BankInovation

MARCH 9, 2023

Southern Bancorp’s innovation division is looking to gain a competitive edge against larger financial institutions by developing products specifically for the communities it serves.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Southern Bancorp in Arkansas, which raised $35 million in capital from private investors, is out to prove that that community development financial institutions can deliver attractive returns and fulfill their missions to help the underserved.

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Community Arkansas Capital Community Bank 78

ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Homeownership, savings and holding down a job are three keys to financial well-being and moving out of generational poverty, so that's what Southern Bancorp focuses on in its home Mississippi and Arkansas Delta region, one of the nation's poorest.

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ABA Community Banking

JULY 31, 2019

Natalie Bartholomew is chief administrative officer at Grand Savings Bank in northwestern Arkansas, but she is probably better known for her popular blog "The Girl Banker," which provides advice on career advancement and work-life balance for women in banking as well as spotlighting female leaders in financial services.

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American Banker

JUNE 10, 2021

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Arkansas Community Community Bank Payments 44

ABA Community Banking

DECEMBER 20, 2021

10-11, 2021, a violent line of tornados moved across several states, including Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois and part of Missouri, leaving a 250-mile path of devastation in their wake. The post Kentucky Tornadoes: Ag Banks Provide More Than Financial Resources appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

billion-asset company disclosed in a recent regulatory filing that it has a letter of intent to buy an unnamed banking company in Florida with about $400 million in assets.

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American Banker

APRIL 22, 2021

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American Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

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Arkansas Community Bank Community 28

American Banker

JUNE 15, 2020

Peoples Bank in Arkansas and Main Street Bank in Massachusetts are getting smarter about spotting suspicious transactions tied to unemployment benefit fraud as well as warning customers what to watch out for.

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Arkansas Massachusetts Maine Fraud 41

American Banker

JULY 2, 2020

The Arkansas bank is selling its two branches in the state to Merchants & Marine Bancorp and FEB Bancshares.

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Alabama Arkansas Community Bank Community 44

American Banker

APRIL 24, 2020

Johnny Allison, the Arkansas company's chairman and CEO, agreed to reduce his base salary by 20%.

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Arkansas Company Community Bank Community 48

American Banker

JULY 22, 2020

Simmons First, which is based in Arkansas, plans to shutter 23 locations later this year, while Great Southern in Missouri has hired a firm to take a look at its network.

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Arkansas Missouri Community Bank Community 34

American Banker

JULY 16, 2020

The Arkansas bank is selling two South Carolina branches to a credit union just two weeks after announcing plans to divest its branches in Alabama.

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South Carolina Arkansas Alabama Community Bank 34

American Banker

JULY 14, 2016

million in cash and stock for the $475 million-asset parent of Community First Bank. billion-asset Equity said in a press release Thursday that it will pay $68.8

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Arkansas Community Community Bank Strategy 28

Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

(Nasdaq: OZRK) of Little Rock, Arkansas Over a 100-year banking history, Bank of the Ozarks expanded from its headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas, to more than 100 locations throughout the Southeast and is consistently ranked among the top performing banks in America (see chart). How did they grow so quickly?

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Jim Gowen, Merchants & Planters Bank. In Arkansas, Jim S. Merchants & Planters Bank. When Gowen first arrived at Merchants & Planters in 1983 to serve as its president and senior lending officer, the bank had two branches and $47 million in assets. Central Region Award Recipient. Jim Gowen Sr. Newport, Ark.

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St. Louis Community Bank Community Leadership 105

American Banker

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Home BancShares in Arkansas would rather buy banks that meet its financial parameters than do one large deal to catapult over $10 billion in assets. The bank also spent most of this year idling with M&A so it could prepare for stress testing.

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Arkansas Meeting Community Bank Community 28

American Banker

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Home BancShares in Arkansas would rather buy banks that meet its financial parameters than do one large deal to catapult over $10 billion in assets. The bank also spent most of this year idling with M&A so it could prepare for stress testing.

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Arkansas Meeting Community Bank Community 28

American Banker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Arkansas regulators have closed the $66.3 million-asset Allied Bank in Mulberry, the fifth institution to fail this year.

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Regulation Arkansas Community Bank Community 28

American Banker

APRIL 22, 2016

plans to close 10 banks across four states by the end of the second quarter: three branches in Arkansas, four in the Missouri and Kansas region and three in Tennessee. Simmons First National in Pine Bluff, Ark.,

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American Banker

MARCH 21, 2016

A dozen banks from Arkansas to Virginia are nearing $10 billion in assets, where they will face higher compliance costs and caps on interchange fees. Mergers among those institutions could create a new class of regional bank.

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Arkansas Virginia Regional Compliance 28

American Banker

APRIL 4, 2016

"In Northwest Arkansas there are a lot of banks with similar names," Chairman Jon Harrell said in a news release about the rebranding, which includes a new logo and signage. "We We wanted a name that would stand out and at the same time it was important to us to not lose sight of our roots.".

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Arkansas US Community Bank Community 28

Social Assurance

MARCH 5, 2015

No, I don’t just mean family-owned banks, but the sense of family that is present in small institutions that genuinely care for each other. Engagement Marketing Banking community banking ICBA Relationships' Lunchin' with the MainStreeters next to sun and palms! ICBALive15 pic.twitter.com/Eotv5JvAWq.

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Arkansas Minnesota Conference Community Bank 12

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 12, 2015

Teslar’s capabilities are highly configurable and suitable for small community banks, as well as large regional banks. Banks can configure dashboards at the branch level and even the user level by using filters. 3E Software can also integrate with a bank’s entire lending system, including: Image systems.

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Software Management San Jose Arkansas 12

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

That seems like a lifetime in this business,” said Congressman French Hill of Arkansas. Accessibility Beyond Big Banks. One of the committee’s largest criticisms of the Fed’s proposed service is its limited funds transfer availability window, as well as its five-year timeline to roll out the FedNow service.

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Payments Kansas City Community Bank Community 174

American Banker

DECEMBER 23, 2019

One found a buyer, another announced plans to retire, and others took steps to reinvent their banks.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Allison bragged that Home BancShares has created more millionaires than any company in Arkansas [Note: we may need to fact check that with Walmart shareholders]. Sarver grew Alliance from a small $700 million community bank acquisition to a $20 billion powerhouse in less than 15 years.

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