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Huntington Bancshares first dipped its toe into Texas in 2009 with some national businesses — auto lending, equipment finance, etc. Early this decade, the Columbus, Ohio-based superregional began building out a middle-market lending business here. And about two years ago, the board and management, enamored with the state’s soaring population growth rates and robust business landscape, began feeling out potential partners. In 2025, Huntington struck not once but twice. In July, it announced it would pay $1.9 billion for $12.5 billion Veritex Holdings in Dallas. Three months later, it announced a $7.4 billion purchase of $53.5 billion Cadence Bank, which…
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WRITTEN BY
John Engen
Contributing Writer
John Engen is a contributing writer for Bank Director. He has more than 30 years of experience as a business journalist, writing for a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press. He graduated with a degree in economics and international relations from the University of Minnesota and did his post-graduate work in Asian studies at the University of Hawai’i.