Best of Community Banking Awards 2023 | Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) | 26 May 2023 | TBA

The Best of Community Banking (BOCB) competition is an opportunity to showcase and honor the best-of-the-best efforts of IBAT members in six categories: bank culture, community service, financial literacy, innovation, marketing and architectural design. Entries are free with a maximum of two per bank.

Take this opportunity to tell the story of your bank’s critical involvement in the community and with both your employees and customers by sharing with us the exceptional projects you’ve taken on throughout the past year.

2022 Winners

Bank Culture
• Anahuac National Bank

Financial Literacy
• First National Bank Texas (Killeen)

Marketing
• Legend Bank (Bowie)

Community Service
• Ozona Bank (Wimberly)

Community Service
• Woodforest National Bank (Spring)

Community Service
• Anahuac National Bank

Bank Culture
• Community National Bank & Trust of Texas (Corsicana)

Architectural Design
• First National Bank (Wichita Falls)

Bank Culture
• First State Bank (Gainesville)

Architectural Design
• Lamar National Bank (Paris)

Bank Culture
• Lone Star National Bank (McAllen)

Financial Literacy
• Lone Star National Bank (McAllen)

Pandemic Response
• Texas Partners Bank (San Antonio)

Financial Literacy
• Texas Regional Bank (Harlingen)

Marketing
• Alliance Bank (Sulphur Springs)

Community Service
• Citizens National Bank (Cameron)

Bank Culture
• Citizens State Bank (Woodville)

Financial Literacy
• Citizens State Bank (Woodville)

Community Service
• First National Bank Texas (Killeen)

Community Service
• First State Bank (Gainesville)

Bank Culture
• FirstBank Southwest (Amarillo)

Community Service
• FirstCapital Bank of Texas (Midland)

Architectural Design
• Lamar National Bank (Paris)

Pandemic Response
• Legend Bank (Bowie)

Architectural Design
• Texas Bank (Henderson)

Architectural Design
• Texas First Bank (Texas City)

Marketing
• Texas Partners Bank (San Antonio)

Architectural Design
• Veritex Community Bank (Dallas)

Pandemic Response
• Citizens National Bank (Cameron)

Bank Culture
• First National Bank of Central Texas (Waco)

Community Service
• Veritex Community Bank (Dallas)