MFB CEO Ashton Adcock Counts Blessings in Saline County
Ashton Adcock, chairman & CEO of Merchants & Farmers Bank of Dumas, has led an expansion into the cities of Benton and Bryant.
View ArticleSouthern Bancorp Paying $28M Cash for Premier Bank
The addition of the $227.4 million-asset bank, which operates full-service offices in Craighead and Crittenden counties, will enlarge Southern Bancorp’s footprint to 16 Arkansas counties.
View ArticleAlways Be Interviewing (Lance Turner Editor's Note)
It’s more important than ever to cultivate a strong pipeline of prospective employees — perhaps as important as tending to that pipeline of business.
View ArticleLess Than 50% of Baby Boomers Use Digital Banking
Unsurprisingly perhaps, younger generations are more likely to use digital banking in the United States.
View ArticleReady for Change, Arvest Seeks Digital Makeover
Arvest Bank’s hiring last year of a former Google executive signaled the start of a digital transformation.
View ArticleArkansas Banks Find Currency in Diversity
For Adam Arroyos, opening a Latino-focused bank in northwest Arkansas is more than just adding another bank branch.
View ArticleWhat’s Neo? A Digital Banking Trend
Neobanks offer digital and nontraditional banking services through an app or platform, with no physical branches.
View ArticleNeobanking: Abaca Reads Smoke Signals
Here's how central Arkansas was an incubator at the beginning of marijuana fintech.
View ArticleArkansas Eyes Upon Texas Lending
The Lone Star State beckons with bountiful markets, bank opportunities galore.
View ArticleArvest No. 1 Bank by Assets, But List is Shuffling
A near 10% increase in assets helped push Arvest to the top of Arkansas Business’ annual list of the state’s biggest banks, but more changes are in store as the runners-up prepare to close significant...
View ArticleTacos for Life Property Sold for $4.5M
This week’s serving of million-dollar real estate transactions features a mix of commercial and residential offerings.
View ArticleSrygley Learns $1M Lesson from Lobbyist
Robert Srygley doesn’t think he’ll ever get paid on the $1 million judgment recently received against his former longtime friend.
View ArticleArkansas Business Announces 2022 40 Under 40 Honorees
They are the state's rising leaders — people you need to know when doing business in Arkansas.
View ArticleSmall Businesses in Need of a Loan Find Banks Are Stingy
About 85% experienced financial difficulties in 2021, up nearly 20 percentage points from 2019.
View ArticleFranklin McLarty's MDH Cancels Merger With Olive.com
The special purpose acquisition company announced the deal with Olive in July.
View ArticleBoyd Joins Farmers Bank & Trust (Movers & Shakers)
Mike Boyd has been hired as general counsel and executive vice president of Farmers Bank & Trust of Magnolia.
View ArticleStudent Loan Debt Reaches $1.75 Trillion in 2021
Student loan debt in the United States reached $1.75 trillion in 2021, according to educationdata.org, a nonprofit provider of education statistics.
View ArticleA New Route to Wall Street (Lance Turner Editor's Note)
Many of us hadn’t heard of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, until last year, when they were suddenly everywhere.
View ArticleFarmer Ordered to Pay Fees in Stone Bank Case
A Boone County farmer and his lawyers failed to comply with a discovery order in his federal lawsuit against Stone Bank and therefore must pay the bank’s attorneys fees incurred as a result of their...
View ArticleSimmons First Completes Acquisition of Spirit of Texas
The $581 million deal gives Simmons $28 billion in assets, enough to surpass Arvest as the state's largest bank.
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