by - December 19, 2024 2:01 pm
Arvest Bank recently acquired the naming rights to the 32-floor Bank of America Center building at 15 W. Sixth St. in downtown Tulsa. After a renovation project, Arvest Wealth Management…
by - November 27, 2017 10:28 am
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank ranked as the top provider of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) loans in Arkansas during the federal fiscal year 2017. Arvest Bank, with 117 branches throughout…
by - October 3, 2017 7:36 pm
Fayetteville-based Arvest Bank retained the largest market share of deposits in Arkansas with $8.452 billion as of June 30, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. annual report released Tuesday….
by - August 22, 2017 10:32 am
Fayetteville-based Arvest Bank is acquiring Little Rock-based Bear State Bank in a deal valued at $391 million that is expected to close no later than the first quarter of 2018,…
by - November 22, 2016 10:34 am
Optimistic attitudes among consumers buying on credit helped to fuel more large household purchases for Arkansas residents in the past six months, according to the final report from the Fall…
by - October 11, 2016 10:22 am
Lower employment, job gains and positive growth among most of Arkansas’ metro areas this year has pushed consumer confidence to its highest level in two years, according to the recent…
by - June 28, 2016 8:18 am
Consumers in Arkansas are feeling more confident about the macro economy and that could fuel higher spending in the back half of the year, according to the third release of…
by - September 24, 2015 5:59 pm
Arvest Bank Senior Vice President Les Smith, has been promoted to loan manager for the Fort Smith and River Valley Region. Smith has been with Arvest since 1999 and has…
by - August 20, 2015 3:44 pm
Arvest Bank of Fort Smith/River Valley Region, will be partnering with Community Services Clearinghouse, River Valley Regional Food Bank, and River Valley Food 4 Kids for the 1 Million Meals…
by - April 30, 2015 3:01 pm
Arvest Bank once again received the highest ranking among its peers in both the South Central and Southwest Regions in the J.D. Power 2015 Retail Banking Satisfaction Study. This marks…
by - April 2, 2015 4:59 pm
The Northwest Arkansas housing sector continues its economic expansion at a steady and sustainable pace, according to the Arvest Bank sponsored Skyline Report that examined data from the second half…
by - January 6, 2015 9:54 pm
Arvest Bank has expanded the territories of Andy Smith and Asa Cottrell. Smith is the regional investment officer for Arvest Asset Management in the Fort Smith, River Valley and Eastern…
by - September 9, 2014 12:25 am
Signature Bank, one of the last holdouts in filing suit against H. Dennis Smiley Jr., made its claims public late last week filing suit in Washington County Circuit Court. The…
by - September 4, 2014 8:52 pm
Food insecurity is a problem that has only grown in severity since the financial crisis of 2008, according to a local food bank executive. Arvest Bank is teaming up with…
by - August 19, 2014 12:09 pm
Don Foster has joined Arvest Bank in Berryville as a community lender. Foster joins Arvest Bank after 25 years with Tyson Foods and is the owner and operator of a…
by - August 10, 2014 8:40 pm
Arvest had plenty of reasons to settle claims with 18 of 20 banks who were owed money by former Arvest group president Dennis Smiley. The Fayetteville-based Arvest Bank reached private…
by - June 25, 2014 11:43 am
Bicycling helps keep him fit and trim, but on the June afternoon of the interview Rodney Shepard appeared tired, possibly a result of trying to meet directly with the hundreds…
by - May 14, 2014 4:58 pm
Arvest Bank has named Eric Buster as a community lender in the bank’s Gravette branch. Buster has worked for Arvest Bank for the past two years. He began in Arvest’s…
by - May 13, 2014 10:54 am
Arvest Bank will host a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on a new branch location in Gentry. The new branch site is located at at 320 East…
by - May 7, 2014 1:27 pm
Consumer sentiment is a strong factor in economic performance given that household purchases comprise about 70% of the nation’s gross domestic product. National polls like the Thomson/Reuters Michigan Sentiment Survey…
