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

Jeff For Banks

(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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CenterState, South State plan $3.2B merger

American Banker

The deal will create a bank with $34 billion in assets and operations stretching from Virginia to Florida.

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