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ARKANSAS Shirrell Returns to His Home State LOUISIANA to Work as Chief Retail Officer at MidSouth Bank Hires Pine Bluff-based Simmons Bank has At Regions Financial Corp., Shirrell Avant as Chief Credit Officer hired FRANKLIN SHIRRELL to be the com- was one of five executives selected to Lafayette-based MidSouth Bank has pany’s chief retail officer. He will lead major organizational changes and hired KEITH AVANT as chief credit officer. oversee retail strategic restructuring for 1,500 stores, He is responsible for the administration banking operations, with direct project responsibility for and oversight of the including recruit- 280 stores in multiple states. bank’s credit-relat- ment, sales and Shirrell began his banking career in ed activities, customer experi- 1984 at Worthen Bank in Little Rock af- including credit ence across all of ter earning a bachelor of science degree quality, underwrit- Simmons Bank’s in business administration from the ing, portfolio approximately 150 Sam Walton College of Business at the administration and branch locations in University of Arkansas–Fayetteville. SHIRRELL documentation, as five states. “It’s a great feeling to not only be well as compliance For the past 22 years, Shirrell has back in my home state, but also now AVANT with legal and been with Regions Financial Corp. where to be joining an Arkansas-based bank,” regulatory requirements. he most recently was executive vice Shirrell says. For the past three years, Avant, president and head of consumer and Chartered in 1903, Simmons Bank who has 26 years of banking and credit business banking units in the , Fort has locations in Arkansas, Kansas, Mis- experience, worked for Bank of America Worth, Austin and markets. souri, and . • Merrill Lynch in Atlanta and Dallas in various credit-related roles, including senior vice president/credit executive. NEW MEXICO Lilly Retires from Colorado-based From 1999 to 2014, he held a number of senior credit leadership positions at National Bank Holdings Corp., Birkans Hired as CFO SunTrust Bank in and , On May 2, National Bank Holdings Corp., do, also announced including lead credit executive for the which, through its bank subsidiary NBH that ALDIS BIRKANS, Florida private wealth management Bank, operates as Hillcrest Bank in New the company’s group and lead credit executive for the Mexico and Texas, senior vice president sports and entertainment group. Avant announced that and treasurer, will is a graduate of SunTrust Bank’s Leader- BRIAN F. LILLY, the become executive ship Development Program. company’s execu- vice president and Avant earned both a bachelor’s tive vice president, chief financial officer degree in finance and an MBA from the chief financial officer on August 10. Prior University of Central Florida–Orlando. BIRKANS and chief of M&A to joining National He holds FINRA Series 7 and Series 63 and strategy will Bank Holdings in 2011, he was the vice licenses. retire from the president and assistant treasurer for “We particularly like that he has LILLY company next M&I Bank and also served in various worked in multiple states and believe March. He will continue to serve in his finance-related roles at Citigroup. his background makes him perfectly current role through August 10 and Through its bank subsidiary, NBH suited to lead the credit activities of our thereafter will serve in a non-executive Bank, National Bank Holdings Corp. op- two-state franchise,” says JIM MCLEM- role with the company until March 2019. erates 104 banking centers in Colorado, ORE, MidSouth Bank president and CEO. National Bank Holdings Corp., the greater Kansas City region, Texas MidSouth Bank NA currently has 42 locations in Louisiana and Texas. based in Greenwood Village, Colora- and New Mexico. • •

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2 | Bankers Digest May 21, 2018 J.D. Power Ratings Show Weak Links in Digital Banking BIG BANKS LEAD THE WAY ON DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION. Big banks have the ETAIL BANK INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY are paying off in the form of largest concentration of digital-centric substantial numbers of digital-only bank customers, but some of that growth customers (47 percent). Within the big R may be coming at the expense of customer satisfaction. According to the and regional bank segments, Capital J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study, 28 percent of retail bank One and Bank of America have the customers are now digital-only, but they are the least satisfied among all customer highest percentages of digital-centric segments examined in the study. customers (55 percent and 53 percent, respectively), giving them a significant lead in digital transformation. “There is no doubt that digital bank- THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IS LARGEST AMONG “While the retail banking industry ing channels give banks an enormous MILLENNIAL AND GEN X CUSTOMERS. The has a great deal of work to do to bridge opportunity to reduce costs, but the gap in satisfaction between digital-cen- the growing digital divide, some leaders risk is that those cost savings come with tric and branch-dependent customers have already begun to make huge lower levels of customer engagement,” cuts across all generations of retail bank progress on the digital learning curve,” says Paul McAdam, senior director of customers, but it is most pronounced McAdam says. “Some of the best prac- the banking practice at J.D. Power. among Millennials (35-point satisfaction tices being pioneered today by digital “Right now, retail banks need to address gap) and Gen X (24-point satisfaction leaders include highly personalized the growing digital divide that is emerg- gap), bucking the conventional wisdom digital interactions along with branch ing within customer segments. Suc- that younger banking customers do not transformation efforts that serve cessfully navigating that transition will like to use branches. Continued on page 10 require banks to provide better, more personalized advice that is consistent across both digital and branch inter- actions, and to ensure that customer 20 years of correspondent residential mortgage lending success. needs are met, regardless of channel.” Here are some of the key findings of Trust is based on performance... the study: and performance DIGITAL-ONLY AND BRANCH-ONLY CUS- takes time. TOMERS ARE LEAST-SATISFIED CUSTOMER SEGMENTS. Overall satisfaction is lowest among retail bank customers who used online or mobile banking channels ex- clusively during the past three months (791 on a 1,000-point scale). Cus- tomers who used a branch exclusively are slightly more satisfied (804). The segment with the highest level of over- all satisfaction, at 823, is branch-de- pendent digital customers, the group that used the branch two or more times in the past three months and also used online or mobile banking. This group is followed by digital-centric branch-using customers (808), who used the branch

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Bankers Digest May 21, 2018 | 3 TEXAS Texas Bank and Trust Co. Announces Recent Promotions and Hirings Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust returns clerk before ing, new accounts, and currently serves Co. recently announced a number of moving into the as the branch’s operations manager. promotions and hirings. electronic banking KIRK BAUR has joined the staff as JENNIFER HARRIS has been promot- department in 2013 senior vice president and commercial ed to senior vice president in business as the operations lender in its Richardson branch. He has development. She has been with Texas supervisor. In 2017, been involved in Bank and Trust since she was promoted banking for 25 2009. In her new to TBTmyWay Ser- years, most recently role, she will be vice Center manager. as small-business MOSLEY responsible for local SHAWN HAW- market manager, and bank-wide KINS is now assistant vice president in senior vice presi- initiatives related to the bank’s technology division. He has dent and commer- business develop- been employed in cial lender with ment and customer the information IberiaBank in Plano. BAUR service for the bank. technology field for He holds a bachelor HARRIS Harris holds a 18 years and has of science degree in liberal arts from bachelor of science degree from the been with Texas Texas A&M University. University of Texas–Austin. Bank and Trust since APRYL SALAZAR has been promoted KATHY MOSLEY has been promoted 2003. As senior to vice president in the bank’s Richard- to assistant vice president in the TBT- infrastructure son location. She has been with the myWay Service Center. Starting with the engineer, his duties company in its HAWKINS bank in 2006, she worked as a proof include virtual and compliance/BSA operator, bookkeeping assistant and storage infrastructure administration, department since server administration, network infra- 2015. With more structure support and end-user than a decade of NOW AVAILABLE support. banking experience, Print Online eBook JANE HENRY has been promoted to Salazar currently administrative officer in credit adminis- oversees the tration. Employed in the banking day-to-day opera- SALAZAR 2017 Fall Edition industry since 1981, tions of the BSA/ she has been with AML group. She holds a bachelor’s A Registry of Texas Banks and Bankers and a Digest of Texas Banking Information Texas Bank and degree in political science and a Trust since 2006, master’s degree in political science and initially in its loan constitutional law from the University of Texas Banking collection and Texas–Dallas. recovery depart- ABBIE TREAT has been promoted to Red Book ment and currently assistant vice president in the bank’s as the bank’s