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T E X A S Independent Bankers Association of Texas Announces Miller as Chair, Elects New Members to the BoardThe Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) has announced that RONNIE MILLER, president and chief execu-tive officer of Community National Bank in Hondo, will serve as chair-man of the IBAT board of directors for 2018–19. He officially accepted this position during the associa-tion’s 44th annual convention held September 22–25 in San Antonio.

Miller began his community banking career in 1990 following 10 years in investment banking. He has been in his current position at Community National Bank for six years after spending 10 years at Centennial Bank (formerly HCSB) in Kerrville as regional president for all Hill Country locations. Miller has been an

IBAT board member since 2012, serving on the strategic planning and budget

committees, and as secretary-treasurer. For the past year, he has served as

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N E W M E X I C O Avila Joins First National 1870 as Regional President for El Paso and Las CrucesOn October 1, Denver, Colorado-based First National 1870 announced that ERNESTO AVILA is the new regional

president for its El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, New Mexico, markets. He is responsible for local community out-reach and manage-ment, as well as the growth of First National 1870.

Avila has been in banking for 20 years and has expertise in commer-cial relationship management, credit administration and private banking. He worked at international banks before joining Capital Bank in El Paso in 2010,

where he held multiple roles. Previous-ly, he led the strategic direction and relationship management of the bank’s bi-national program, which serves commercial and high net-worth clients on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Prior to that, he served as senior credit manager and holds the credit risk certi-fication designation.

Avila holds a BBA degree in finance from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estu-dios Superiores de Monterrey and a master’s degree in business leadership from DUXX Graduate School of Business Leadership.

First National 1870 is a division of Sunflower Bank NA. With approximately $4 billion in assets as of June 30, the bank has locations in six states. •

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Arvest Bank Taps Norris to Lead Mortgage Lending in Northeast ArkansasOn September 11, Fayetteville-based Arvest Bank announced the promotion of DAVID NORRIS to vice president and

mortgage lending supervisor for the bank’s Northeast Arkansas market. Based in Jonesboro, he will supervise the mortgage production team and originate mortgage loans.

Prior to relocating to Jonesboro, Norris was a mortgage loan officer in central Arkansas and has been an Arvest Bank associate for nine years.

“David has demonstrated his exper-tise in mortgage lending for some time now and has helped numerous custom-ers identify and secure the best mort-gage loan for their particular needs,” says JIM CARGILL, president and CEO of Arvest Bank in Northeast, Central and Southwest Arkansas.

Norris earned a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. He was recognized among Arvest Bank’s

“Best of the Best” mortgage originators in 2016. Norris currently serves on the board of the Mortgage Bankers Associa-tion of Arkansas.

Arvest Bank operates more than 250 bank branches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas through a group of 15 locally managed banks, each with its own board and management team. These banks serve customers in more than 120 communities. •

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T E X A S Alabama’s Regions Bank Hires Stacy as Newly Formed Diversified Corporate Banking Director in HoustonBirmingham, Alabama-based Regions Bank recently announced that JOHN STACY has joined the bank as managing

director and head of diversified corpo-rate banking for Houston. In this newly created role, Stacy will oversee additional invest-ment in corporate banking for Houston and South Texas and

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T E X A S Pioneer Bank Hires Day for Commercial LendingDONNA K. DAY has joined Austin-based Pioneer Bank as senior vice president of commercial lending at the bank’s head-quarters. She is responsible for helping the bank expand its commercial lending portfolio. Day has 30 years of banking experience, most of which has been in Austin. She will be working with CHRIS BOURNE, who recently joined Pioneer

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Founded in 2007 in Dripping Springs, Pioneer Bank op-erates 21 offices across Texas. •

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Earnings of Latino-Owned Businesses Jumped 26 Percent During Past 12 Months, Study Shows

A NEW STUDY OF MORE THAN 28,000 SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES finds that average annual revenue of Latino-owned business increased from $258,702 in 2016–17 to $327,189 in 2017–18, an increase of 26.5 percent.

