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The banks serving active duty personnel

Independent Banker

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. By Judith Sears.

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What banks can learn from Wal-Mart

Chris Skinner

Can Wal-Mart’s Expensive New E-Commerce Operation Compete With Amazon? Even more astonishing, Lore and his management team in Hoboken, N.J., were put in charge of Wal-Mart’s entire domestic e-commerce operation, overseeing more than 15,000 employees in Silicon Valley, Boston, Omaha, and its home office in Arkansas.

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‘Ship-ageddon 2020’ Just Keeps Getting Worse

PYMNTS

“Every mode of shipping is already under tremendous pressure due to COVID-19-related and holiday shopping constraints, and vaccine delivery just adds another element of disruption to the already fragile mix," Sean Maharaj, managing director in the logistics practice of AArete, a global consulting firm, told USA Today.

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The Power Problem Holding Back Supply Chain Digitization

PYMNTS

The technology is often considered a game-changer for supply chain management and logistics operations, able to both elevate the efficiency of operations while connecting corporates to real-time data for deep business intelligence and analytics. The Chicken-and-Egg Conundrum.

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Amazon Loading Whole Foods With Its Own Executives

PYMNTS

What’s more, instead of reporting to Amazon’s head of worldwide consumer business Jeff Wilke, Mackey and the two Amazon executives are overseen by Steve Kessel, who is in charge of all the physical store operations. Ever since Amazon acquired Whole Foods, the combined company has been busy integrating the businesses.

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Walmart Names Ex-Amex Exec As Chief Customer Officer

PYMNTS

Prior to her new role, Whiteside worked for American Express for two decades in fields such as customer engagement and relationship management. While Whiteside will be based in Jet ’s home state of New Jersey, Messing will work out of Walmart’s hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas.

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Southern Bancorp is building wealth for everyone

Independent Banker

Darrin Williams, an attorney and former Arkansas state representative, wasn’t interested when Southern Bancorp, Inc. He cites findings from the Pew Charitable Trust that Americans who move out of the bottom quintile of poverty had greater savings, wealth and home equity than those who don’t manage to move up. By Judith Sears.