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A gift that will keep on giving

Independent Banker

L to R, Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, FNB president/CEO Sam T. It may be celebrating its 150th anniversary, but First National Bank of Fort Smith didn’t want presents this year. Just as much a part of western Arkansas history as its hometown, $1.84 billion-asset The First National Bank of Fort Smith (FNB) was founded on Feb.

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Podcast: ‘Folks Who Are Low-Wealth Also Need Wealth Advisers’

ABA Community Banking

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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Simmons First to Close 10 Branches for $1.6M in Yearly Savings

American Banker

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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How the $10B Red Line Could Reshape Southeastern Banking

American Banker

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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Excited To Help People

Independent Banker

Jim Gowen, Merchants & Planters Bank. In Arkansas, Jim S. Central Region Award Recipient. Merchants & Planters Bank. Bank assets: $250 million. Its staff had about 40 people, many of its procedures were manual, and its competition was stiff with about five community banks as head-to-head rivals.

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #4 Bank of the Ozarks

Jeff For Banks

Neither supported this regional president''s opinion. 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).

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Finovate Debuts: 3E Software’s Teslar is a Toolbox for Credit Management

Fintech Labs Insights

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. It is the first company from Arkansas to take the Finovate stage. Dashboards.