Our Story
A Texas Banking Original dedicated to true community banking.
![Gallery wall in a hallway of the Dallas Banking Center](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bkgd-banner-about-1024x285.jpg)
Our Story
A Texas Banking Original dedicated to true community banking.
The Journey
NDBT opened its doors in 1961 as North Dallas Bank & Trust, Co. with $2 million in assets, three officers, and seven employees. Nine years later, founding directors Bert Fields, Porter Lindsley, Sr., and W.F. English purchased the land at the southeast corner of LBJ Freeway and Preston Road that would soon become home to the 12-story North Dallas Bank Tower and the Dallas Banking Center. Expansion to Plano, Las Colinas, Frisco and Addison began in 1994. A new brand name (NDBT) and logo was created in 2021, followed by the remodel and renovation of the Dallas Banking Center and NDBT Headquarters. This is just part of the journey that began and continues for a true:
Texas
Banking
Original
![Black and white photo of original NDBT location on Preston and Forest](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/internal-about-us-our-story-preston-forest.jpg)
![1970 groundbreaking ceremony for North Dallas Bank Tower building](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/internal-about-us-our-story-groundbreak.jpg)
![Customers at the teller desk of NDBT's Dallas Banking Center lobby](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/internal-about-us-our-story-new-dbc-lobby.jpg)
Our Story
NDBT (North Dallas Bank & Trust, Co.) has proudly served the North Texas community since 1961, growing steadily from modest beginnings to become one of this area’s largest independent banks. We have stood strong throughout that time, demonstrating our commitment to those we serve while maintaining an unwavering history of profitability under the same name and ownership.
NDBT was founded on the premise of serving the entrepreneurs, the business leaders and the families who understand the value of personal insights and relationships in driving our community onward and upward.
While changes in the economy, technology, regulations and customer preferences will result in occasional changes in our business, we will never change our commitment to making progress personal through Authentic Intelligence, the human touch that technological advancements can never replace.
That’s part of what makes up our story. I hope you’ll take a moment to view more of it in the videos alongside this message.
Regards,
Larry Miller
President/CEO and Chairman of the Board
Meet Our Leadership Team
Our Communities
At NDBT, we don’t just serve the communities in which we do business, our bankers and professionals serve within the communities they work and live. Giving back is part of our DNA. From efforts as simple as volunteering our time to support winter coat drives to instrumental monetary contributions to organizations devoted to improving our society, we proudly do what we can for our fellow Texans.
We are honored to support organizations with a variety of meaningful endeavors, such as providing financial literacy, supplying food for needy families, preventing child abuse, promoting health and wellness for our future generations, and investing in a South Dallas initiative to extend financial services in that community.
NDBT Cares was created as our community engagement resource to ensure our efforts are coordinated in a way that best benefits the organizations we support and to assist in reaching more of our neighbors in need. Please check out the NDBT Cares webpage to learn more about our philanthropic commitment.
Addison
Dallas
Frisco
Las Colinas
Plano
Trust & Wealth Management
Corporate
What Have We Done in Our Communities Lately?
