Texas

The $21 billion-asset bank said Monday that it had hired John Gannon as group manager of Small Business Administration lending and Clyde Thompson as credit officer.

Standard Chartered in London has hired a key executive from Independent Bank Group in McKinney, Texas, to oversee its U.S. operations.

Rosilyn Houston couldn't have known it at the time, but the year she spent caring for her toddler son while he underwent treatment for leukemia would have a profound impact on the trajectory of her career.

The LegacyTexas Financial Group in Plano sold $50 million in debt to use for possible acquisitions and other purposes.

Financial institutions may have a reputation for being old-school, but their rapidly growing digital-ad budgets are in step with the rest of the business world. Credit unions and banks can both gather valuable demographic data from who clicks on their ads and better measure returns on their investments.

Bankers may have a reputation for being old-school, but their rapidly growing digital-ad budgets are in step with the rest of the business world. Banks can both gather valuable demographic data from who clicks on their ads and better measure returns on their investments.

Banks that are heavily involved in commercial real estate lending may shy away from buying institutions with similar concentrations.

The $5 billion-asset company said in a press release Thursday that due to market demand it increased the principal amount of the fixed-to-floating subordinated notes from $75 million to $100 million.

Comerica in Dallas has sent layoff notices to about 450 employees – nearly half of them in managerial roles – as part of a major cost-cutting initiative.

Hilltop Holdings in Dallas has promoted Alan White to share the chief executive role with Jeremy Ford.