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Arkansas had an 8.87% decline in foreclosure activity in November compared with November 2023, just below the national decline of 9%, according to Irvine, Calif.-based ATTOM. Most Arkansas metro areas…
by - December 9, 2024 10:46 am
Allyson Twiggs Dyer is good at saying no. She adheres to Warren Buffett’s mantra, “the difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no…
by - December 5, 2024 11:13 am
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. posted a revenue decrease but a profit in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 as vehicle sales declined and the average sales price rose. Earnings and…
by - December 5, 2024 9:56 am
Arkansas natives Edward Prewitt, Max Mahler, and Mark Gilbert recently founded a new financial advisory practice, 1828 Capital & Partners, marking their departure from Wells Fargo Advisors. The new firm,…
by - December 4, 2024 5:16 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a plan Tuesday (Dec. 3) to pass along credit card fees to citizens. The city uses PayIt as a third party to process…
by - December 2, 2024 5:06 pm
President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday (Dec. 2) that he will nominate Warren Stephens, chair, president and CEO of Little Rock-based Stephens Inc., as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom….
by - November 25, 2024 4:08 pm
Longtime Arvest Bank executive Don Walker has died. He was regional executive when he retired from the Fayetteville-chartered bank in January 2020. The banker was first hired into banking by…
by - November 25, 2024 12:56 pm
The Federal Reserve has lowered the federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage points in its past two meetings and signaled that another 0.25 percentage point cut may happen before year-end….
by - November 21, 2024 7:57 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders proposed Thursday (Nov. 21) a balanced state budget that included new money for a state employee pay plan, more funding for her LEARNS Act voucher program, an…
by - November 15, 2024 7:55 am
Simmons First National Corp. announced this week that Robert “Bob” Fehlman will step down as CEO and former CEO George Makris, the current executive chairman, will assume CEO duties effective…
by - November 11, 2024 9:00 am
With more military veterans buying homes in the Fort Smith area, builders, remodelers and real estate agents need to know more about Veteran Administration (VA) loans and how they can…
by - November 7, 2024 5:57 pm
Moses Tucker Partners, a commercial brokerage, development, and property management firm based in Little Rock with a branch office in Bentonville, and multi-state firm Equity Partnership Holdings (EPH) announced Thursday…
by - November 6, 2024 12:11 pm
First National Bank of NWA will establish its third Rogers branch at 303 S. Arkansas St. The more than 5,500-square-foot full-service branch will be built at the southeast corner of…
by - October 21, 2024 10:53 am
Fayetteville-based Greenwood Gearhart Inc., the largest locally owned independent wealth management firm in Northwest Arkansas, has merged with Boston Mountain Money Management. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed….
by - October 20, 2024 11:11 am
Adjusted third-quarter net income at Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Corp. was $46 million, below the $47.247 million in the same quarter of 2023. Adjusted earnings per share of 37…
by - October 17, 2024 9:34 pm
Little Rock-based Bank OZK on Thursday (Oct. 17) posted third-quarter net income of $177.147 million, up 4.4% compared with the same period in 2023. Earnings per share of $1.55 was…
by - October 16, 2024 4:47 pm
Conway-based Home BancShares posted third-quarter net income and revenue gains despite assets tied to more than $1 billion in loans being damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Helene, the bank holding…
by - October 13, 2024 9:20 am
Financial security is increasingly top-of-mind for those in the workforce, and employers are recognizing the importance of providing robust retirement plans. Offering a 401(k) is a commendable start, but it…
by - October 11, 2024 9:33 am
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. has completed a $300 million term securitization transaction, the company announced Friday (Oct. 11). The company previously completed a $250 million securitization transaction in January. According…
by - October 10, 2024 8:16 pm
Arkansas Federal Credit Union has opened a new location in Jonesboro, its first location in Northeast Arkansas. It is the 22nd overall branch in Arkansas for Arkansas Federal Credit Union….