The study, conducted by Biz2Credit, also reveals that the number of credit applica-tions from Latino-owned businesses rose 22 percent over the past 12 months and that the average credit score for Latinos increased from 592 in 2017 to 594.

“Latino-owned companies had very strong revenue figures,” says Biz2Cred-it CEO Rohit Arora, who oversaw the research. “Much of it can be attribut-ed to the entrepreneurial spirit that immigrants bring to the country and the overall strong U.S. economy. The rising tide raises all the boats. According to our data, 27 percent of Latino business owners were approved for funding during the past 12 months. It’s roughly the same percentage as the approval rates for non-Latino-owned businesses. The funding gap is shrinking.”

Biz2Credit’s top five states for Lati-no-owned small-business loan applica-tions were California, Texas, New Jersey, Florida and New York. These states combined represent 60 percent of the applications for loans for Latinos on the platform over the past 12 months.

“Biz2Credit’s study confirms what we have known for some time; the growing contribution and importance of the Latino-owned businesses in our marketplace,” says Manuel Chinea, COO for Popular Bank in New York City. “It is critical to enable their business growth

with comprehensive product offerings, tools, education and services. Providing access to better and faster financing options will allow Latino-owned busi-nesses to build upon this momentum.”

“There are more than 57 million American citizens of Latino heritage, and that figure is projected to double by 2060, according to the U.S. Census Bureau,” Arora says. “Small-business financing—startup funding, working capital or financing to expand—has to be available for this country’s 4.4 mil-lion Latino-owned firms to flourish.”

One cause for concern is the rela-tively low credit scores for Latino-owned businesses. “Despite their revenue growth over the past 12 months, the average credit score for Latino-owned companies in our study was 594,” Arora notes. “This makes it difficult to secure fi-nancing at reasonable rates. Companies with credit scores below 600 must work to raise those scores.”

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O K L A H O M A Schardt Joins Lending Team at Payne County BankPerkins-based Payne County Bank has announced the addition of CHUCK

SCHARDT to its lending team. He will handle all types of loans with an emphasis on commercial lending. Schardt has been in the banking industry for more

than 21 years. He spent the past five-and-a-half years at the First Bank of Chandler as vice president and loan offi-cer with a majority of his work centering around real estate and commercial lending.

For more than 120 years, Payne County Bank has served Payne, Lincoln and surrounding counties. The company operates as a 100-percent employ-ee-owned community bank. •SCHARDT

T E X A S Hughes Promoted at HomeTown BankTIFFINI HUGHES has been promoted to assistant vice president and assistant

branch manager for Galveston-based HomeTown Bank’s Seawall branch in Galveston. She has eight years of banking industry experience, having worked as a teller for two financial

services firms, Associated Credit Union of Texas and Wells Fargo, before joining HomeTown Bank as a new account

representative in 2016. Hughes has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and plans on getting her MBA degree.

“It has been such a pleasure getting to know the people of Galveston and the history of this great city,” Hughes says. “I have been trained by the most remarkable leaders over the past three years and can’t wait to see what the future holds.”

Founded in 1966 as Bank of Galves-ton, HomeTown Bank serves custom-ers in Galveston, Alvin, Friendswood, League City and Pearland with seven locations. •

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First American Bank New Mexico Promotes Gleason and GreenArtesia-based First American Bank New Mexico recently promoted JUDE GLEASON and CYNTHIA GREEN to co-manage the

bank’s trust and wealth management division. Gleason will office in Albuquerque and Artesia, manag-ing investments and business development for wealth advisement. Green will oversee the administration, opera-tions and compliance of the trust depart-ment, working in Roswell and Artesia, as well as traveling to each of the bank’s locations.

