How to Avoid Business Email Compromise Scams
Business email compromise — also known as email account compromise — is one of the most financially damaging online crimes, exploiting people’s reliance on email to conduct business.
View ArticleRansomware, Risks, Cybercrimes and Shame
Ransomware attacks on businesses in Arkansas are on the rise, the FBI and IT professionals say, though embarrassment at security breaches means concrete numbers are hard to obtain.
View ArticleVillage Green Apartments Preserved in $10.5M Sale
Apartments, warehouse space, a retail center and an eatery form this week’s Pulaski County million-dollar real estate deals.
View ArticleCreditor Recovers Regions Center
The mortgage holder of the Regions Center in downtown Little Rock recently took ownership of the 30-story office building.
View ArticleBiden to Issue Executive Order on Cryptocurrency
The order is expected to describe what government agencies, including the Treasury Department, need to do to develop policies and regulations on digital currencies.
View ArticleElizabeth Machen, 3 Others Move Up in Simmons Marketing Department
Machen has been promoted to executive vice president, marketing and communications.
View ArticleWilliam McNamara Named CFO of Zenwork
He brings nearly 30 years of experience in the technology and services industries to the role.
View ArticleFormer Attorney Gets 96 Months in Prison For Bank Fraud
Kelli Hogue wrote more than $669,000 in unauthorized checks to herself, authorities say.
View ArticleHCJ Adds Freyaldenhoven (Movers & Shakers)
Spencer Freyaldenhoven has been hired as a manager in the tax department of HCJ CPAs & Advisors in Little Rock.
View ArticleCommercial Real Estate In Arkansas Soars in ’21
Especially robust was the multifamily segment, boosted by a variety of factors ranging from rising inflation, high construction costs for new homes and the continued popularity of regions such as...
View ArticleArkansas Cash Fills Skylines Out of State
Interstate expansion has brought Arkansas banks into new metropolitan markets and taken construction loan opportunities to new heights, both financially and literally.
View ArticleTate, McReynolds, Head Honored at Arkansas Business of the Year Awards
Arkansas Business Publishing Group of Little Rock presents the awards each year to recognize businesses, nonprofits and executives in Arkansas.
View ArticleState Jobless Rate Down to 3.2% in January After December Rate Revised
Eight major industry sectors reported growth, while two sectors lost jobs and another saw no change.
View ArticleVenture Center Reschedules VenCent to August, Announces More Speakers
Keynote speakers now include Arvest Bank’s new transformation executive and executives with ICBA Bancard as well as TCM Bank. Tina Giorgio (keynote), president and CEO of ICBA Bancard; Damon Moorer...
View ArticleBank OZK Names Tim Hicks Next CFO, Cindy Wolfe Next COO
The moves will take effect in July upon the retirement of Greg McKinney, the current CFO.
View ArticleFed Begins Inflation Fight With Key Rate Hike, More to Come
The Fed's projections show that by the end of next year, the policymakers expect their short-term rate to be above "neutral" — the level at which they think the rate neither fuels nor slows economic...
View ArticleElasri Fills Vice Chancellor Slot at UAMS (Movers & Shakers)
Mohamed O. Elasri has been named associate vice chancellor for research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
View ArticlePhillips-Perry to Oversee Academies of Central Arkansas (Movers & Shakers)
April Phillips-Perry of Arvest has been named director of school-based learning initiatives and vice president and will be the project lead for The Academies of Central Arkansas.
View ArticleUrban Density Ticks Upward in Central Arkansas
In 2020, for the second decade in a row, central Arkansas cities slightly grew in urban density, or people per square mile, according to Metroplan, the area’s planning agency.
View ArticleHighlight Reel (Lance Turner Editor's Note)
A few themes emerged at the 34th Arkansas Business of the Year Awards.
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