![Golfer visiting NDBT table at Frisco Family Services golf tournament](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img-our-story-frisco-family-golf-24.jpg)
![Kids racing towards volunteers at Field Day in Plano](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img-our-story-fields-day-24.jpg)
![NDBT banker hitting a chip shot on golf course](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img-our-story-hope-supply-golf-24.jpg)
![JWT scholarship winners receiving NDBT checks](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img-our-story-jwt-scholarships-24.jpg)
![NDBT banker talking to student at NDBT table](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img-our-story-cristo-rey-fair-24.jpg)
![NDBT bankers at Family Compass North Star Luncheon](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img-our-story-family-gateway-child-abuse-24.jpg)
![img-our-story-semones-ymca-health-day-24 NDBT bankers and Dallas policeman at Semones YMCA](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img-our-story-semones-ymca-health-day-24.jpg)
![NDBT bankers at table for Women to Women luncheon](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img-our-story-jfs-women-2-women-24.jpg)
![Boys team posing with medals at JAB Hoops for Hopes tournament.](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img-our-story-jab-hoop-for-hopes-24.jpg)
![NDBT Tower with blue letters on NDBT sign](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img-our-story-skyline-blue-dallas-24.jpg)
![NDBT Frisco banker Manny Villareal teaching ACO financial literacy class.](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img-our-story-frisco-aco-class-24.jpg)
![NDBT bankers with Metrocrest Services CEO Tracy Eubanks](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img-our-story-metrocrest-annual-report-24.jpg)
![NDBT Bankers Billy Martin and Kathy Selvidge at Gala One event](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img-our-story-ffs-gala-one-24.jpg)
![NDBT bankers teeing off at ACO golf tournament](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img-our-story-aco-golf24.jpg)
![NDBT IT professionals assisting seniors at Willie B. Johnson senior center](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img-our-story-willie-johnson-it.jpg)
![NDBT banker teaching class at Cristo Rey](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img-our-story-teach-cristo-rey.jpg)
![NDBT volunteers teaching Volar College & Career Services class](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img-our-story-alp-volar.jpg)
![NDBT volunteers in front of Scottish Rite Hospital Christmas tree](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img-our-story-scottish-rite-2023.jpg)
![NDBT employees handing out candy at Boo Bash 23](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img-our-story-boo-bash-23.jpg)
![NDBT Cares lead Lisa Rushing and guest J.A. Anderson on The Eugene McDermott Concert Hall stage](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img-our-story-community-cares-23.jpg)
![NDBT volunteers group photo at the Heart Health walk](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img-our-story-heart-walk23.jpg)
![Group of volunteers in Metrocrest Services lobby](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img-our-story-metrocrest-volunteer-day23.jpg)
![NDBT bankers and American Heart Association representatives at red table in Dallas banking center lobby](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img-our-story-aha-lobby.jpg)
![NDBT golf foursome with Waldman tournament officials](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img-our-story-waldman-tourney23.jpg)
![Customers enjoying ice cream social inside NDBT Addison Banking Center lobby](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img-our-story-Ice-Cream-Social.jpg)
![Classroom of financial literacy students being taught by teachers](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img-our-story-financial-literacy-credit-class.jpg)
![JAB 9th White team photo after winning Austin basketball tournament](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img-our-story-jab-team-champs.jpg)
![Close up of championship medal and NDBT logo on JAB player jersey](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img-our-story-jab-medal-logo.jpg)
![NDBT professionals and movie actor Burton Gilliam alongside NDBT sponsor tent and table](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img-our-story-frisco-family-golf-300x200.jpg)
![Group picture of kids from Family Gateway with group of NDBT Cares volunteers at Fields Day](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img-our-story-family-gateway-fields-day-300x200.jpg)
![Jonathan Alexander hitting tee shot with two NDBT golfers watching. NDBT sponsor sign in foreground.](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img-our-story-hope-supply-golf-300x200.jpg)
![TCU head football coach Sonny Dykes accepting the Gene Stallings Award](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/internal-about-us-our-story-lately-stallings-300x198.jpg)
![NDBT banker Kenya Buie shaking hand of Cristo Rey student during resume writing class](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img-our-story-cristo-rey-class-300x200.jpg)
![JAB head coach Jonathan Alexander and guest at Byron Nelson golf tournament](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/internal-about-us-our-story-lately-nelson-jab-300x198.jpg)
![NDBT bankers Zelma Thomas, Michelle Mercado and Tim Griffin at the Irving Chamber Biz Blitz kickoff event](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/internal-about-us-our-story-lately-biz-blitz-300x198.jpg)
![NDBT table at the Semones Family YMCA Day of Wellness event](https://ndbt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/internal-about-us-our-story-lately-semones-y-300x198.jpg)