legal West Grande branch in Tyler. She has HENRY An affiliate of the coordinator. Henry been with the bank is a graduate of Kilgore College and has since 2008 and was completed numerous courses through promoted to trust the American Institute of Banking. officer in 2015. JEANNIE TOMLINSON has been Treat has more than promoted to assistant vice president in 13 years of experi- For the online version, go to the bank’s Lindale ence in personal www.texasredbookonline.com branch. She has trust, estate and been with the bank agency account TREAT Online subscriptions less than for seven years and administration. She $10 per month! involved in the holds a bachelor of business adminis- banking industry for tration degree in management from the To order your print version call 19 years. She has University of Texas–Tyler and has 800-336-1120 ext. 7053, or visit experience as a received certifications from the Texas teller and in the Bankers Association Wealth Manage- www.texasredbook.com TOMLINSON areas of bookkeep- ment & Trust Division schools. •

4 | Bankers Digest May 21, 2018 ARKANSAS ARKANSAS Million Named Credit Analyst for Stone Bank Citizens Bank Promotes BROOKE MILLION has been hired as a Stone Bank was Wood, Shelby to Retail credit analyst for Stone Bank in Little founded in 2007. In Rock. She previously worked for Das- addition to the char- Branch Manager Positions sault Falcon Jet and holds an associate ter headquarters In late April, PHIL BALDWIN, CEO of arts degree from the University of Ar- located in Mountain Batesville-based Citizens Bank, an- kansas’ Pulaski Technical College and a View, the bank has nounced two recent promotions. BBA in accounting from the University of locations in Little MELISSA MARIE WOOD now manages Arkansas–Little Rock. She is currently a Rock, Harrison and the bank’s Eagle Mountain branch. Most certified public accountant candidate. White Hall. • MILLION recently, she served as an assistant branch manager at the Eagle branch OKLAHOMA Valliance Hires McGuire to Lead Private Bank Team location and has been with Citizens JAKE McGUIRE has joined Oklahoma City- School of Law. He Bank since 2015. based Valliance Bank to lead the lending is obtaining his MBA She joined the bank team at the Private Bank at Valliance. Pre- degree from Southern after many years of viously, he served as vice president and Nazarene University. customer service private banking advisor at Arvest Bank in Valliance Bank and management Oklahoma City. McGuire holds a bachelor has locations in WOOD experience. Wood of science degree in financial economics Oklahoma City and attended the University of Mississippi and minor in accounting from Oklaho- Norman, as well as and later graduated from the University ma Wesleyan University, as well as a JD McKinney and Fort McGUIRE of Arkansas Community College at degree from the Oklahoma City University Worth, Texas. • Batesville. SCOTT W. SHELBY now leads the Citizens Bank location at Imboden. He has been serving as an assistant branch manager at the Eagle Mountain branch and has been with Citizens Bank since 2005. His banking career began as a cash vault assistant and has progressed to SHELBY teller, bilingual senior customer service representative and assistant retail branch manager. Prior to joining Citizens Bank, Shelby worked in retail management. He With you for graduated from Lyon College with a bachelor of arts degree in Spanish. “Melissa and Scott embody what we the home stretch. call a new generation of banking leader- ship that we are developing at Citizens Bank,” Baldwin says. “Both are commit- ted to banking excellence, experts at customer service and very deserving of these promotions.” Citizens Bank was founded in 1953 by a group of Batesville business leaders and currently has 19 locations Everyone needs a trusted advisor. Who’s yours? bkd.com/fs | @bkdFS across Arkansas. • Bankers Digest May 21, 2018 | 5 OKLAHOMA Odom Joins Oklahoma State Bank as TEXAS Vice President and Commercial Relationship Manager Horner to Retire from JEFF ODOM, a 16-year veteran of the from Oklahoma State University, Odom American Bank, Moore to Oklahoma banking industry, has joined worked for First National Bank in Heav- Succeed as Branch President Guthrie-based Oklahoma State Bank as ener. During his 12 years there, he vice president and was in charge of agriculture lending GEORGE HORNER, Port Aransas branch commercial and managed a $21.5-million com- president for Corpus Christi-based relationship mercial loan portfolio, among other American Bank, retired at the end of manager. His responsibilities. April. Succeeding primary roles are Odom, who also has a degree from him as the new managing and the Graduate School of Banking at branch president is growing the bank’s Colorado, has been a member of the WENDY MOORE, a SBA guaranteed Oklahoma Bankers Association agricul- longtime senior loan portfolio, as tural committee