by - October 6, 2019 5:14 pm
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC of Dallas announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Drennan Insurance Marketing, Inc., an insurance marketing organization headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. As…
by - October 3, 2019 9:00 am
As U.S. national and regional banks are increasingly closing local branches and pushing consumers toward online options, a new study shows that overdraft and ATM fees this year have reached…
by - October 2, 2019 8:29 pm
The FORGE Community Loan Fund announced Wednesday (Oct. 2) that it awarded $2.8 million in microloans to underserved small businesses in Arkansas in fiscal 2018, a robust 158% increase from…
by - October 2, 2019 3:43 pm
Three months into fiscal 2020, Arkansas budget coffers were overflowing in September as individual and corporate income tax collections pushed revenues available for state government use well above expectations. The…
by - October 2, 2019 9:40 am
America’s Car-Mart Inc. has entered a third amended and restated loan and security agreement with a group of lenders effective Sept. 30. The Bentonville-based buy here, pay here used car…
by - September 30, 2019 2:00 pm
Lowell-based financial services agency Central Research Inc. (CRI) said Monday (Sept. 30) it’s planning to build a new headquarters near Interstate 49 in Lowell. The company plans to combine its Lowell…
by - September 27, 2019 1:59 pm
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing banks to provide services to businesses in the country’s legal marijuana industry. Two of Arkansas’ four Congressmen voted for the…
by - September 27, 2019 10:43 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Sept. 16 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - September 25, 2019 3:13 pm
Little Rock-based Encore Bank (formerly The Capital Bank) has recruited Chris Howe to lead the lender’s expansion in Northwest Arkansas. Howe, a member of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2018…
by - September 24, 2019 10:55 am
The number of foreclosure starts in the United States fell 7.7% to 36,200 in August, from July, and was the fewest since December 2000, according to new mortgage data. Meanwhile,…
by - September 23, 2019 3:04 pm
BancorpSouth on Monday (Sept. 23) continued its acquisition spree with the signing of a definitive merger agreement with Texas First Bancshares Inc., expanding the Tupelo, Miss.-based regional banking group’s presence…
by - September 22, 2019 10:31 am
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund handed out $25.2 million in awards to 113 banks across the U.S., including nearly $1.5 million to six Arkansas banks to…
by - September 21, 2019 12:05 pm
Simmons First National Corp. continued to bulk up its executive bench with the appointment of Robert A. “Bob” Fehlman as chief operating officer of the fast-growing Pine Bluff-based regional banking…
by - September 17, 2019 4:49 pm
Halsey Thrasher Harpole Real Estate Group recently announced the sale of the Caraway Plaza Shopping Center in Jonesboro. At $19 million dollars, it is believed to be the second-highest single…
by - September 17, 2019 2:01 pm
Triangle Insurance Co., with headquarters in Enid, Okla., has completed a real estate purchase in Little Rock that will result in a new headquarters for its Arkansas operations. Colliers International…
by - September 17, 2019 10:19 am
Pine Bluff-based Simmons Bank announced several promotions and key new hires in its central Arkansas and statewide operations. Matt Reddin was named executive vice president and chief banking officer; Paul…
by - September 12, 2019 3:34 pm
Michael Hallmark has been named Executive Vice President and Regional President for Northeast Arkansas for Encore Bank of Little Rock. Hallmark, a native of Pocahontas, has an extensive 17-year banking…
by - September 11, 2019 9:32 am
Northeast Arkansas Federal Credit Union will change its name and new brand strategy as part of an on-going focus in Northeast Arkansas and the Southeast Missouri region. NEAFCU is now…
by - September 10, 2019 5:16 pm
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott and a host of business, government and community leaders on Tuesday (Sept. 10) got a taste of how one out of every four Arkansans struggle…
by - September 10, 2019 2:22 pm
Don Pitts, chairman of Springdale-based United Holding Co., the family owned entity that owns United Bank and United Built Homes (UBH), has died from cancer. He was 80. Pitts died…
