Veritex Holdings, a bank holding company, agreed to acquire North Avenue Capital, a commercial lending firm, for $63m. “We are very excited about the acquisition of North Avenue Capital. We have been interested in expanding our existing presence in the USDA lending space for a while now and we have been impressed by what we have learned about North Avenue Capital and its people. This transaction provides us the opportunity to become the top player in the USDA B&I lending space and we look forward to working with the North Avenue Capital team moving forward," Malcolm Holland, Veritex Chairman and CEO.