since 2010. In 2016, lending officer at ODOM well as its as- The Business Times recognized Odom the Port Aransas set-based and agriculture loan portfoli- in its annual top “20 Under 40” list of branch. Horner joined os. Before joining Oklahoma State Bank, business leaders. HORNER he served as vice president of Citizens Chartered more than 100 years ago, the bank in Sep- Bank of Edmond, where he managed a Oklahoma State Bank now employs 34 tember 1994 after the bank’s board diverse commercial loan portfolio. people in four Oklahoma communities: of directors decided to open a branch After earning a bachelor’s degree Norman, Oklahoma City, Guthrie and in Port Aransas. During his tenure, the branch has grown at a significant pace, in agribusiness, with a minor in finance, Mulhall. • keeping stride with the development of the community as a whole and making much of that development possible. MISSISSIPPI The First, A National Banking Association, “While the past eight months have been one of the most challenging times Promotes Cole to Senior Vice President [in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey], MIT COLE has been promoted to senior Founded in 1996, it has also been one of the most inspira- vice president in private banking for The The First, A National tional—to see how the community has First, A National Banking Association, in Banking Association, come together in the recovery process,” Hattiesburg. He is the former president has more than 60 lo- Horner says. of the Jones County market for The First cations across South Having interned at the bank while at in Laurel. Mississippi, South the University of Texas–Austin, after Cole is a graduate of Louisiana State Alabama, Louisiana graduating with a BBA degree in University where he was a four-year let- and Florida and economics, Wendy Moore officially terman in football and a member of the assets exceeding COLE started at American 2007–08 National Championship team. $2 billion. • Bank in 1997 as a personal banker/ loan assistant at the Padre Island location. She later worked as a credit MOORE analyst and then in the private banking department at the Corpus Christi Uptown office. In 2005, Moore moved to her hometown Port Aransas branch as a lending officer. Founded in 1970, American Bank currently has 13 locations in Austin, Corpus Christi, Goliad, Port Aransas, Rockport and Victoria. Expansion into the Houston and San Antonio markets is planned for 2018. • 6 | Bankers Digest May 21, 2018 NEW MEXICO LOUISIANA Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Co. Bank of New Mexico and Acquires Arizona-Based Phoenix Capital Group TBK Bank Plan to Merge GULF COAST BANK & TRUST CO., New business-to-business working capital Orleans’ largest locally owned bank, financing, and Phoenix Capital’s staff In April, Clemente Sanchez, chairman, announced in May that it has acquired brings more than 125 years of transpor- president and CEO of Grants-based PHOENIX CAPITAL GROUP LLC. Based in tation experience,” says Guy T. Williams, BANK OF NEW MEXICO, and Aaron P. Scottsdale, Arizona, Phoenix Capital president and CEO of Gulf Coast Bank. Graft, CEO of Dallas-based TBK BANK provides working capital solutions in “As part of the Gulf Coast Bank family, SSB, announced the signing of an agree- the transportation industry. The acqui- Phoenix Capital will be able to offer a ment for TBK Bank’s parent company, sition is effective immediately. wider array of services, more compet- Triumph Bancorp Inc. to acquire Bank Phoenix Capital Group has been itive fee structures and attract more of New Mexico and its parent company, providing cash-flow services, equip- candidates for jobs. With the growth First Bancorp of Durango Inc. ment financing and fuel cards to of home deliveries and more trucking Bank of New Mexico’s three branch- trucking companies since 2001. Gulf services needed, this acquisition is an es in Albuquerque, Gallup and Grants Coast Bank and Phoenix Capital have excellent opportunity for the combined will join TBK Bank’s 53-branch network. a long-standing relationship between companies’ continued growth.” The transaction is anticipated to close management teams, which makes the With the addition of 37 employees in the third quarter of 2018, pending acquisition a natural fit. As a division from Phoenix Capital, the total number regulatory approval. of a bank, Phoenix Capital will benefit of company employees is now 623. Gulf “Bank of New Mexico will operate from being a direct lender. Coast Bank had a record 2018 first quar- as TBK Bank following the close of the “Gulf Coast Bank understands ter. The company grew to $1.6 billion in acquisition,” Sanchez says. “While the [transportation] business and total assets, a 2.46 percent increase the name will change, our values will brings a wealth of experience in over the same period last year. • endure.” •

