Webinar: BKD CPAs & Advisors Offer Insight on PPP Loan Forgiveness
BKD CPAs & Advisors partners Chris Doolittle and Ernie Skyrme will join Tre Baker of Arkansas Business at 1 p.m. June 4 to discuss best practices business owners can follow for securing loan...
View ArticleUS House Approves Changes to Business Virus Aid Subsidy Program
The House gave sweeping bipartisan approval Thursday to legislation to modify a new “paycheck protection” program for businesses that have suffered COVID-related losses, giving them more flexibility to...
View ArticleArvest Adding Seventh Location in Bentonville
Fayetteville’s Arvest Bank intends to add to its Bentonville presence with a new branch.
View ArticleEncore Bank Expands Full-Service Branches
Little Rock’s Encore Bank is tidying up details to expand operations in Fayetteville and Jonesboro.
View ArticleBranch on Way to Brookland After 3 Years With No Bank
The fast-growing Jonesboro bedroom community of Brookland should see the return of a local bank office by the first quarter of 2021.
View ArticleGallery: Arkansas Made
From steel to toilet tissue, chainsaws to snack foods, Arkansas delivers the goods.
View ArticlePPP Loan Forgiveness Rules Give Clarifications, Flexibility (Cal McCastlain...
With the release of the PPP loan forgiveness application on May 15, and the forgiveness regulations on May 22, businesses have more detailed guidance on how to maximize the forgiveness of loans.
View ArticleState Police Use Tear Gas to Break Up Protest at Capitol
Arkansas authorities used tear gas for the third night in a row Monday to disperse protests outside the state Capitol over the death of George Floyd.
View ArticlePace Industries Completes Financial Restructuring, Exits Bankruptcy
Pace Industries LLC of Fayetteville emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and completes its financial restructuring plan.
View ArticleFed Approves Expansion of State, Local Support Program
The Federal Reserve has approved an expansion of its $500 billion emergency program to support state and local governments.
View ArticleUS Senate Passes Fix for Small-Business Coronavirus Relief
The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation to make it easier for businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program.
View ArticleHarrell Installed as Arkansas Bankers Association Chairman
Jonathan Harrell is installed as the 2020-21 chairman of the Arkansas Bankers Association at the ABA Membership Meeting.
View ArticleConway Kimberly-Clark Plant Sold for $10.5M
This week’s installment of million-dollar real estate transactions kicks off in Conway and exits the field of play in west Little Rock.
View ArticleTickets Available Now for Live-Streamed 40 Under 40 Event
Arkansas Business is offering tickets now for its first live-streamed 40 Under 40 event, scheduled for 11:45 a.m. July 22.
View ArticleICBA to Sponsor Accelerator in Little Rock Through 2024
The Independent Community Bankers of America announces that it will sponsor for another three years its ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program.
View ArticleFed to Keep Providing Aid and Sees No Rate Hike Through 2022
onfronted with an economy gripped by recession and high unemployment, the Federal Reserve made clear Wednesday that it will keep providing support by buying bonds to maintain low borrowing rates and...
View ArticleDow Sinks 1,800 As Virus Cases Rise, Deflating Optimism
Stocks fell sharply on Wall Street Thursday as coronavirus cases in the U.S. increased again, deflating recent optimism that the economy could recover quickly from its worst crisis in decades.
View ArticleSpringdale Fintech, Citizens Bank, Mark Cuban Announce Free PPP Website
Teslar Software by 3E of Springdale; Jill Castilla, president and CEO of Citizens Bank of Edmond; and Mark Cuban have collaborated to launch a free website that simplifies and streamlines the Paycheck...
View ArticleTaylor to Head Citizens Bank & Trust (Movers & Shakers)
P. Brent Taylor has been selected to succeed Keith Hefner as president and CEO of Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
View ArticleMayor Frank Scott Jr. on How Little Rock Zoned In on Amazon
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. discusses what the city did right against COVID-19, what he might have done differently, and what lies ahead.
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