Jan. 23--Dallas-based Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. received $75 million through a U.S. Treasury program to shore up the banking system, part of a $1.5 billion government investment in 39 smaller banks announced Thursday.

Other Texas banks receiving funds were Houston-based MetroCorp Bancshares Inc., which got $45 million; Texas Community Bank in The Woodlands, which got $11.7 million; and Treaty Oak Bancorp Inc. in Austin, which got nearly $3.3 million.

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