Texas First Bank
The bank was founded in 1973, when a group of investors organized by Charles T. "Chuck" Doyle,[3] purchased First State Bank of Hitchcock.The group aimed to establish a network of community banks in all ten incorporated cities in Galveston County by the end of the Twentieth Century[citation needed].The bank also opened branches in Kemah, Pirates Beach, Dickinson, League City, and Friendswood.In 2000, Texas First Bank became affiliated with Rust, Ewing, Watt, & Haney Insurance Company.[5] On January 1, 2014, Texas Independent Bancshares converted to a Subchapter S corporation, and in March 2017 the bank's assets reached $1 billion.