Company:Guaranty Bank & Trust

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Guaranty Bank & Trust
TypePublic
NYSEGNTY
Russell 2000 Component
FoundedMount Pleasant, Texas, January 1913
Headquarters
Addison, Texas[1]
,
USA
Number of locations
32[2]
Area served
Texas
Key people
Ty Abston, President and CEO, Chairman of the Board
Total assetsUS$ 2.2 billion (September 2016)[3]
Number of employees
412[4]
ParentGuaranty Bancshares, Inc.
Websitegnty.com

Guaranty Bank & Trust, a subsidiary of Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. founded in 1913, is a Texas -based commercial bank that offers personal and business banking services.[5][6][7][8][9]

Tyson Abston serves as President, CEO and chairman of both Guaranty Bank & Trust and Guaranty Bancshares.[6][7][9][10][11]

Guaranty Bank & Trust has locations in Bryan, Paris, Texarkana, Sulphur Springs, Bogata, Commerce, Pittsburg, New Boston, Mount Pleasant, Mount Vernon, Longview, Hallsville, College Station, Royse City, Denton, Houston, Conroe, Katy, Austin, Texas , Fort Worth, Rockwall and North Dallas.[6][12][13] Headquarters are in Addison, Texas.

History

The Texas Department of Banking issued a charter to Guaranty State Bank on January 20, 1913.[11][14] The bank’s name changed to Guaranty Bond State Bank in 1927.[11]

In 1979, the bank added trust powers.[11] The following year Guaranty created Guaranty Bancshares Inc., its holding company.[11] In 1981, the bank changed its name to Guaranty Bank.[11]

In 2002, the bank changed its name from Guaranty Bank to Guaranty Bond Bank.[11]

In 2014, the bank changed its name from Guaranty Bond Bank to Guaranty Bank & Trust. The bank was ranked 15th best bank to work for in the United States by American Banker in 2016.[4]

Ownership

From its founding in 1913 until 1998, Guaranty Bank & Trust was a privately held company. Guaranty Bank & Trust's parent company, Guaranty Bancshares, became listed under the symbol “GNTY” on the NASDAQ Exchange.[15][16]

In June 2005, Guaranty Bancshares de-listed from the Nasdaq exchange and became privately held company.[17]

In May 2017, Guaranty Bancshares Inc. underwent an IPO and was listed on the NASDAQ Exchange under the "GNTY" symbol.[18]

In March 2023, Guaranty Bancshares Inc. transferred their listing to NYSE under the “GNTY” symbol.

Locations

In April 1994, the first location in Paris, Texas opened.[19] Guaranty Bank & Trust also opened its second Mount Pleasant location in 1996.[15] The bank opened a full-service location in Texarkana in 1997.[15] In April 1999, Guaranty opened a location in Pittsburg, Texas.[20][21]

Guaranty Bank & Trust opened a loan production office in August 2000 in Fort Stockton, Texas.[22] The Fort Stockton location became a full service bank in December of that same year.[22] In March 2004, Guaranty Bank & Trust opened a location in Mount Vernon, Texas.[23][24] In August 2004, the Deport location was closed, with customers transferred to nearby towns’ branches.[22] A second Texarkana location opened in July that same year.[24] In 2008, Guaranty Bank & Trust closed its Talco location. The following year, it opened a location in New Boston, Texas.[24] In 2010, Guaranty Bank & Trust added both a mobile bank and another full service branch in Texarkana.[24]

A location was opened in Atlanta, Texas in May 2011.[24] In April 2013, Guaranty Bank & Trust opened its second Paris, Texas location.[25][26] New locations were added in Longview and College Station in 2013.[27] In June 2014, a location was opened in Bryan, TX.[28] In 2015, a location was added in Royce City, Texas, as part of the acquisition of Texas Leadership Bank.[12] Two more locations were added in the North Dallas area as part of the 2015 acquisition of Preston State Bank.[13] Additionally, in 2015 Guaranty Bank opened a location in Rockwall.

In May 2016, the bank opened a new location in Denton, Texas. Guaranty Bank & Trust announced an additional College Station location in June 2016[2] before acquiring a second Denton location from Independent Bank in August.[3]

The bank opened an additional location in Austin in November 2017[29] and an additional location in Fort Worth in January 2018.[30]

Acquisitions

In 1992, Guaranty Bank & Trust acquired the First National Bank of Deport, with branches in both Deport, Texas and Paris, Texas.[22][31] The company purchased a commercial bank in Bogata, Texas in 1993.[22] Talco State Bank, chartered in 1912, merged with Guaranty Bank & Trust in 1997.[22][32]

In 1999, Guaranty Bank & Trust acquired First American Financial Corporation, with its Sulphur Springs and Commerce, Texas locations, and wholly owned mortgage company.[22] The renamed Guaranty Mortgage Company was folded into the bank in 2000.[22]

In 2011, the Fort Stockton location was sold to West Texas State Bank.[33] First State Bank of Hallsville, Texas merged with Guaranty Bank & Trust in August 2013.[10][34] Guaranty Bancshares acquired DCB Financial in 2015.[35]

In 2015, Guaranty Bank & Trust acquired Preston State Bank, a subsidiary of DCB Financial Corp.[13] Texas Leadership Bank was also acquired and its operations merged into Guaranty Bank & Trust in 2015.[12]

On June 1, 2018, Guaranty Bank & Trust acquired Westbound Bank, N.A. of Katy, TX, facilitating entrance into the Houston, TX region.[36]

References

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