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WestStar Bank in El Paso, Texas, said it has acquired assets from Cimarron Mortgage Capital that are to Cimarron's construction lending and residential mortgage divisions.

BancorpSouth has extended the deadline to complete two acquisitions until the end of 2017 as it seeks to resolve a recent CRA downgrade.

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.

The chief financial officer of Green Bancorp will leave the Houston company in October, although he will maintain ties to it.

Plenty of banks have ended their federal loss-share deals early, but despite the incentives to wind them down, plenty more still have these crisis-era arrangements in place. It may be due to varying deadlines, mistakes calculating loan values or worries that they still might need the coverage for home equity lines.

If roughing it together in the wilderness and cooking for one another build character and team spirit in schoolkids, scouts and soldiers, why shouldn't they do the same for bankers?

Sometimes the very challenges millennials introduce — whether it is seeking more benefits, demanding flexible schedules or asking for frequent feedback on performance — can turn banks into better places to work for employees of all ages.

Quirky Amarillo National Bank asks the strangest job interview questions, has a "director of celebrations" on staff, and makes sure nobody has a title with the word "chief" in it. There isn't even a CEO.

Popular among employees: The Wow, Win and Spirit awards, which come with different levels of monetary prizes, go to exceptional employees throughout the year. Then, at the end of the year, there is a drawing from the pool of winners for a $1,000 prize.

Benchmark Bank is willing to work with the people who work for it.

Activity to relieve stress/promote fun: When temperatures exceeded 108 degrees during a heat wave last year, Veritex hired a Kona Shaved Ice truck to visit all offices and give employees free icy treats.