We're extremely excited about offering a complete range of banking services at this office and building long-term customer relationships throughout the Houston area," said Area Executive Tom Doonan. "Our goal at IronStone Bank is to help the people and businesses of this community achieve their financial goals."
The bank's new Galleria office, which is located next to the Ethan Allen store, opened in June as a loan production office. The branch now provides a full line of personal and business financial services, including deposit accounts, loans, leases, working capital financing and more. IronStone Bank specializes in meeting the financial needs of individuals, small to mid-sized businesses, professionals and the medical community.
Doonan, a 25-year banking veteran, oversees the bank's area operations and business development efforts in the community. Doonan's team includes business banker Francis Tongol; banker assistant Joyce Boehm; manager Munira Ali; supervisor of operations and service Jeanie Rouse and financial sales representatives Leslie Araguz, Abdul Wahab and Mark Nguyen.
Houston is the bank's second Texas market. IronStone has four offices in Austin and plans to open two new Dallas branches at Uptown Center, 2626 Howell Street, Suite 110; and Lakeside Village Shopping Center, 9669 North Central Expressway, Suite 130.
Since opening its first branch in Austin in September 2002, IronStone Bank has expanded to 24 branches in Texas, Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington. IronStone also has 19 locations in the Atlanta metro region of Georgia and 15 offices in Florida. The bank will also open financial centers in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
For more information, call the bank's Customer Contact Center toll free at 1.866.IB DIRECT (1.866.423.4732) or visit ironstonebank.com.
The bank's parent company, First Citizens BancShares (Nasdaq: FCNCA), has $16 billion in assets. Its lead subsidiary is First Citizens Bank, which has 340 branches in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and Maryland.
