ALLIANCE BANK  ANNOUNCES MEMBERSHIP ACHIEVEMENT IN

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES’ 2010 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Alliance Bank Press Release

Sulphur Springs, Tx - Cindy Parkinson, branch manager and financial advisor in the Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. office at Alliance Bank, 100 West Jefferson, Sulphur Springs, Tx, has been named to the firm’s 2010 Executive Council in recognition of outstanding client service and exemplary professional growth.

Executive Council honors are presented only to those financial advisors who have demonstrated an extremely high level of commitment to clients through personal service and professional integrity.

Parkinson, who joined Raymond James in 2005, has more than 27 years of financial and investment experience. Through a joint marketing arrangement between Alliance Bank and the Financial Institutions Division of Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, the investment program offers a comprehensive range of investment services to bank customers, as well as individuals and businesses in the community.

The Financial Institutions Division (RJFS-FID) was created in 1987 to provide banks and credit unions with an alternative to traditional third-party investment providers. RJFS-FID provides true, full-service securities brokerage to financial institutions seeking to compete with the national securities firms. In addition to a full complement of investment products and services, RJFS-FID has the ability to deliver investment banking, research, self-clearing capabilities and wealth management services. The division currently provides investment services to more than 195 financial institutions across 37 states with total assets of more than $23 billion in 265,000 client accounts.

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. is a national investment firm providing financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through more than 3,200 financial advisors in 2,000 offices throughout the United States. For more than 30 years, Raymond James Financial Services has provided a wide range of services through its affiliate, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC. Both broker/dealers are wholly owned subsidiaries of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE-RJF), a financial services holding company with more than 5,300 financial advisors serving 1.9 million accounts throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. In addition, total client assets are approximately $223 billion, of which approximately $29 billion are managed by the firm’s asset management subsidiaries.

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For additional information, please contact Cindy Parkinson at 903-439-3075.

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