by - January 27, 2022 3:19 pm
Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Corp. on Thursday (Jan. 27) reported full year net income of $271.2 million, up 6.4% from the $254.9 million in 2020. The $2.46 earnings per…
by - January 27, 2022 2:31 pm
According to Arkansas’ top bank official, the banking industry managed the past year effectively despite persistent concerns and uncertainty related to the pandemic. “It certainly felt that way by mid-year,…
by - January 27, 2022 10:21 am
A group of community organizations is paying off more than $35 million in medical debt for 23,896 Arkansans in all 75 counties. It’s also making recommendations to prevent medical debt…
by - January 27, 2022 9:33 am
Huntsville-based nonprofit FORGE Inc. looks to expand lending and business services for entrepreneurs and small businesses, especially those owned by minorities and women. FORGE, an acronym for Financing Ozark Rural…
by - January 26, 2022 4:44 pm
A lengthy arbitration ruling involving Little Rock-based Stephens Inc. and several former employees who left for Jonesboro-based Benjamin F. Edwards and Co. has been resolved with a $18.17 million award…
by - January 26, 2022 2:02 pm
The finance department of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas recently launched an initiative that’s expected to accelerate impact investing in Arkansas. Cash Acrey,…
by - January 26, 2022 7:47 am
Kaley Tucker has been named as a new shareholder partner in Kelley Commercial Partners, a Little Rock-based commercial real estate firm. She joins existing partners Hank Kelley, Daryl Peeples, Maggie…
by - January 25, 2022 7:51 am
The Arkansas Securities Department and financial regulatory agencies from 42 states reached settlements with 441 mortgage loan originators nationwide, the state agency announced Monday (Jan. 24). According to ASD, the…
by - January 24, 2022 2:00 pm
Microloan nonprofit Kiva reached a significant milestone earlier this month in Northwest Arkansas. With its 58th fully funded loan, Kiva Northwest Arkansas surpassed $500,000 in crowdfunded loans since launching in…
by - January 24, 2022 9:52 am
Susan Blair, who has a 40-year career in bank marketing and communications, has joined DD&F Consulting Group in Little Rock as a principal of the firm, the company announced Monday…
by - January 24, 2022 9:47 am
Longtime Arkansas Capital Corp. executive Sam Walls III has been named CEO of the financial nonprofit effective Jan. 1, 2022. Walls has worked as Arkansas Capital’s president and COO since…
by - January 23, 2022 9:57 am
Joint Budget Committee co-chair Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, wants to see a reduction in spending growth in state government, and he is expecting a special session after the fiscal session…
by - January 23, 2022 9:47 am
The path to Small Business Administration (SBA) lending for First Security Bank’s Itzel Meador has been a long and winding road — and a promising career journey, too. The Dallas…
by - January 22, 2022 11:22 am
State Rep. Mark Lowery, R-Maumelle, said Friday (Jan. 21) he would leave the Secretary of State’s race and would instead seek the Republican nomination for Treasurer of State. Sen. Mat…
by - January 20, 2022 3:40 pm
Little Rock-based Bank OZK on Thursday (Jan. 20) reported higher net income for the quarter and the year as its real estate services group (RESG) performed extremely well in multiple…
by - January 20, 2022 1:37 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced Thursday (Jan. 20) it will give a 40-cents per share cash dividend on Feb. 18 to shareholders of record as of Feb….
by - January 20, 2022 8:00 am
A solid fourth quarter capped a record year for Home Bancshares, parent company to Centennial Bank, and with its pending entry into the Texas market, the future looks bright. The…
by - January 15, 2022 10:31 am
Missouri-based Sterling Bank, a $1.37 billion-asset lender based in Poplar Bluff, has started construction of its second banking office in Northwest Arkansas. Sterling is building a full-service branch at the…
by - January 12, 2022 1:11 pm
Jonesboro’s record-shattering sales and use tax collections pace will eventually subside, but for nearly a decade Northeast Arkansas’s largest city has set a new record each year. This last year…
by - January 12, 2022 9:51 am
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) in partnership with The Venture Center, and the state of Arkansas officially unveiled its fourth annual ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator cohort during a virtual…
