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Bill Mahomes Named Finalist in DCEO’s 2022 Corporate Counsel Awards
Finalists Announced: D CEO’s Corporate Counsel Awards D CEO is pleased to announce its Corporate Counsel Awards finalists for 2022. Now in its eleventh year, the program honors exceptional in-house attorneys throughout the North Texas region. All 30 finalists will be featured in the October issue of D CEO and recognized at an exclusive awards

Vista Bancshares, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Charis Holdings, Inc.
DALLAS, TEXAS, Jan. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vista Bancshares, Inc. (“Vista”), the holding company for Vista Bank, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Charis Holdings, Inc. (“Charis”) and its subsidiary, Charis Bank. Working with Charis’ historically strong core deposit base in a high-growth market and

Vista Bank named ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022
By Ed Avis | July 1, 2022 Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices.

Vista Bank teaches them young, to let them lead the way
Vista Bank’s Director of Community Development & Outreach, Lubbock Smith III, Photo By: Ray Johnson Author: Dallas Weekly April 9, 2022 April is financial literacy month, and Vista Bank kicks off strong with a stop by David Daniels Elementary Academy of Math and Science to talk to the youth. Vista Bank’s

Vista Bank ranked #12 on Dallas Business Journal’s commercial loans list for 2021
Locally Researched by: Davie Nguyen, Dallas Business Journal Apr 08, 2022, 9:03 am CDT Revised: Apr 08, 2022, 10:53 am CDT Information was obtained from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s online system for commercial loans from banks headquartered in North Texas. The numbers reflect loans out as of Dec. 31,

John D. Steinmetz Named Dallas500 CEO
D MAGAZINE | Dallas 500 | DCEO John D. SteinmetzVice Chairman, President and CEOVista Bank When John D. Steinmetz took the helm of Vista Bank in 2014, it was focused primarily on agriculture lending. He cites “leaving a comfortable job with a great company to assist the founding family of

Vista Bank Among 5 U.S. Banks named to ICBA’s Independent Banker Inaugural Class of Best Community Banks to Work For
Photo: use the one in the story by: News Release & Posted By Staff | [email protected] Posted: Jan 16, 2020 / 11:08 AM CST / Updated: Jan 16, 2020 / 11:08 AM CST Independent Banker®, magazine the award-winning monthly publication of the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA), recognized Vista

The Best Banks to Work For — under $3 billion of assets
By Laura Alix, Kate Fitzgerald, Joel Berg November 9, 2021 12:01 AM The Best Banks to Work For with under $3 billion of assets often have to do more with less, compared with their larger competitors. That can put a lot of extra stress and pressure on employees, especially amid all the

Steinmetz recalls effort to weather COVID-19 financial storm
Special to the Avalanche-Journal Published 1:09 pm CT Sept. 24, 2021 In the midst of the 2020 global recession sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, when big banks were wary of issuing loans to small and mid-sized businesses through the Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Program, Vista Bank, a small century-old community









