Amarillo National Bank

Amarillo National Bank
Company typePrivate
IndustryFinance
FoundedAmarillo, Texas, 1892
HeadquartersAmarillo, Texas
ProductsFinancial services
Number of employees
695
Websitewww.anb.com

Amarillo National Bank (ANB) is a private bank providing commercial banking and personal banking across Texas. It is based in Amarillo, Texas. In 2019, ANB acquired Lubbock National Bank, expanding its locations beyond the Texas Panhandle and into the South Plains and other parts of the state.[1] As ANB, the bank operates 19 branch locations in and around the cities of Amarillo, Borger and Canyon. As Lubbock National Bank, it operates six branch locations in Lubbock. Under the name Commerce National Bank, it operates seven locations in the cities of Bryan, College Station, Fort Worth, and two suburbs of Austin.[2] The bank operates 116 local, branded automatic teller machines (ATMs) in those communities.[3] As of the end of 2019, it claimed to have more than $5.7 billion in assets.[4] ANB employed 695 people as of August 2016.[5]

The bank was formed in 1892 and has been owned by the Ware family since 1909.[6] ANB is known as the largest, 100-percent family-owned bank in the United States. In 1999, the magazine Texas Monthly called the Wares the "bankers of the century."[7]

The bank is headquartered in two high-rise buildings in downtown Amarillo. The 16-story Amarillo National Bank Plaza One opened in 1971,[8] and the 12-story Amarillo National Bank Plaza Two complex was completed in 1984.[9]

ANB is known for opening Texas’ first drive-up bank window (1950) and the first automatic teller machine in Texas (1978),[10] which was located in the bank's downtown lobby. Also in 1978, the bank began construction on what was then the largest drive-up banking facility in the United States, at 10th Avenue and Taylor Street in Amarillo.[11]

As of 2019, Amarillo National Bank ranked as the 25th largest farm lender in the nation, with 15 percent of its loans concentrated on agriculture.[12] It is the largest mortgage lender in the Texas Panhandle and the largest independent cattle lender in Texas.[13]

ANB donates more than $2 million a year to local charities. During the holiday season, ANB allows each of its employees to designate a $100 check to any charity of the employee's choice.[14] In addition, the bank invests heavily in the financial education of Texas residents with its ANB Smart program, and participates in the national Teach Children to Save campaign and the Get Smart About Credit program from the American Bankers Association.[15]

Amarillo National Bank owns the naming rights to the Amarillo National Center, a 10,000-seat multipurpose arena built in 2000.

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  12. ^ "Top 100 Farm Lenders Ranked by Dollar Volume". American Bankers Association. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
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