Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Under Larry Wilson’s leadership, First Arkansas Bank and Trust’s branch on the Little Rock Air Force Base was named the 2020 Air Force Bank of the Year. Community banks operate on a majority of the country’s military installations. Community banks comprise more than two-thirds of the 66 banks operating on U.S.

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Arkansas Community Bank Community Operations 168

Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Southern Bancorp partners with other community banks to increase loan accessibility and financial literacy to low-income customers. As CEO of Southern Bancorp, Darrin Williams wants to promote relationships between community banks and CDFIs to create more prosperous communities. Photo by Dero Sanford.

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Community Bank Community Leadership Arkansas 172

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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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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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 12, 2015

Its lending and credit management tools offer multiple services to track commercial debt. 3E’s Teslar toolbox integrates with all of a banks’ systems to present commercial loan officers with portfolio and performance data. Banks can configure dashboards at the branch level and even the user level by using filters.

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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. While the technological barrier to interoperability is not necessarily so high, what is most difficult about achieving this is establishing and managing industry-wide standardization, which Benson advised the Fed to keep a priority.

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Payments Kansas City Community Bank Community 174

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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