Chartered in 1903, First American operates 16 locations

in 14 communities. The company also has mortgage offices in Ruidoso, as well as Rio Rico, Arizona. •

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Thomas Promoted to Branch Manager at Integrity First Bank in LakeviewMountain Home-based Integrity First Bank has announced the promotion of SHAUNA THOMAS to manager of the

bank’s Lakeview branch. She has worked for the company since 2010. Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in health promotion from Arkansas State University.

Founded in 1963, Integrity First Bank NA serves customers in Mountain Home, Bentonville, Pocahon-tas, Jonesboro, Gassville, Lakeview and Fayetteville. •

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Rossiter, Banker and Community Advocate, Passes Away at Age 45Prominent banker and community volunteer THOMAS ROSSITER passed away on September 16 in Oklahoma

City after battling brain cancer. He was 45 years old. During his banking career, Rossiter worked at Bank of Kansas, then at Bank SNB as a vice president/commer-cial banker before

joining Oklahoma City-based First Fidelity Bank in 2016 as vice president/commercial relationship manager.

Raised in Cushing, Rossiter received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma, an MBA degree from Oklahoma State University and a graduate degree in commercial banking from the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University. A few of the organizations in which he was involved include the Boy Scouts–Last Frontier Council, United Way of Central Oklahoma and the Urban Land Institute Oklahoma.

Rossiter’s last project was working to bring life back to a nearly forgotten area in Oklahoma City, the former town of Britton. Rossiter shared his vision with several commercial real estate investors and in February the group bought Owl Court, a Depression-era motel that the group plans to redevelop and, in so doing, breathe life back into the area that was once Britton.

“He’s been a champion for urban infill,” Andy Burnett, a developer, told Steve Lackmeyer of The Oklahoman in May. “It’s important to have someone like that being willing to put his neck on the line in a loan committee for projects that most people don’t understand. He believes in the renaissance of down-town Oklahoma City.”

Rossiter is survived by his wife, Yvonne, their four children, his parents and his grandmother, among others. •

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Dallas Fed Names Cetina Vice President in Banking SupervisionThe Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has named JILL CETINA as vice president in banking supervision. She will provide

leadership for the surveillance and supervisory risk divisions at the bank.

Cetina began her career as an economist in the U.S. Treasury De-partment, where

she spent a decade in both the interna-tional and domestic divisions working on financial market surveillance, foreign sovereign debt restructurings and treasury debt management. She also worked as a project team leader at the Federal Reserve Board and earned a board special achievement award during the 2008–09 financial crisis. Cetina then served as a financial econ-omist in the economics department at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in Washington, D.C.

Most recently, Cetina worked as an associate director at the Office of Finan-cial Research and led a team focused on policy-oriented analysis and research on bank and non-bank financial institu-tions.

Cetina earned a BA degree from Grinnell College in Iowa and a master of public affairs degree from Prince-ton University. She holds a chartered financial analyst designation and has published research on banking topics in several journals. •

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L O U I S I A N A Origin Bank Promotes Kilpatrick to EVP/Chief Brand and Communications Officer, Hires Reed as SVP/Commercial Relationship BankerRuston-based Origin Bank recently announced the promotion of RYAN KILPATRICK to executive vice president/

chief brand and communications officer. He has served at the bank since 2006, most recently as senior vice president/director of culture strategies and governmental affairs.

Kilpatrick has a BA degree in history from Louisiana Tech University and is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University. He currently serves on the board of the Louisiana Tech Foundation and is a former board chairman for a number of organizations, including MedCamps of Louisiana, the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and Ducks Unlimited. He has a number of community awards to his credit, including being selected as the Ruston-Lincoln Parish Young Business Person of the Year, a Louisiana Tech Young Alumnus of the Year and a

Northeast Louisiana Top 40 Under 40 honoree.

ERIC REED has joined Origin Bank as senior vice president, commercial relationship banker. He will maintain an

office at Origin’s Camp Bowie banking center in Fort Worth, Texas. Reed has nine years of banking experi-ence specializing in commercial banking, specifically ac-counts receivable,

inventory, equipment financing and owner-occupied real estate lending to middle-market manufacturers, distribu-tors and transportation companies.

