Chris Wewers

Myers recently retired from Winrock International after serving as CFO since 1997. He has been as a member of the Southern Bancorp holding company board since 2015. read more >

Wewers comes to Citizens Bank from Southern Bancorp Inc. of Arkadelphia, where he held the same role for more than nine years. read more >

Bear State Financial Inc. released its annual proxy statement and announced its annual shareholders meeting to be held May 29 at the company's Harrison headquarters. read more >

Perhaps you heard that a top executive at Little Rock’s Bear State Bank has migrated to a new job: chief financial officer at Southern Bancorp Inc. read more >

The June acquisition of First National Security Co. propelled Bear State Financial Inc. of Harrison into the top tier of Arkansas bank holding companies. read more >

Of all the Arkansas banks ensnared in the alleged serial loan fraud by Dennis Smiley Jr., First Western Bank of Booneville could be in the best position to recover money from him. read more >

Arkansas Business is proud to have featured a number of 40 Under 40 honorees who have gone on to the corner offices of publicly traded companies. Let’s count them. read more >