{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"A Lone Star banking perspective","description":"If Texas were an independent country, its economy would rank as the world\u2019s eighth-largest. \u201cFrance is the seventh largest economy in the world and I don\u2019t think it\u2019ll take as much time at all to catch them,\u201d laughs Texas Bankers Association Chairman Ron Butler. On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, Butler \u2014 who is also vice chairman and chief administrative officer of $14 billion-asset, Abilene-based First Financial Bank \u2014 talks about:  What makes the Lone Star State a compelling economic story and an attractive market for investment (and out-of-state bank acquisitions). First Financial\u2019s approach to balancing organic growth and M&amp;amp;A. The urgency of accelerating de novo bank activity. How he and Texas bankers are approaching questions of deposit insurance reform. How Texas bankers have been engaging the global economy.  ","author_name":"ABA Banking Journal Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/bankingjournal.aba.com\/tag\/podcast\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39757600\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/197559105"}