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Bankers Digest May 21, 2018 | 7 TEXAS Texas Bankers Association Honors 50-Year Bankers During Convention The Texas Bankers Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the TEXAS BANKERS ASSOCI- Bank Financial Institutions Group, Vic- ATION, honored 16 Texas bankers with the 50-Year Banker Award during TBA’s 134th toria. He began his career in 1967, as a Annual Convention on May 4 in Houston. computer programmer for Victoria Bank and Trust. Moses has worked for banks in Victoria in a number of areas. He has RANDY ANDREWS, executive vice MARIA DE JESUS (SUSIE) GUAJARDO, also been a bank director and president president and facilities manager, Texas loan operations officer, Falcon Inter- of a bank life insurance company. Bank and Trust, Longview. He began his national Bank, Laredo. She began her TOM E. NORTON JR., board member, banking career at Longview National banking career as a secretary in the The American National Bank of Texas, Bank while in high school. Andrews has trust department of Union National Terrell. He is a civil engineer, business- been with Texas Bank and Trust since Bank while attending Laredo Junior man and real estate developer who has 1981. College. During her career, Guajardo served on the bank’s board for 50 years, ALICIA CANTU, prefunding consum- worked for The Laredo National Bank, playing an active role in its growth. er analyst, Falcon International Bank, NBC Bank–Laredo and JIM D. PAYNE, chairman of the board Laredo. She began her banking career National Bank. She is currently a vice and CEO, First State Bank & Trust Co., at Union National Bank while attending president with Falcon Bank. Carthage, since 1998. He has been with J.W. Nixon High School. In 1998, Cantu LOIS HARRIS, special assets rep- the bank his entire career and has held joined Falcon Bank and has been in the resentative, Legend Bank, Bowie. She a number of positions there. loan operations department for all of began her banking career while in high GARY W. SHIPP, former presi- her 20 years there. school at First National Bank of Bowie. dent and CEO, First National Bank of DAN COLLINS, board member, Farm- After graduating, Harris took a full-time Burleson. He began his banking career ers State Bank, Groesbeck. He began position with the bank, now known as at Continental National Bank in Fort his banking career as a punch operator Legend Bank, and has been with the Worth as a teller trainee and spent at North State Bank in Amarillo. In 1982, bank her entire career. the first half of his career at banks in he went to work for Farmers State WILLIAM H. HARRISON JR., direc- Fort Worth and one in Cedar Hill. In Bank. Before his retirement, Collins tor of Eagle Lake Bancshares and an 1991, he joined First National Bank of was a senior vice president–cashier advisory director of First National Bank Burleson as a vice president and cashier. of management operations and bank of Eagle Lake. He began his career as Shipp became the bank’s president and personnel. He also served as secretary a trainee at Texas Commerce Bank in CEO in 2007, a position he held until his of the board. Though retired, he is still Houston, later accepting a lending retirement in 2013. Shipp continues to actively serving on the bank’s board. position with First National Bank in serve on the bank’s board of directors. KYLE COWAN, board member, Citi- Corsicana. In 1978, Harrison became JIM TONDRE, chairman of the board, zens National Bank, Hillsboro. He began executive vice president at First Nation- Castroville State Bank, Castroville. He his career as a bank examiner with the al Bank of Eagle Lake. A year later, he began his career as a teller while attend- FDIC, serving in both Fort Worth and became the bank’s president and CEO. ing St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. Houston. He was president of First JEANNETTE KNEZEK, vice president Tondre worked at Northside State Bank National Bank of Atlanta (Texas) before and chief lending officer, Yoakum -Na and then NBC Bank, before joining Cas- returning to Hillsboro in 1973, where he tional Bank, Yoakum. She has been with troville State Bank in 1988. He served started with Citizens National as a vice the bank her entire career, which began as president and CEO of the bank from president, soon became a bank director in the bookkeeping department while 1994 until his retirement in 2016. and retired as an executive vice presi- in college. Eventually, she became the BETTY L. WHEELER, vice president, dent in 2011. Cowan continues to serve bank’s first chief lending officer. loan administration, National United as an active member of the board. EDWARD L. LETTE, chairman, presi- Bank, Gatesville. She has been with the J. RAYMOND DAVID SR., chairman dent and CEO of Business Bank of Texas bank her entire career, having started of the board and CEO, PointBank, Pilot NA, Austin. He has been a licensed CPA two weeks after