by - January 16, 2018 8:32 am
Bank of the Ozarks closed out another historic year with record fourth quarter and yearly earnings and a $50 million boost from the GOP’s recent tax reform package, the fast-growing…
by - January 15, 2018 3:44 pm
With a stronger overall economy in 2017 consumers reached for their plastic credit cards more often when holiday shopping than in prior years, according to a recent survey by Magnify…
by - January 15, 2018 3:19 pm
Lower overall taxes for many U.S. consumers and business owners is believed to be a positive for the continued economic growth in 2018, according to Stuart Freeman, co-head of global…
by - January 12, 2018 8:56 am
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis recently announced an appointment to the board of directors for the Little Rock Branch along with two reappointments and the naming of a…
by - January 11, 2018 5:49 pm
America’s Car-Mart will give former CEO Hank Henderson a $1.1 million retirement bonus. Also, the company’s chief financial officer has joined the board of directors for the Federal Reserve Bank…
by - January 10, 2018 8:21 am
The first e-notarization in Arkansas was performed last month in Springdale, a major milestone in the housing finance industry. Waco Title Co. facilitated a 100% electronic closing Dec. 18. Pavaso…
by - January 9, 2018 4:18 pm
Deep subprime lending has tightened in the used car industry, and America’s Car-Mart expects to see customer traffic increase. But the level at which the Bentonville-based buy here, pay here…
by - January 3, 2018 4:14 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services should see intermodal demand rise as import container volumes increase on the West Coast and its rail partner’s volumes surge in the West. In a fourth-quarter…
by - January 3, 2018 8:09 am
Publicly-held banking organization Bank of the Ozarks has announced an annual cash-based incentive bonus plan for hourly employees and certain other employees. Under the terms of the plan, employees of…
by - January 2, 2018 3:28 pm
Sunstar Insurance Group has expanded operations in Arkansas by acquiring the former Town & Country Insurance Agency in Jonesboro from Stephens Insurance. Sunstar is a regional insurance agency headquartered in…
by - January 2, 2018 2:23 pm
The Arkansas Insurance Department reported Tuesday (Jan. 2) a 21% increase in insurance agent licensure in 2017. “This is yet another example to the insurance industry that Arkansas is open…
by - December 22, 2017 10:38 am
Personal income rose 0.3%, or by $54 billion, in November, from the previous month, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income increased 0.4%…
by - December 21, 2017 9:16 am
Although Arkansas saw robust economic expansion and record low unemployment in the first half and third quarter of 2017, personal income growth across the state lagged behind the rest of…
by - December 20, 2017 3:27 pm
Tyson Foods had a record year of profits, while the stars were mostly aligned for most protein manufacturers last year. Tom Hayes, who was named president of the company in…
by - December 19, 2017 4:51 pm
The mobile app-based rental and home owners’ insurance carrier Lemonade of New York City can now do business in Arkansas, according to a statement from Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr….
by - December 19, 2017 12:07 pm
Consumers are spending more this holiday season than they have in years, according to the 2017 Mastercard SpendingPulse report. MasterCard expects U.S. spending to be 5% more than the 2016…
by - December 19, 2017 11:39 am
The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) approved a $2.092 billion operating budget for 2018, a 3% decrease from 2017 and 48% less than the 2010…
by - December 19, 2017 9:11 am
Despite years of battling by the financial industry and a significant change in the way Americans use debit and credit cards, the rate of identity theft soared during 2016 and hit…
by - December 18, 2017 8:34 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Dec. 11 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - December 15, 2017 11:43 am
In an opinion delivered on Dec. 7, the Arkansas Supreme Court determined, for the first time, that pre-dispute contractual waivers of the right to a jury trial are unenforceable under…
