Magazine : Archives : 1st Quarter 2011

Who Says Banks Can’t Grow Revenues?

Don’t tell the busy bankers at Texas Capital Bancshares in Dallas that you can’t grow revenues in a sluggish econ-omy. The $6-billion-asset bank generated top-line growth of 23 percent over a 12-month period ending June 30 of last year, and a good part of the increase came from the basic underpinning of banking–growing assets, which is something that a lot of banks aren’t doing these days. Texas Capital also benefited from the retreat of other lenders from the Dallas market, which allowed it to expand its loan portfolio , while a low federal funds rate helped it boost its net...