by - July 5, 2018 9:35 am
Conway-based Home BancShares, parent company of Centennial Bank, announced Thursday (July 5) the appointment of former Stonegate Bank CEO Dave Seleski to the bank’s board of directors. Home BancShares acquired…
by - July 3, 2018 2:45 pm
Arkansas ended fiscal year 2018 with a tidy surplus of nearly $42 million as moderate growth from sales tax collections and strong payroll additions to the state’s brimming labor force…
by - July 2, 2018 2:16 pm
A 90-room hotel near the intersection of Interstate 49 and Highway 72 in Bentonville is under new ownership after an $11 million sale. The purchase price equals $122,222 per unit….
by - July 2, 2018 10:10 am
Conway-based Home BancShares has bought Shore Premier Finance in a cash and stock deal valued at over $400 million. SPF provides financing for high-end sail and power boats, and has…
by - June 27, 2018 4:51 pm
Four Arkansas banks were among the 113 financial institutions that were recipients of $22.8 million in federal awards handed out by the U.S. Treasury Department Wednesday (June 27) to invest…
by - June 26, 2018 6:49 pm
Sales and use tax receipt collections in Jonesboro and Craighead County continue to rebound after falling behind earlier this year. The city has collected $8.988 million in sales and use…
by - June 25, 2018 11:04 am
Arvest Bank has promoted Mike Willard to president and CEO of its North Central Arkansas/West Plains, Missouri bank market. Willard currently is the president and CEO of the bank’s Prairie…
by - June 25, 2018 10:44 am
2018 is a year of milestones for Springdale businessman Don Pitts. Pitts, who will turn 80 in December, is the chairman of Springdale-based United Holding Co., the family owned entity…
by - June 19, 2018 1:17 pm
The Producer Price Index for final demand rose 3.1% in May, from the same month in 2017, and the rise was the largest since a 3.1% increase in January 2012,…
by - June 18, 2018 2:00 pm
Arvest Bank has moved one step closer to building its new banking center in the Pinnacle Hills area of Rogers. In a 5-0 vote on June 5, the Rogers Planning…
by - June 18, 2018 7:49 am
Publicly held Bank of the Ozarks of Little Rock, the state’s largest lender, has named Tom Mays as president of its South Arkansas division. He will be responsible for the…
by - June 14, 2018 11:28 am
The Federal Open Market Committee increased the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to between 1.75% and 2%. The committee met June 12-13, and the…
by - June 12, 2018 3:19 pm
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.2% in May on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.2% in April. On Tuesday (June 12), the Bureau of…
by - June 10, 2018 6:54 pm
As U.S. corporations and businesses reap benefits from the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 in December, state and national nonprofits across Arkansas are still trying…
by - June 7, 2018 3:40 pm
FBT Bank & Mortgage (FBT) has added to its banking team in Jefferson County with the hiring of Joni Alexander, Ricky Ferguson and Shannon Robinson. Alexander will direct outreach efforts…
by - June 7, 2018 11:23 am
Jad Malek, who spent 16 years with Wells Fargo Bank, most recently as regional banking area president for Utah, has been named vice president of retail operations for Arkansas Federal…
by - June 7, 2018 9:27 am
Little Rock-based startup LumoXchange, one of the first tenants of the city’s Technology Park and an initial graduate of the Venture Center’s FinTech Accelerator program, laid claim Wednesday (June 6)…
by - June 5, 2018 11:59 am
Jelena McWilliams has been sworn in as the 21st chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC). McWilliams was sworn in Tuesday (June 5) and succeeds Martin Gruenberg, who served…
by - June 4, 2018 3:40 pm
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a tool that allows one to compare how much state and local governments spend on things like education, health and welfare, transportation and administration….
by - June 4, 2018 1:58 pm
Fintech startup Bucket Technologies will begin testing its digital piggy bank technology starting in June in Northwest Arkansas. The company is headquartered in California, but also has a satellite headquarters…
