Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Darrin Williams, an attorney and former Arkansas state representative, wasn’t interested when Southern Bancorp, Inc. approached him about a leadership position in 2013. Relyance is working to increase its mortgage lending but sometimes isn’t able to make loans for some customers. By Judith Sears. Name: Southern Bancorp.

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Community Bank Community Leadership Arkansas 172

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

In Arkansas, Jim S. offers a “humanly simple” leadership style of looking out for others. 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. Jim Gowen, Merchants & Planters Bank. Jim Gowen Sr. Newport, Ark.

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St. Louis Community Bank Community Leadership 105

Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Big announcements like JP Morgan Chase’s to hike the pay of 22,000 workers and build 400 new branches certainly had bankers inspired to show some level of investment and even civic leadership from the tax break. In addition to a historic tax cut, bankers were equally excited by the shifting winds and tone of the regulatory environment.

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