Look, No Fleas: Ad Campaign Gives First Arkansas a Lift

The marketing employees visited an animal rescue shelter in the bank's hometown of Jacksonville, where they found and quickly adopted a female golden retriever named Sheila.

Southern Mo. Has Ark. Deal

Southern Missouri Bancorp in Poplar Bluff, Mo., is entering northeast Arkansas by buying a $30.5M-asset bank that has been under a regulatory order for more than a year.

For a CDFI in Arkansas, Now Is a Good Time to Buy

In the last few years Southern Bancorp in Arkadelphia, Ark., looked at potential acquisitions around its home state, but until recently it had not found a fit.

Bank of the Ozarks Mulls Tarp Refund

On the heels of a 20% jump in its 1Q earnings from a year earlier, to $9.3M, Bank of the Ozarks said it is considering returning the Tarp funds it received from the Treasury.

Simmons First Profit Falls

Simmons First National Corp. in Pine Bluff, Ark., said Thursday that its fourth-quarter earnings fell 9% from a year earlier, to $5.6 million.

4Q Warning Hurts Shares of Arkansas' Home

Shares of Home BancShares fell Friday after the Conway, Ark., company said it expects to report a loss of $9.4 million for the fourth quarter, primarily because of the ...

Iberia, Flush with Cash, Hunting for Failed Banks

A deal for a failed Arkansas bank earlier this year whetted the $5.4 billion-asset company's appetite, and it is eyeing acquisitions of troubled banks in its markets ...

M&A, Bankers' Bank Style

Some see seeds of a trend in Arkansas deal

A Louisiana holding company that owns 3 bankers' banks is buying a fourth, in Arkansas, in what would be the first merger of bankers' banks. It could be the start of a trend.

Does Stock Drop at Bank of Ozarks Reflect Arkansas Woes?

Although Bank of the Ozarks has not made any announcements that might have spooked investors, its stock has dropped by roughly a third since the end of May; on Thursday it …

Two Ordered to Improve Ratios

The OCC has classified Metropolitan National Bank in Little Rock a "troubled institution" and ordered it to reduce problem assets and improve its capital ratios.

Eureka Moment: New Approach — And Identity

With a new generation of management at the helm, a family-run Arkansas bank plans to expand into five other communities and change its name to Cornerstone Bank.

First Arkansas in Second Heber Springs Deal

First Arkansas Bancshares in Jacksonville has struck a deal to buy Greers Ferry Lake State Bank in Heber Springs, Ark.

Arkansas' Summit Turning to Deals to Double Assets

Founded 11 years ago, the now privately held Summit has grown into a $930 million-asset bank without making acquisitions, but it is currently looking to buy banks in ...

Iberiabank's Arkansas Plan Rounds Out with ANB Deal

Iberiabank of Lafayette, La., which wanted to move into three areas of Arkansas, moved into the first two markets last year and entered the third in a less conventional way …