by - April 17, 2026 8:30 am
Simmons First National Corp., parent company of Simmons Bank, posted higher first quarter income and profits from a year ago as the Pine Bluff-based financial giant saw loan growth and…
by - January 24, 2024 2:16 pm
Simmons First National Corp., parent company of Simmons Bank, saw its fourth quarter and full year profits slide in an earnings report released Wednesday (Jan. 24). The Pine Bluff-based financial…
by - December 19, 2022 4:10 pm
Simmons First National Bank Corp., the Pine Bluff-based parent company of Simmons Bank, announced its CEO George Makris would move to a new role in the financial institution. That move…
by - October 25, 2022 7:50 am
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected for an error in comparison of third quarter financial information to year-ago figures. Simmons First National Corp. reported higher revenue and flat net…
by - January 23, 2017 6:17 pm
Simmons First National Bank on Monday (Jan. 23) announced its third out-of-state acquisition in less than three months, entering into a $462 million stock-and-cash deal with a Texas bank that…
by - December 14, 2016 9:15 pm
Simmons First National Corp. announced after Wednesday’s closing bell it had entered into an agreement to acquire Stillwater, Okla.-based Southwest Bancorp Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at more than…
by - August 17, 2015 5:57 pm
Simmons First National Corp. announced a series of organizational management changes following the announced future retirement of David Bartlett, president of the bank holding company, in January. “David has played…
by - November 24, 2014 9:37 am
Simmons First National Corp. management continues to earn the respect of banking analysts at Sterne Agee who recently initiated coverage on the Pine Bluff-based financial institution. The analysts rate Simmons…
by - July 17, 2014 7:53 pm
The second quarter was kind to Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Corp. and Conway-based Home BancShares Inc., with Simmons posting results that beat estimates and Home BancShares – the parent…
by - April 17, 2014 3:44 pm
Home Bancshares, parent company of Centennial Bank, reported a record first quarter profit on Thursday (April 17), and Simmons First National Corp. had an up-and-down quarter depending on how you…
by - March 30, 2014 5:42 pm
Simmons First National Corp. CEO George Makris said recent moves have put his bank in a stronger position to serve customers and he sees significant growth for the Pine Bluff-based…
by - March 24, 2014 4:47 pm
Simmons First National Corp. will acquire Little Rock-based Delta Trust & Banking Corp. for roughly $66 million. The Pine Bluff-based bank said it has entered into a definitive agreement and…
by - January 23, 2014 3:58 pm
Simmons First National Corporation said it incurred $4 million associated from the acquisition of Metropolitan National Bank and the subsequent branch consolidations now underway. The Pine Bluff-based holding company said…
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 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 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 - October 19, 2012 9:24 pm
Simmons First National Corp. announced today, (Oct. 19) it has expanded its presence within the state of Missouri by acquiring approximately $201 million in assets of Excel Bank of Sedalia…
by - September 14, 2012 7:56 pm
Simmons First National Corporation announced Friday (Sept. 14) through its wholly-owned bank subsidiary expanded into the St. Louis, Mo. market by acquiring approximately $282 million in assets of Truman Bank…
