Banking Veteran Donnelly Joins Veritex Community Bank as Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Longtime banking veteran Phil Donnelly has joined Dallas-based Veritex Community Bank as senior executive vice president and general counsel. As a member of the bank’s executive leadership team, Donnelly will work hand-in-hand with senior management in developing and implementing bank-wide strategic business initiatives and in the creation of new procedures and protocols designed to strengthen … Read more

Citizens National Bank Breaks Ground on New Round Rock Location

Cameron-based Citizens National Bank recently broke ground on a new location in Round Rock at 110 S. Mays St. Located one mile south of the bank’s existing Round Rock branch at 201 W. Palm Valley, the new branch is in the heart of downtown at the corner of Mays and Bagdad. Several of the bank’s … Read more

Retzer Joins Texas Bank and Trust Co. in Flower Mound

Roger Retzer has joined the staff of Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust Co. as banking officer and portfolio manager in the bank’s Flower Mound location. He most recently served as vice president and commercial lender at PointBank in Denton. He has been involved in the financial services industry for 11 years, with five years as … Read more

American Momentum Bank Volunteers with Junior Achievement in Midland

Employees of College Station-based American Momentum Bank volunteered their time this spring to support the Junior Achievement of the Permian Basin’s JA Economics for Success program. Ten bank employees volunteered at Midland’s Franks Elementary School in March, where they worked with sixth-grade students to teach practical information about personal finance. “We believe that financial education … Read more

Community Bankers Announce Finalists for Five*Star Award Honoring Associate Members

The Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) recently announced this year’s finalists for its coveted Five*Star Award. Three winners—based on company size—will be announced during the association’s 2022 IBAT Connecting Leaders Conference, June 16–18 in Round Rock. Since 2002, IBAT’s Five*Star Award has recognized associate members that routinely provide excellent service and innovative solutions to … Read more

Independent Financial Returns as an Official Sponsor for the 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson

The AT&T Byron Nelson Golf Tournament returned to the city of McKinney May 9–15 with McKinney-based Independent Financial once again serving as the official bank sponsor of the PGA Tour event. As the official bank sponsor, Independent Financial is one of five companies designated as “Premier Partners” of the AT&T Byron Nelson. For the second year, … Read more

VeraBank Opens New Branch in Leander

Henderson-based VeraBank continues to expand its footprint in Central Texas with the opening of a new branch in Leander on May 9. The new full-service branch is VeraBank’s first in Leander and sixth in the greater Austin area. “We are thrilled to open a Leander branch to better serve our Williamson County customers,” says Jonathan … Read more

VeraBank Welcomes Becka and Lyon to College Station Branch

Henderson-based VeraBank has hired Melanie Becka and Baylor Lyon for its lending team. Becka will serve as senior vice president of mortgage lending and Lyon as vice president of commercial lending. “We continue to grow our talented team of bankers in Bryan-College Station,” says Joel Jackson, senior vice president/regional manager. “Melanie brings extensive mortgage experience … Read more

Colonial Savings Welcomes Keomaxay as Senior Relationship Manager for Commercial Lending

Fort Worth-based Colonial Savings FA has hired Von Keomaxay to serve as senior relationship manager, commercial lending in its Arlington banking division branch. He will work within Colonial Savings’ growing commercial banking division to maintain existing business banking relationships, develop new commercial banking relationships and provide leadership, training and support to loan officers and other … Read more

Miranda and Rodriguez Promoted at WestStar Bank

El Paso-based WestStar Bank has announced the promotion of Liliana Miranda to executive vice president/chief commercial banking officer. She will be responsible for leading the commercial lending and treasury management groups. She also oversees WestStar Title Co. In addition, Socorro Rodriguez has been promoted to senior vice president/deputy chief financial officer. In this new role, … Read more