We’re Texan Bank- a full-service commercial bank with a friendly neighborhood feel- led by people who’ve called the Houston area home for generations. With deep roots in our community, a deep knowledge of our industry, and a deep commitment to doing the right thing (the right way), we proudly partner with local businesses and neighbors alike to help them realize financial success. And as our name might suggest, we’re terribly persistent. Good old-fashioned banking, as we see it- a bank built to serve as the center of commerce by folks equally invested in the same community. WE’RE HERE TO HELP, AND WE’RE HERE TO STAY.
Baton Systems is the fastest, on-demand, highly secure clearing and settlement platform – bringing a new level of efficiency to the payments infrastructure across the capital markets. Batons shared, permissioned ledger serves as a real-time clearing and settlement gateway, enabling instant reconciliation down to the sub-account level. Accelerate payments and enjoy full control over the flow of capital. Baton Systems was founded as Ubixi in 2016 by industry veterans in technology, payments and capital markets, and is backed by venture capital. Baton works with numerous market participants – including major global banks, custodian banks and exchanges – to meet todays demands for cost savings, regulatory requirements and better capital management.
CircleUp is an online private company investment platform. They provide accredited investors free access to direct investments in high-growth consumer product and retail private companies that were previously difficult to identify and access. For retail and consumer product entrepreneurs, they offer an efficient way to access a network of sophisticated investors as well as value added partners. Typical investments on CircleUp are food, personal care, pet product, apparel or retail/restaurant companies with >$500K in revenue and are looking to raise $100,000 to $2.0 million in growth equity. A highly selective percentage of companies that apply are listed on their site. As the largest equity based crowdfunding site, CircleUp provides not only access to interesting consumer and retail private company investments, but also a wide ranging, sophisticated investor network. Their investor base includes retail and consumer product industry experts, venture capital, private equity and other financial professionals, business leaders, angel investors and others interested in expanding their investment portfolios with private company investments. Investors can review a curated list of private company investments, ask questions to the management team, request product samples and complete their private company investment online via CircleUp.
Bluefin Payment Systems is the leading provider of secure payment technology for enterprises, financial institutions and small-medium sized businesses worldwide. Bluefin’s innovative and proprietary PayConex Platform includes PCI-validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE), QuickSwipe mobile POS, Ecommerce, tokenization, international payments and more. Bluefin’s cutting-edge payment technology is a key element in the holistic approach to data security prevention. Designed to complement EMV and tokenization, Bluefin’s P2PE solutions provide a solid security defense against current and future data breaches. As an innovator of secure solutions for the payments industry, Bluefin is an advocate for the advancement of technology, and serves as a driving force for the education of security developments in the payments space. Bluefin is headquartered in Atlanta, with offices in New York, Chicago, Tulsa and Waterford, Ireland.
Desert Schools Federal Credit Union was founded in 1939 by 12 teachers, each of whom invested five dollars into the newly formed credit union.