. Knies will serve as senior vice president and lender at the bank’s Princeton location. He has been in banking for five years. Knies received his BBA degree in finance … Read more
On May 3, Lubbock-based Peoples Bancorp Inc., the parent company of Peoples Bank, announced the successful closing of the previously announced acquisition of Seymour-based Baylor Bancshares Inc., the parent company of the First Bank & Trust. The merger agreement was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both bank holding companies and their subsidiary banks … Read more
Terry Christian, Paris-based Peoples Bank’s president, retired at the end of 2020 and the bank’s board voted unanimously to promote T. Bradley Perry to fill the position, according to a report in The Paris News. Christian served as president of the bank for 31 years. “In 1989, (Chairman and CEO) Ronnie Abbott and the existing … Read more
Lubbock-based Peoples Bancorp Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Peoples Bank, announced the signing of a definitive agreement on December 30 to acquire Seymour-based Baylor Bancshares Inc. and its subsidiaries, First Bank & Trust and Baylor Mortgage Co. Inc. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021. As of September 30, … Read more
American Banker, along with Best Companies Group, recently cited 85 financial institutions across the U.S. as inductees on its 2020 “Best Banks to Work For” list. The recognition honors U.S. banks for outstanding employee satisfaction. It’s no surprise that a number of Texas-based community banks are included on the list. What’s interesting, though, is the … Read more