by - January 14, 2014 5:35 pm
The anticipated list of branch closures resulting from Simmons First National’s acquisition of Little Rock-based Metropolitan National bank was made public by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency…
by - October 31, 2013 2:02 pm
Metropolitan National Bank reported third quarter profits of $1.59 million and has pocketed $3.53 million so far this year, according to financial filings with Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. made public…
by - October 7, 2013 9:36 am
The days of building fancy brick and mortar bank branches are quickly fading amid a wider use of technology and mobile banking trends. Last week the nation’s largest financial institution…
by - September 12, 2013 5:44 pm
Simmons First National CEO George Makris said the $53.6 million bid for Metropolitan National Bank was grounded in thorough due diligence conducted by 10 of its veteran loan specialists who…
by - September 9, 2013 6:56 pm
Metropolitan National Bank will soon be acquired by Simmons First National, as the Pine Bluff-based financial institution was the last bidder standing during Monday’s (Sept. 9) court-sanctioned auction held in…
by - September 9, 2013 12:58 pm
The winning bidder for ownership of Metropolitan National Bank — either Ford Financial Fund II, Arvest or Simmons First National Bank — will pick up millions in real estate for…
by - September 6, 2013 3:20 pm
Banking consultants said Arvest and Simmons First National Bank have plenty to gain if they were to walk away with 100% ownership of Metropolitan National Bank next week when the…
by - September 5, 2013 4:57 pm
In a surprise move, Bentonville-based Arvest Bank and Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Corp. submitted bids to acquire Little Rock-based Metropolitan National Bank, whose parent company, Rogers Bancshares, Inc., is…
by - August 7, 2013 12:50 am
Bankruptcy Judge James Mixon is accepting bids for the sale of Metropolitan National Bank from its insolvent holding company, Rogers Bancshares. The stalking horse bidder, Ford Financial, proposed to the…
by - July 10, 2013 4:51 pm
Rogers Bancshares owns 99.75% of Metropolitan Bank, a financial institution that has recorded losses in excess of $98 million since 2009. But it turns out the bank’s ownership is in…
by - July 5, 2013 5:55 pm
Texas billionaire Gerald J. Ford plans to purchase the majority ownership in Little Rock-based Metropolitan National Bank, according to a bank announcement late Friday (July 5). CEO Lunsford Bridges said…
by - October 30, 2012 7:48 pm
It’s been a long haul for Little Rock-based Metropolitan National Bank since it began bleeding losses just two years after it invested more than $30 million in Northwest Arkansas infrastructure….
by - July 27, 2012 5:54 pm
Privately-held Little Rock-based Metropolitan National Bank reported a $423,000 second quarter loss for the period ending June 30, 2012. The bank said it posted a $273,000 profit one year ago….
by - May 2, 2012 10:31 pm
On April 11, Metropolitan National Bank called a press conference in Little Rock to say the bank was making progress at improving its balance sheet and its Formal Agreement signed…
by - April 11, 2012 5:56 pm
Metropolitan National Bank reported a first quarter 2012 loss of $1.04 million, while making enough progress with regulators to warrant a change in supervisory authority. The Little Rock-based bank —…
