by - December 12, 2019 2:39 pm
Simmons Bank has promoted Greg Martin to executive vice president and division president for its Northwest Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma markets. The decision comes as the bank’s parent company, Simmons…
by - December 11, 2019 5:31 pm
Bank OZK will invest in the construction of a solar power plant which will provide enough renewable energy to power its new corporate headquarters and up to 40 other Arkansas…
by - December 9, 2019 9:10 am
The chief executive of Arvest Bank’s largest market is moving up the company’s leadership chain. Craig Rivaldo, president and CEO of Arvest Benton County since May 2014, is set to…
by - December 5, 2019 11:18 am
Craighead County and its seat, Jonesboro, have been on a historical sales tax collection run during the last decade, and both are poised to set all-time collection numbers as 2019…
by - December 3, 2019 3:48 pm
Year-to-date gross general tax revenue (July-November) totaled $2.763 billion, up 3.9% from the same period in 2018, with a healthy gain in sales tax revenue and payday timing helping boost…
by - December 1, 2019 9:19 am
With the holiday shopping season off and running, it’s a little too early to predict if total sales will surpass last year or expectations. Economist Mervin Jebaraj says there are…
by - November 25, 2019 2:57 pm
Change is confusing. It can be destructive and constructive, frustrating and liberating, at the same time. What’s certain is there’s no growth without change; and without growth, there is no…
by - November 20, 2019 4:55 pm
FNBC Bank, a $520-million asset community bank headquartered in Ash Flat, has announced it will break ground on a new commercial banking center in Jonesboro in 2020. The bank bought…
by - November 19, 2019 7:34 pm
John Furner, Walmart U.S. CEO, and Judith McKenna, CEO of Walmart International, executed sell orders for part of their direct Walmart shareholdings in recent days, according to filings with the…
by - November 15, 2019 12:56 pm
Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) Secretary Larry Walther announced Friday (Nov. 15) that former State Rep. Charlie Collins will join DFA as Commissioner of Revenue. Collins joins DFA…
by - November 10, 2019 3:04 pm
BSR Real Estate Investment Trust sold nine noncore assets, comprising 1,423 apartment units, as part of what it calls its “portfolio enhancement and capital recycling strategy.” The sale of the…
by - November 8, 2019 1:32 pm
Generations Bank announced the hiring Friday (Nov. 8) of Luke Colley as its market president for Bentonville and Rogers. Colley will serve as the leader in both markets. The bank’s…
by - November 7, 2019 4:49 pm
Conway-based Home BancShares, Inc., parent company of Centennial Bank, announced Thursday (Nov. 7) that Jack Engelkes, Director of Home BancShares, has been named as Vice-Chairman of Home BancShares and Tracy…
by - November 7, 2019 9:53 am
Craig Rivaldo, president of Arvest Bank’s Benton County market, says the company’s new 25,000-square-foot banking center on Pauline Whitaker Parkway in Rogers will have a soft opening Tuesday (Nov. 12)….
by - November 5, 2019 6:04 pm
Little Rock-based BSR Real Estate Investment Trust has continued its Texas-sized shopping spree with the recent acquisition of two large apartment complexes in two fast-growing suburban communities in the Houston…
by - November 5, 2019 2:39 pm
Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS), the Fortune 500 financial services technology giant whose Arkansas ties go back more than four decades, has unveiled plans to begin construction on a…
by - November 4, 2019 5:54 pm
Transportation industry analysts with Stephens Inc. remain positive about Fort Smith-based ArcBest even as the company reported lower than expected third quarter earnings, and even with reports of a tough…
by - November 4, 2019 7:59 am
Calling it a “merger of equals,” First Horizon National Corp. of Memphis and Lafayette, La.-based Iberiabank Corp. announced an all-stock deal valued at $9 billion ahead of Monday’s (Nov. 4)…
by - November 3, 2019 5:21 pm
The Arkansas 529 Education Savings Plan, administered by Treasurer of State Dennis Milligan’s office, allows parents and grandparents to save money for college, vocational school and even public and private…
by - November 1, 2019 1:25 pm
A new report shows Arkansas had 717 homes enter some stage of the foreclosure process during the third quarter of 2019, a drop of 23.3% from the same three-month period…
