Forbes List of Richest People for 2015 Includes 10 with Arkansas Ties
The 2015 Forbes 400 list of the country's richest people includes 10 with close Arkansas ties and one Arkansan in the top 10. The list once again is led by Microsoft's Bill Gates. Forbes estimates his...
View ArticleMark McFatridge Named CEO of Bear State Financial
Bear State Financial Inc. of Little Rock on Thursday announced that Mark McFatridge had been appointed CEO and director of both Bear State Financial and Bear State Bank effective immediately....
View ArticleHome BancShares Completes $101.6M Deal for Florida Bank Company
Home BancShares Inc. of Conway, the parent company of Centennial Bank, said Thursday that it had completed a $101.6 million deal to buy Florida Business BancGroup Inc., the parent company of Bay Cities...
View ArticleOne Bank Announces Settlement Over 'Scooter' Stuart Money
One Bank & Trust of Little Rock on Thursday announced the settlement of an $18 million lawsuit over assets seized from entities connected with the late Layton "Scooter" Stuart, its former chairman,...
View ArticleSimmons First National Bank Names New VP
Rosalind M. Mouser of Pine Bluff has joined Simmons First National Bank as senior vice president and deputy general counsel. Mouser will manage litigation for Simmons in all its markets in Arkansas,...
View ArticleReport Shows Northwest Arkansas Competing Well With Bigger Cities
Northwest Arkansas is running with a new crowd, and initial results show the region performing well. When the Northwest Arkansas Council developed a new strategic plan for the region this past year,...
View ArticleNLR Warehouse Draws $2.9 Million Transaction (Real Deals)
A 57,705-SF warehouse in North Little Rock tipped the scales at $2.91 million.MEBFI North Hills LLC, led by George Dunklin Jr., and Lighthouse Investments LLC, led by Edward Dickey, bought the project...
View ArticleJennifer Joyner Joins Signature Bank in Bentonville (Movers & Shakers)
Jennifer Joyner has joined Signature Bank of Arkansas in Bentonville as a mortgage banker. She was previously a business development representative for Waco Title Co. Matt Kendall has been promoted to...
View ArticleSettlement Will Boost One Bank's Capital
A financial decision that Layton “Scooter” Stuart made in the weeks preceding his death in March 2013 is breathing fiscal life into Little Rock’s One Bank & Trust. The de facto capital injection is...
View ArticleArvest Names Greg Stanfill Director of Community Banks
Arvest Bank on Thursday named Greg Stanfill director of Community Banks for Arvest Bank in Benton County. Stanfill will continue in his previous position as the community executive for Rogers and...
View ArticleUnited Federal Credit Union Names Sean Yaffe Associate Director (Movers &...
Sean Yaffe, vice president and regional operations manager of The Yaffe Cos. Inc., has been named an associate director of United Federal Credit Union, which has branches in western Arkansas. The newly...
View ArticleColin Gorman Named Managing Partner at EGP (Movers & Shakers)
Colin Gorman has been named managing partner at EGP PLLC Certified Public Accountants & Consultants of North Little Rock. Lindsey Baker has been named partner in charge of audit, and Jeff Crone is...
View ArticleCensus Says Arkansas Household Income Stagnates
Real median household income in Arkansas was $41,262 in 2014, rising by 0.2 percent compared with 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau, however, does not consider the rise...
View ArticleAngelica Rogers Hit With $15.6M Consent Judgment
Did you know that First Arkansas Bank & Trust of Jacksonville obtained a $15.6 million consent judgment against Angelica Rogers? The Oct. 7 order in Pulaski County Circuit Court includes daily...
View ArticleBank of Fayetteville Sale Registers 1.34x Book
$42.3 million, all cash. That’s the payday on the way for investors in Bankshares of Fayetteville Inc., holding company of the $358 million-asset Bank of Fayetteville. Announced in July, the...
View ArticleBank of the Ozarks 3Q Profit Up 44 Percent
Bank of the Ozarks Inc. of Little Rock on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $46.1 million, up 44 percent from the same quarter last year. Diluted earnings per share were 52 cents, up 30...
View ArticleArkansas Business Hall of Fame to Induct 4
Four Arkansas business leaders have been named to the 2016 class of inductees for the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. The Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and the...
View ArticleUpdate: Citizens Bank of Batesville To Acquire Parkway Bank of Rogers
Citizens Bank, the expansion-minded Batesville bank that opened a full-service branch in Fayetteville earlier this year, announced late Wednesday afternoon that it will buy Parkway Bank of Rogers...
View ArticleHome BancShares 3Q Profit Up 31 Percent to $36M
Home BancShares Inc. of Conway on Thursday reported third-quarter profit of $35.7 million, up 30.6 percent from the same quarter last year. Home BancShares (Nasdaq: HOMB), the parent company of...
View ArticleRichard Mays Disputes Property Valuation as Tech Park Considers Eminent Domain
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority Board is eyeing the last piece of the park's Phase 1 puzzle and is prepared to claim eminent domain to put it into place. The board voted unanimously Wednesday...
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