private industry banking financial services investment services founded september 30 1907 founder william lewis moody jr. headquarters galveston texas u.s. number of locations 21 branches area served southeast texas central texas key people robert l. moody chairman victor pierson president & ceo craig barker executive vice president products finance consumer banking corporate banking wealth management mortgage loans loans trust services operating income 6.986 million usd net income 7.049 million usd total assets 938.6 million usd december 31 2012 1 total equity 94.7 m usd owner moody bancshares inc. number of employees 275 website moodybank.com moody national bank mnb is a nationally chartered bank founded in 1907 that is based in galveston texas . with assets of nearly 1 billion moody bank is one of oldest and largest privately owned texas based banks . its trust department established in 1927 administers over 26 billion in assets and is the largest domiciled in the state of texas . 2 3 the company offers a full range of commercial and consumer banking products as well as trust and investment banking services to customers throughout southeast texas and central texas including the greater houston area . 1 3 the bank is unique in that through its trust department it has de facto control of the american national insurance company anico one of the largest life and property casualty companies in the u.s. the bank s trust department administers the moody foundation and the libbie shearn moody trust which together own the majority of anico s shares . 4 5 6 moody national bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of moody bancshares inc. a privately owned financial holding company also based in galveston . 6 moody bancshares also maintains a controlling interest in galveston based hometown bank n.a. 7 contents 1 history 2 banking center locations 3 references 4 external links history edit moody national bank s headquarters in downtown galveston texas . city national bank building now the galveston county historical museum in downtown galveston texas in 1907 galveston businessman william lewis moody jr. founded the city national bank in the trust building in downtown galveston . the new bank quickly grew and by 1920 a new building was constructed a block away on market street . during its early years the city national bank merged with the galveston national bank and continued to steadily grow in size and assets . in 1953 the board of directors decided to honor the bank s founder by changing the name to moody national bank . a year later mr. moody died and his daughter mary moody northen assumed control of the bank and anico . 8 by 1962 the bank had outgrown its neo classical headquarters on market street and a new seven story building was constructed a block away . the old building after sitting vacant for several years was donated in 1972 by ms. northen to galveston county for use as a historical museum dedicated to the memory of her father . 9 with the legalization of branch banking in texas in 1988 moody national bank merged with sister bank south shore national bank in league city texas . south shore national bank had been established by the moody family to provide financial services to the south shore harbor subdivision which was being developed by their family controlled insurance company the american national insurance company . 10 by the 2000s mnb began to spread out from its traditional base of galveston county opening offices in brazoria fort bend harris and travis counties . 11 12 13 banking center locations edit moody national bank operates 25 financial centers across central and southeast texas in the following counties brazoria county 6 fort bend county 2 galveston county 10 harris county 5 travis county 1 13 references edit a b fdic institution directory . federal deposit insurance corporation . retrieved 2013 07 24 . elder laura 2004 03 22 . moody national bank looks to expand influence . galveston county daily news . galveston newspapers inc. retrieved 2011 03 14 . a b community reinvestment act performance evaluation pdf . office of the comptroller of currency . 2010 04 12 . retrieved 2011 03 14 . ownership summary for anat . nasdaq . moody foundation 2005 annual report pdf . moody foundation . retrieved 2011 03 14 . a b filing american national insurance company control list . securities & exchange commission . federal reserve national information center moody bancshares ownership structure . federal financial institutions examination council . retrieved 2011 03 14 . handbook of texas northen mary elizabeth moody . texas state historical association . retrieved 2011 03 14 . galveston historical foundation galveston county historical museum ralph bivins . league city site in midst of boom south shore harbour is hot . houston chronicle . retrieved 2011 03 14 . moody bank announces new austin branches united states securities & exchange commission filing form 8 k national western life insurance company a b calnan christopher 2009 06 07 . area s entrepreneurial ways attract 102 year old galveston based bank . austin business journal . retrieved 2011 03 14 . external links edit moody national bank the moody foundation v t e city of galveston attractions ashton villa balinese room bishop s palace east end historic district elissa ship fort crockett galveston island historic pleasure pier galveston island state park galveston pirate sc galveston railroad museum galveston seawall galveston island trolley grand 1894 opera house lone star flight museum moody gardens moody plaza ocean star offshore drilling rig & museum old red rosenberg library st. mary cathedral basilica schlitterbahn galveston island waterpark seawolf park strand historic district 1861 united states customs and federal court house uss cavalla uss stewart industries american national insurance company galveston railroad island transit moody foundation moody national bank port of galveston texas first bank scholes 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