by - October 23, 2018 9:07 am
Little Rock-based Sunstar Insurance of Arkansas has opened an office in Rogers at 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 410. The Northwest Arkansas office will be led by Fred B. Stone,…
by - October 22, 2018 7:51 pm
Simmons First National Corp. kept its streak of record quarterly profits in 2018 by nearly doubling its earnings from a year ago as the Pine Bluff-based banking group rests from…
by - October 22, 2018 1:45 pm
The Arkansas Bankers Association (ABA) board of directors has unanimously chosen Lorrie Trogden as its new president and CEO. The hiring took effect Oct. 16. She is the ABA’s ninth…
by - October 18, 2018 6:27 pm
Third quarter results for the Arkansas bank formerly known as Bank of the Ozarks fell well short of Wall Street expectations as the regional banking group incurred charge-offs at commercial…
by - October 18, 2018 10:31 am
Home Bancshares Inc. posted a record quarterly profit of $80.3 million as the Conway-based regional banking group continued to benefit from loan growth across the company’s expanding Southeast U.S. footprint….
by - October 17, 2018 5:27 pm
Walmart scored well with Wall Street analysts this week, hosting them in Bentonville for the company’s annual investor conference, a tradition that dates back to the early 1970’s after the…
by - October 17, 2018 3:20 pm
Donald Guinn is president and CEO of Paragould-based First National Bank. The Northeast Arkansas bank was founded in 1889 as the Bank of Paragould and has expanded in recent years…
by - October 15, 2018 12:23 pm
President Donald Trump recently used Twitter to praise a business leader’s desire to reduce the number of times public companies must issue financial reports, from quarterly to twice annually, and…
by - October 11, 2018 6:41 pm
A recent report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) shows a slowdown in the pace of deposit growth among banks in Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith metro. The…
by - October 11, 2018 4:09 pm
Walmart announced Thursday (Oct. 11) a new partnership with PayPal to offer cash-in and cash-out money services at its stores across the U.S. The fee for the service is $3….
by - October 10, 2018 10:09 am
About 93% of financial planning specialists consider stronger client relationships a significant benefit of financial planning, according to Cerulli Associates, a global research and consulting company. Planning leads to deeper…
by - October 9, 2018 6:27 am
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Jelena McWilliams announced a new, agency-wide transparency initiative as the Trump administration is taking steps to strengthen ties with other federal regulators, the public…
by - October 1, 2018 3:21 pm
Tyson Foods recently secured $1 billion in senior unsecured notes offered to the investment community and rated investment grade — Baa2 by Moody’s or BBB by Standard & Poor’s. The…
by - September 27, 2018 1:43 pm
In the second quarter of 2018, the average return on assets (ROA) for Arkansas banks was 1.64%, ranking the state’s lenders as the top performers among the seven states that…
by - September 20, 2018 2:15 pm
In April, eight months after the deal was announced, Arvest Bank completed its all-cash purchase — for $391 million — of Bear State Financial Inc., the publicly traded parent company…
by - September 19, 2018 11:36 am
Real average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased 0.2% in August, from the same month in 2017, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The change…
by - September 18, 2018 6:45 am
A statewide coalition of financial institutions, large corporations and community nonprofits are pooling their resources to launch a new banking option for undeserved Arkansans. Bank On Arkansas+, a special project…
by - September 10, 2018 2:31 pm
The Fayetteville office of financial services firm Raymond James & Associates Inc. has relocated a few miles south to a downtown address. Coleman Ward, who oversees Raymond James offices in…
by - September 9, 2018 9:15 pm
U.S. Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon knows how the power of positive thought can translate into business success. When she and her husband Vince McMahon were building their wrestling entertainment…
by - September 6, 2018 10:55 am
Longtime banker Mary Beth Brooks is the new director of the University of Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC). “I am thrilled to be working with partners around…
