Texas

Cardtronics Inc.'s Allpoint surcharge-free automated teller machine network has added more than 1,000 machines as part of a long-term agreement with Aptus Financial Inc.

Vista Bank Texas in Houston has agreed to buy Founders Bank of nearby Sugar Land. The $145.7 million-asset Founders will fold its single branch into the $455.6 million-asset Vista.

Sterling Bancshares Inc. talked with six potential bidders before agreeing to sell to Comerica Inc., according to a regulatory filing.

Cardtronics Inc. executives cast their company as a potential beneficiary of financial reform that, as proposed, would require issuers to attach more than one unaffiliated payment network to debit cards.

The payment-processing platform provider Aptys Solutions is now including an automated clearing house functionality with its PayLogics processing platform.

Two Texas banks have introduced mobile banking services from First Data Corp. The Atlanta payments company said Thursday that American Bank of Texas in Marble Falls and Waggoner National Bank in Vernon are using First Data's Mobile Manager mBanking system.

Cardtronics announced Thursday a 375% increase in profits to $8 million for the fourth quarter from a year earlier, driven by growing revenue and higher margins.

Texas Gulf Bank in Houston continued a management overhaul Sunday by rearranging several positions and naming Robert Greer as its chairman.

NetSpend Holdings Inc. is launching a rewards program for its prepaid debit cardholders using a merchant-funded system provided by Cardlytics Inc.

SafetyPay Inc. will provide JetPay LLC with a worldwide payment platform and access to a suite of alternative payment options.

The prepaid card provider NetSpend Holdings Inc. made progress on moving business away from its beleaguered sponsor MetaBank through a deal with Bancorp Inc.

The chairman of the Fort Worth, Texas, home builder D.R. Horton said foreclosures and tighter mortgage lending standards are factors hurting his company's performance.

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. in San Antonio posted a slight increase in fourth-quarter earnings compared to a year earlier. The $17.6 billion-asset company's earnings rose 3.1%, to $53.1 million. The loan-loss provision was half what it had been a year earlier, at $11.3 million.

The Cincinnati company will provide services including debit card processing, automated teller machine driving, fraud protection and card production to First New Mexico Bank of Deming, N.M.; Valley Bank of Commerce in Roswell, N.M.; and First State Bank of Mesquite, Texas. First New Mexico has 13 ATMs, Valley Bank has two ATMs and First State Bank has four ATMs.

Prosperity Bancshares Inc. in Houston earned $32.8 million in the fourth quarter, up 7.3% from a year earlier, as credit costs subsided significantly, it said Friday.

Sticker shock over a recent deal in Texas has left the heads of some generally acquisitive banks uttering assurances they'd rather walk away than overpay.

Executives at Comerica have highly valued Texas expansion for a long time — maybe too much in some eyes, after its big deal announcement Tuesday.

Comerica's agreement to buy Sterling Bancshares apparently scuttles an activist shareholder's plans to take over the target bank, but it doesn't mean he's on the losing end.

Sterling Bancshares Inc. in Houston is said to be shopping itself as it prepares for a hostile board takeover proposed by Don Adam, its biggest shareholder.

Independent Bank of Austin said Tuesday that it has changed its legal name to I Bank Texas. The $156.8 million-asset company, which is based in Lakeway, was created in 2005. A website was also developed to reflect the new name.