Reed has a BS degree in agribusi-ness from Texas A&M University. He is a member of the Coastal Conservation Association of Fort Worth and is the director of youth ministry at Faith Pres-byterian Church in Aledo.

Origin Bank operates more than 40 locations in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. •

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BancorpSouth Completes Merger with Icon Capital Corp. in HoustonOn October 1, Tupelo-based BANCORP-SOUTH BANK announced that it complet-ed its merger with ICON CAPITAL CORP., and its wholly owned subsidiary, ICON BANK OF TEXAS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Conversion to the BancorpSouth system is planned for later this year.

Icon Bank operates seven full-ser-vice locations in the Houston area. As of June 30, the bank reported total assets of $741 million, total loans of $635 mil-lion and total deposits of $643 million. In addition, Icon Bank’s two approved but unopened banking offices will open as BancorpSouth offices in the next few months. BancorpSouth operates two banking offices, one mortgage loan pro-duction office and a regional insurance office in the Houston market.

“This is a great win for our customers, who will have access to branch loca-tions across eight states and expanded banking services,” says MARK REILEY, BancorpSouth’s Houston area chairman, co-founder and former chairman and CEO of Icon Bank.

“BancorpSouth’s rich history of providing great customer service and our deep community ties in the local market make this a powerful combina-tion,” says JOHN GREEN, BancorpSouth Houston division president, co-founder and former vice chairman and president of Icon Bank.

“This merger is a great strategic and cultural fit for our bank,” says DAN ROLLINS, BancorpSouth chairman and CEO. “By joining forces, we will be able to further increase our market share in Houston, positioning us for contin-ued growth and success in this vibrant market.”

With approximately $18 billion in assets, BancorpSouth operates more than 285 locations as well as additional mortgage, insurance and loan pro-duction offices in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. •

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T E X A S IBC Bank–Austin Selected Corporation of the Year by Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber Of CommerceOn September 22, Laredo-based IBC BANK-AUSTIN was awarded the 2018 Corporation of the Year by the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce during the chamber’s 45th Celebrando Austin Gala. The award honors corpora-tions that strongly support the chamber and proactively use their resources to give back to the Austin community.

“We are proud to support and partner with the Greater Austin Hispanic Cham-

ber of Commerce as it continues to move Austin’s economic development growth forward with a strong focus on our Hispanic-owned businesses,” says BOB BARNES, IBC Bank-Austin president.

Founded in 1966, IBC Bank operates 191 facilities and more than 289 ATMs serving 90 communities in Texas and Oklahoma. IBC Bank-Austin has been serving the area since 2004 and has 11 branch locations. •

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chairman of the IBAT Services board and chairman-elect of the IBAT board.

Active in his community, Miller cur-rently serves on the Hondo Economic Development Board and is a member of the Hondo Chamber of Commerce. He received a BBA degree in finance from Texas Tech University.

In his role as IBAT chairman, Miller joins Chairman-Elect RICHARD SCANIO of American Bank in Corpus Christi, Secre-tary-Treasurer BRAD TIDWELL of Citizens National Bank in Henderson and Immedi-ate Past Chairman JOE KIM KING of Texas Country Bancshares in Brady.

Other additions to the IBAT board of directors include RANDY GARCIA, Lytle State Bank; DOAK HARTLEY, Industry State Bank; GARY OWENS, Wallis State Bank; ALAN RENFROE, Cendera Bank, Bells; STEVE RETZLOFF, Allegiance Bank, Hous-ton; MICHAEL SCAIEF, Texas Regional Bank, Harlingen; ROGER WILLIAMS, First National Bank of Sterling City; and MIKEL WILLIAM-SON, Happy State Bank, Amarillo. •

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DCI Ranks in List of Top Financial Technology CompaniesKansas-based DATA CENTER INC. (DCI), announced that it has once again been ranked as one of the top 100 technology providers to financial institutions in the annual IDC FINTECH RANKINGS of leading hardware, software and service providers to the financial services industry.

