Alan Price Set at Citizens Bank (Movers & Shakers)
Alan Price has joined Citizens Bank of Batesville as a commercial loan officer.
View ArticleBriarwood, Spring Valley Apartments Draw $21.5M Combo Deal (Real Deals)
Affiliates of Vesta Capital of Leawood, Kansas, purchased the 280-unit Briarwood Apartments for $13.58 million and the 245-unit Spring Valley Apartments for $8 million.
View ArticleSocial Security Complex Sells for $7.4M (NWA Real Deals)
A Fayetteville investor paid $7.4 million for a 6-acre office complex on East Joyce Boulevard that is anchored by Fayetteville’s Social Security Administration branch.
View ArticleAcquisitions Alter List of 75 Largest Private Companies in Arkansas
The departures of five companies that were acquired in the past year made room at the bottom of the list for companies that had not made the cutoff last year — or ever. The price of entry to the list?...
View ArticleFirst Security Bancorp Burgeons Into Big Time
These days, the First Security name is shared among 21 lenders in 15 states around the nation. But the biggest in the land by far is the $5.3 billion-asset financial institution that makes its home in...
View ArticleKarama Neal Tabulates Successes of Southern Bacorp Community Partners
Karama Neal, president of Southern Bancorp Community Partners, gives credit to "critical mix" that have kept her company at the forefront of public policy.
View ArticleLR Accounting Firm Names 2 New Partners
Little Rock accounting firm Frost PLLC announced Wednesday the addition of two new partners: Robert Wolfe and Adam Jones.
View ArticleShane Sweetin Pleads Guilty to Lying On Loan Applications
Marcus Shane Sweetin of Little Rock pleaded guilty Thursday to making false statements on loan applications, costing AgHeritage Farm Credit, BancorpSouth Bank and Regions Bank more than $3.3 million.
View ArticleFDIC Enters Consent Order With 'Unsafe or Unsound' Home Bank of Arkansas
The April 8 order, which was released publicly by the FDIC on Friday, charges the leadership of the $76 million-asset lender with unsafe or unsound banking practices.
View ArticleScott Miller Accepts State Banking Board Appointment (Movers & Shakers)
Scott Miller, the Boone County market president for Anstaff Bank of Green Forest, has been appointed to a five-year term on the Arkansas State Banking Board by Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
View ArticleSimmons Bank Selects Jeff Richardson for Saline County (Movers & Shakers)
Jeff Richardson has been promoted to community executive for Simmons Bank in Saline County.
View ArticleTransaction of $10.7M Flows to Chenal Creek (Real Deals)
An affiliate of Crow Holdings of Dallas bought the 27,718-SF retail center in west Little Rock.
View ArticleAnd Now: Good News (Editorial)
We have suggested to Michael Pakko, the state economic forecaster, that the volume of Movers & Shakers landing in our queue be considered an economic indicator. By that indication, Arkansas’...
View ArticleFake It Till You Break It (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Overestimating one’s own competence is not really the news here. What's new is the consistency with which other people — complete strangers, even — interpret confidence as competence.
View ArticleMillennial Incomes: Median Hits $69,000 in 2017
Median incomes of U.S. households are rising again, and “those headed by a Millennial (someone age 22 to 37) now earn more than young adult households did at nearly any time in the past 50 years,”...
View ArticleFormer McFadden Adviser Goes on Real Estate Selling Spree
Michael Vick, the onetime financial adviser and friend of Darren McFadden, has been busy recently converting debt-free real estate into cash.
View ArticlePresenting the 40 Under 40 Class of 2019: An Annual List of Rising Stars
Meet 40 impressive young business and community leaders of Arkansas who will give you confidence that our state will be in good hands for decades to some.
View ArticleLeslie Parnell to Oversee Treasury Management at Simmons Bank
Simmons Bank names Leslie Parnell senior vice president of treasury management and strategic development.
View ArticleJohn Allison, Marcy Doderer Headline Arkansas Business Executive Leadership...
Emerging leaders from business, nonprofit and policy sectors can again learn from some of the most successful and recognizable names in Arkansas as part of the Arkansas Business Executive Leadership...
View ArticleUS Long-Term Mortgage Rates Fall; 30-Year Average at 3.82%
U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell for the sixth consecutive week, with the key 30-year loan average running below 4% and at its lowest point since September 2017.
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