her high school grad- Point. He began his banking career since 1983. Lette spent the first 19 uation. Her first job was as a file clerk, at First State Bank in Denton while in years of his career working at banks in but she has also been an assistant college and worked there for 14 years. the Brownsville area. In 1982, he found- cashier, assistant loan review officer, David then went to work for Pilot Point ed First National Bank South Padre administrative officer, credit officer and National Bank, now PointBank, and has Island. He then opened and sold First assistant vice president. been instrumental in the bank’s growth Community Bank, San Antonio. In 2007, Serving Texas bankers since 1885, from a single location with assets of he founded Business Bank of Texas. the Texas Bankers Association is the $18 million to its current nine locations MICHAEL W. MOSES, business devel- largest and oldest state bankers associ- and assets of $475 million. opment representative, Texas Capital ation in the nation. •

8 | Bankers Digest May 21, 2018 TEXAS LOUISIANA Plaquemine Bank & Trust Celebrates 50 Years Independent Bank to In April, PLAQUEMINE BANK AND TRUST nounced his retirement. STEPHEN PANE- Open Branch in Denver CO. celebrated its 50th anniversary with PINTO, chairman, president and CEO of several events, among them a share- Plaquemine Bank and Trust, presented On May 4, McKinney-based Independent holders meeting and an art show. Weldon with a certificate acknowledg- Bank Group Inc., the holding company The company’s shareholder meeting ing his 23 years of service. for INDEPENDENT BANK, announced that on April 11 included special recognition On April 18, the bank hosted the the company plans to open its first new for WELSTON BANTA, who has served on 31st annual “Art Alert” Art Show for location in Colorado since acquiring the bank’s board since it was founded communities in the Iberville and West NORTHSTAR BANK in April 2017. The in 1968 and is still on the board today. Baton Rouge parishes. Several of the 7,000-square-foot space is located at GINGER LAURENT, chief operating officer artists who participated 5950 S. Willow in the Denver Tech Cen- of the Louisiana Bankers Association, have done so for ter. The strong I-25 corridor economy presented Banta with the association’s most of the previ- continues to attract innovators and new 50-Year Service Award. ous 30 art shows. development, creating opportunities During the same meeting, another There were 124 for a community-focused bank such as board member, J.D. WELDON, an- entries. Independent Bank. • Independent Bank’s reach extends Judges for the show were painter, author and instructor Judi Betts and Rodneyna Hart, exhibitions manager at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum. ▶ from the Gulf Coast of Texas to the Rocky Mountains. •

MISSISSIPPI Conference of State Bank Supervisors Elects Corley to Chair the Board The Conference of State Bank Supervi- sors (CSBS) has announced the election of CHARLOTTE CORLEY, commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance, as the new chair of the CSBS board of directors. The election was held during the organiza- CORLEY tion’s annual membership meeting in Jacksonville, Florida. In addition to Corley, the newly installed officers are Chair-Elect Bret Afdahl, director of banking, South Dakota Division of Banking; Vice Chair Kevin Hagler, commissioner, Georgia Department of Banking and Finance; Treasurer Melanie G. Hall, commission- er, Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions; Secretary Bryan Schneider, secretary, Illinois Depart- ment of Financial and Professional Regulation; and Immediate Past Chair Albert Forkner, commissioner, Wyoming Division of Banking. •

Bankers Digest May 21, 2018 | 9 ARKANSAS Mergers and Acquisitions Satisfaction Study continued from page 3 The Board of Governors of the Federal Branches the needs of both digital-centric and Reserve System has approved an ap- branch-dependent customers.” The Arkansas State Bank Department plication by INDEPENDENT BANK GROUP reports that ARVEST BANK, based in INC., based in McKinney, to merge with he J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Retail Fayetteville, has applied to open a INTEGRITY BANCSHARES INC., based in Banking Satisfaction Study mea- branch at the corner of E. 106th St. Houston, and thereby indirectly acquire T sures customer satisfaction with banks North and N. 138th E. Ave. in Owasso, INTEGRITY BANK SSB. Oklahoma. in 11 regions of the United States. The Branches scores reflect satisfaction of the entire retail banking customer bases of these MISSISSIPPI The OCC reports that OZONA NATIONAL banks, representing a broader group of BANK, based in Ozona, has relocated a customers than just the branch-depen- Branches branch from 141 W. Hopkins St. in San dent and digital-centric segments. The The Office of the Comptroller of the Marcos to 