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MAY 28, 2018 | VOLUME 152, NUMBER 20 | WWW.BANKERSDIGEST.COM MISSISSIPPI Daniel Tapped as Market President TEXAS for Hancock Whitney Bank in Baton Rouge, Louisiana West Named Senior Vice On May 3, Gulfport-based Hancock JPMorgan Chase and commercial and President in Private Banking Whitney Bank announced that it has correspondent banking roles at the Group at Amegy Bank hired JOHN L. DANIEL to be the bank’s former Hibernia Bank. new market Daniel holds a bachelor’s degree GARY WEST has joined Houston-based president for the in management and administration, as Amegy Bank as senior vice president in Baton Rouge, well as a bachelor’s degree in marketing, the company’s private banking group. Louisiana, region. from Louisiana State University. He is a He will help lead He succeeds fellow of the LSU Academy of Politics, a Amegy’s healthcare ROBERT SCHNECK- certified municipal financial professional banking growth ENBURGER, who has and registered Louisiana lobbyist. strategy by identify- been in that “John L. Daniel has long been an as- ing and developing position since 2016 set to our industry and our community relationships with DANIEL and is now senior because of his superb banking exper- individual physi- regional president for the company. tise, civic and cultural service, and his cians, specialty practice groups and Prior to joining Hancock Whitney commitment to Greater Baton Rouge,” WEST Bank, Daniel worked for the past 31 Schneckenburger says. other healthcare- years at JPMorgan Chase as an execu- The newly christened Hancock Whit- related companies. In addition to his tive director, senior commercial banker ney Bank—the result of a 2010 merger healthcare focus, West will provide and senior vice president. His banking between Hancock Bank and Whitney customized lending, banking and wealth experience also includes positions in Bank—has locations in Mississippi, Ala- management services to other profes- sionals, executives, business owners commercial and real estate lending at bama, Florida, Louisiana and Texas. • and wealthy families in the Dallas/ Fort Worth metroplex. West began his banking career in ARKANSAS Missouri-Based Southern Bank Promotes 1985 with First City National Bank in Roberts to Market President in Central Arkansas Houston and has worked for Bank of America, Hibernia/Capital One Bank, CHRIS ROBERTS has been promoted to nity bank president for Southern Bank’s Heartland Financial USA and BB&T. market president for Poplar Bluff, Searcy location and has five years of He earned a double degree in Missouri-based Southern Bank in Searcy. experience as a senior commissioned finance and human resources manage- In his new position, bank examiner. He graduated from ment from Texas Tech University. West he will oversee the the University of Central Arkansas serves on several advisory boards, commercial lending with a degree in finance and attended including Dallas Real Estate Ministries and branch opera- graduate school at Louisiana State and serves as a student mentor for the tions for Southern University. SMU Cox School of Business. Bank’s Central Chartered in 1887 as a mutual Founded in 1989 as the Northwest Arkansas region. institution owned by its depositors, the Crossing National Bank and soon after This includes Searcy, bank’s founders deposited $100,000 changing its name to Southwest Bank Bald Knob, Bates- in the Poplar Bluff Loan and Building in of Texas, the name was changed again ROBERTS ville and Bradford, order to provide financing to help peo- in 2005 to Amegy Bank. A subsidiary and he will also handle the bank’s ple buy homes. Southern Bank’s total of Zions Bancorporation, Amegy Bank business development in Little Rock. assets are approximately $1.9 billion has more than 75 locations in Texas With 29 years of banking experi- and it operates 41 locations in Missouri, and is one of the largest banks in ence, Roberts was previously a commu- Arkansas and Illinois. • Houston. • PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY EXCEPT THE FIFTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH TEXAS The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Announces Executive Promotions The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas as examining officer. recently announced the following pro- Korb joined the Fed- motions. eral Reserve Bank MELISSA HUNT has been promoted in 1998. 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While discussions around regulatory reform have continued in Congress, little concrete action was taken in the last quarter, causing uncertainty about the regulatory environment for many financial institutions. On May 22, the U.S. House passed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155), and while that’s great news for banks, many bankers speculate that with regulatory reforms will come more, not less, work for their teams. change that requires a shift in proce- dures, training and software. Financial “Congress continues to buzz with talk supposed to take effect this April, the institutions must remain proactive in of reducing regulatory burden, pointing date has been pushed back another year their regulatory monitoring and manage- to the potential for substantial change in to April 1, 2019. Another noteworthy ment to prepare for the changes ahead.” the coming months,” says Donna Camer- change was an update to the status of The Banking Compliance Index on, Continuity’s director of regulatory I/O. the Payday Lending Rule. In January, the is calculated each quarter using a “Institutions should avoid claiming victory Consumer Financial Protection Bureau multivariate analysis that can be prematurely, as there will be much work (CFPB) announced that it planned to weighted across different contexts and to do if rules are modified.” open a rulemaking process to reconsider is calibrated to determine the regu- The Banking Compliance Index, the rule. This will be an important pro- latory impact on financial institutions published quarterly by Continuity’s Reg- cess for financial institutions to watch. of varying sizes, product mixes and ulatory Operations Center, quantifies “The current CFPB posture suggests regulatory oversight. Key indicators the incremental burden on financial in- that several of its previous enforcements include volume, velocity and complexity stitutions in keeping up with regulatory might be repealed or amended; in fact, of regulatory change; time expended to changes. While the first quarter of each there have been no enforcement actions meet regulatory requirement(s); and su- calendar year is always the slowest in issued by the bureau since director pervision and the enforcement climate.