“The personal relationships we build and the stability of our private owner-ship is what really makes us successful because that’s what earns us the trust and loyalty of the bankers we serve,” says JOHN H. JONES, DCI president and CEO.

DCI is unique among most core technology companies included in the rankings and in the industry overall, remaining privately owned by a group of clients for more than 55 years, with several clients serving as board mem-bers and user group leaders involved in the development of the company’s technologies. •

Luis Rodriguez, Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce president; Leslie Montoya, Univision representative; Bob Barnes, IBC Bank-Austin CEO and president; and Christopher Rios, board chair for the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.


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Arvest Bank Completes Bear State Bank ConversionOn October 1, Fayetteville-based ARVEST BANK announced that it has completed the conversion process of Little Rock-based BEAR STATE BANK customers, branches and systems. Arvest Bank entered an agreement to acquire Bear State Financial Inc., the parent company of Bear State Bank, in August 2017. The cash transaction, valued at approximate-ly $391 million, brought Arvest Bank’s total assets to approximately $18.76 billion and the total number of branch-es in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma to more than 270. With the acquisition, Arvest Bank entered 15 new communities—and added 20 branches—in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

In addition to a significantly larger branch network, former Bear State Bank customers also will benefit from an ex-panded portfolio of financial products, services and solutions. •

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Amegy Bank to Open First Fort Worth OfficeAMEGY BANK will open its first Fort Worth office in October, according to a report in Fort Worth Business. The com-pany’s new 8,091-square-foot office will be in The Westbrook, an office building on Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth. In addition to the new office space, Amegy Bank plans to open its first full-service banking center in Fort Worth on Hulen St. in mid-November.

“We are excited about our new office in the heart of downtown Fort Worth,” BRANDON BLEDSOE, Amegy Bank’s Fort Worth market president told Fort Worth Business. “The…market offers significant growth potential for Amegy, and we know our Texas-based roots, business culture and capabilities are a great fit.”

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Latino-owned companies in the U.S.—currently estimated at nearly 4.4 million, according to the U.S. Latino Chamber of Commerce—contribute more than $668 billion to the American economy every year. In fact, the five-year average growth rate in the number of Latino-owned firms has been at double or triple that of the national average for the past 15 years, according to the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative, which surveyed nearly 5,000 Latino business owners in 2016.

For this study, Biz2Credit analyzed the financial performance of more than 2,300 Latino-owned businesses and 25,000 other companies with fewer than 250 employees and less than $10 million in annual revenues. The companies, from all across the nation, included every type, from start-ups to established businesses. •

Mergers and Acquisitions

The TDB reports that it has approved an application by VANTAGE BANK TEXAS, based in San Antonio, to merge INTER NATIONAL BANK, based in McAllen, with and into Vantage Bank Texas.

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The TDB reports that FIRST BANK AND TRUST OF MEMPHIS, based in Memphis, Texas, has opened a branch at 6900 I-40 W., Ste. 125, in Amarillo.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reports that FIRST NATIONAL BANK TEXAS, based in Killeen, has opened a branch at 1702 11th St. in Huntsville.

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T E X A S Independent Bankers Association of Texas Chairman Honors WillistonEach year during the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) convention, the IBAT chair has the privilege of recognizing an individual whom he or she believes has made an extraordinary contribution to the association and the community banking industry as a whole. During this year’s convention, held September 22–25 in San Antonio, IBAT Chairman JOE KIM KING capped his tenure at the association’s helm by bestowing the honor to CHRIS

WILLISTON, who, after serving IBAT for 30 years, is retiring as president and CEO at the end of this year.

“[Williston] has dedicated his career to the community banking industry and has turned IBAT from, in his words, ‘a sleeping giant of an organization,’ to the largest state community banking association in the country,” King said during the awards ceremony. “He tells the community banking story better than anyone I know.” • Chris Williston and Joe Kim King

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