1917 Dutton Dr., Ste. 205, in J.D. Power Award recipients with the Currency (OCC) reports that it has San Marcos. highest retail banking customer satis- approved an application by TRUSTMARK The OCC reports that it has approved faction scores by region are: NATIONAL BANK, based in Jackson, to an application by FIRST NATIONAL BANK ▸▸ California: U.S. Bank (824) open a branch at 2853 Goodman Rd. OF HUNTSVILLE, based in Huntsville, to ▸▸ Florida: TD Bank (844) East in Southaven. open a branch at 3971 University Dr. ▸▸ Mid-Atlantic: Northwest Bank (840) East in Bryan. ▸▸ Midwest: NEW MEXICO First National Bank of Omaha (845) The OCC reports that it has approved ▸▸ New England: Branches an application by FIRST NATIONAL Bangor Savings Bank (862) BANK TEXAS, based in Killeen, to open ▸▸ North Central: The OCC reports that SUNFLOWER BANK a branch at 14498 Bellaire Blvd. in City National Bank (854) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, based in Den- Houston. ▸▸ Northwest: (838) ver, Colorado, has applied to relocate ▸▸ South Central: a branch from 7620 Jefferson Street The OCC reports that JPMORGAN CHASE Trustmark National Bank (856) NE in Albuquerque to 7300 Jefferson BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, based in ▸▸ Southeast: Street NE in Albuquerque. Columbus, Ohio, has applied to open a branch at the southwest corner of W. (854) University Dr. and Town Center Trl. in ▸▸ Southwest: MidFirst Bank (877) OKLAHOMA Denton. ▸▸ Texas: Frost Bank (873) The 13th annual J.D. Power U.S. Branches The OCC reports that BANK OF AMERICA Retail Banking Satisfaction Study NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, based in The OCC reports that THE CITY NATIONAL measures satisfaction in six factors, Charlotte, North Carolina, has opened BANK AND TRUST CO. OF LAWTON, based listed in alphabetical order: channel in Lawton, has opened a branch at 333 a branch at 4301 San Felipe St. in activities; communication and advice; N. Interstate Dr. in Norman. Houston. convenience; new account opening; The OCC reports that ANAHUAC problem resolution; and products and fees. Channel activities include seven TEXAS NATIONAL BANK, based in Anahuac, has opened a branch at 13401 IH 10 in subfactors, listed in alphabetical order: Charter Baytown. assisted online service; ATM; branch service; call center service; IVR/auto- The Texas Department of Banking (TDB) The TDB reports that it has approved mated phone service; mobile banking; reports that PONTE TRUST CO. LTA, an application by BANK OF THE WEST, and online banking. based in Dallas, has applied to estab- based in Grapevine, to open a branch at The study is based on responses lish a charter with headquarters at 4971 Long Prairie Rd. in Flower Mound. from more than 88,000 retail banking 5956 Sherry Ln., Ste. 1350, in Dallas. The TDB reports that AMERICAN MOMEN- customers of 200 of the largest banks TUM BANK, based in College Station, has in the United States regarding their ex- applied to relocate a branch from 5851 periences with their retail bank. It was Fruitville Rd. in Sarasota, Florida, to fielded in quarterly waves from April 5540 Fruitville Rd. in Sarasota, Florida. 2017 to February 2018. For more information about the 2018 U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study, visit bit.ly/2Ii3w3L. •

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TEXAS CommunityBank of Texas’ Franklin Named Gulf Coast Finalist for 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year On May 3, EY, a global company providing assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, announced that ROBERT R. FRANKLIN JR., chairman and CEO of Beau- mont-based CommunityBank of Texas NA, is a finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 Award in FRANKLIN JR. the Gulf Coast Area. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in Rendering by M2 Studio areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Franklin was selected as a finalist by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 14 in Houston. Now in its 32nd year, the program IT ALL STARTS WITH A SKETCH has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 145 cities and over 60 countries. Regional award win- ners are eligible for consideration for PROJECT SHOWN, CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, the Entrepreneur of the Year National IS FIRST STATE BANK HEADQUARTERS & OPER ATIONS CENTER IN GAINESVILLE. competition. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the En- trepreneur of the Year National Overall Rogers-Ford, L.C., Architecture Award winner, will be announced at and Interior Design the Entrepreneur of the Year National Awards gala in Palm Springs, California, (214) 871-9388 on November 17. rogers-ford.com      CommunityBank of Texas NA has 18 branches in the Houston market and 15 branches in the Beaumont area. •

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