Alex Golden

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A Kansas bank failure reminds me of episodes closer to home. read more >

An affiliate of Passco Companies bought the 294-unit apartment project in west Little Rock from Madison at Chenal LLC, led by Brandon Huffman. read more >

Paul Greenberg died on April 6 and was remembered as a sophisticated writer and thinker. read more >

As it stands now, there will be no auction of assets owned by fallen banker Lex Golden and his wife, Ellen. read more >

The Acme Holding Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan once was considered a source of pride for Allied Bank. The chairman and CEO of Acme Holding gushed about the ESOP’s value for retirement-minded Allied staffers. read more >

The narrative of the report is dominated by criticism of the Goldens, by title rather than name, and the bank board they held sway over. read more >

Even after Allied Bank was shut down by the Arkansas State Bank Department in 2016, I wasn’t expecting a 40-page report from the Office of Inspector General. But Allied was special. read more >

A report concludes that federal bank regulators recognized that Lex Golden was a poor banker and that his family was abusing its control of Allied Bank for years. read more >

The would-be buyers of the smallest bank in Arkansas have withdrawn their application to acquire Community State Bank of Bradley. read more >

The outstanding balance of an FDIC $324,632 summary judgment from January 2015 against Amy Golden McCay is now part of her recently filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy. read more >

A new investment group of Texans makes a $2.3M pitch to buy Community State Bank of Bradley (Lafayette County). read more >

Instead of saving Allied Bank from the ruinous meltdown of a radio-active loan portfolio he built, Little Rock banker Lex Golden rode the same downward spiral to insolvency. read more >

Lex Golden, the Little Rock banker who once controlled two Arkansas financial institutions, recently filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy. read more >

The Allied Bank staff was still a little shell-shocked when they convened at the main office in Mulberry on Saturday, Sept. 24. The day after regulators took over the $66.3 million-asset lender, employees gathered to learn what the future held under the new ownership of Today’s Bank of Huntsville. read more >

The Chapter 11 filing by Little Rock’s Allcorp Inc. in July marks the third Arkansas bank holding company to enter bankruptcy court in four years. read more >

Allcorp Inc. of Little Rock, which owns the $16.9 million-asset Community State Bank of Bradley (Lafayette County), filed for Chapter 11 reorganization late Wednesday. read more >

The latest ruling is one in a string of lawsuits spawned by the bankruptcy of Acme, the parent company of Allied Bank of Mulberry. Under the Golden family’s ownership and management, the bank has lost more than $14 million since 2010. read more >

The FDIC has locally registered judgments of nearly $900,000 against Allied Bank president Alex Golden and more than $324,000 against his sister, Amy McCay. read more >

The parent company of Mulberry’s Allied Bank marked its second year in bankruptcy last month. read more >