Citizens Bank of Batesville
First Community Bank Gets New Senior VP for Little Rock (Movers & Shakers)
Randy Jones has been promoted to senior vice president, commercial lender for the Little Rock market of First Community Bank of Batesville. read more >
Banks Find Ways to Resist ‘Great Resignation’
How banks are investing in employees to improve retention amidst the pandemic's high turnover. read more >
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Brown Named SVP at FNBC Bank (Movers & Shakers)
Trent Brown has been hired as senior vice president and northeast Arkansas loan manager for FNBC Bank of Ash Flat. read more >
Chenal Bank Branch Growth Elevates Field of Competition
Branching activity in west Little Rock is transforming a one-mile stretch of Chenal Parkway into a banker’s boulevard. read more >
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Women Bankers See Progress in Industry
White male bankers still predominate, but the face of the business is changing. read more >
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NLR LaQuinta Inn Sold for $5.1M (Real Deals)
Jai Om Hospitality LLC of Frisco, Texas, purchased the 99-room hotel at 4311 Warden Road. read more >
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Woods Moves to Citizens Bank in Northwest Arkansas (Movers & Shakers)
Rob Woods has joined Citizens Bank of Batesville as city president for Bentonville and Rogers, where he will be based. read more >
Winar Named Partner at Frost (Movers & Shakers)
Curtis Winar has been promoted to partner at Frost PLLC of Little Rock. read more >
PPP Loan Forgiven, ABPG Expands to Texas
“Fort Worth and Dallas, about a million miles away,” Texas singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore croons, but Arkansas publisher Mitch Bettis knows better. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Hendrixson, Morris Advance at Citizens Bank (Movers & Shakers)
Lisa Hendrixson has been promoted to senior vice president and director of deposit operations, while Amanda Morris has been hired as vice president and market retail manager of Citizens Bank in Batesville. read more >
Dixon Moves to Bank OZK as SVP (Movers & Shakers)
Jeff Dixon has been hired as the senior vice president and employee benefits manager at Bank OZK in Little Rock. read more >
Doctors Building Getting Some Work Done
A new all-Arkansas ownership and management team has a 21st-century vision for one of Little Rock’s history-making medical buildings, the 1962-vintage Doctors Building in midtown. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Pfleger Advances at Encore (Movers & Shakers)
Nikki Pfleger has been promoted to senior vice president and chief treasury management officer at Encore Bank in Little Rock. read more >
Melissa Bradley Moves Forward at Merrill Lynch (Movers & Shakers)
Melissa Bradley has been promoted to assistant vice president at Merrill Lynch in Little Rock, where she is a wealth management adviser and partner with the Smouni Bradley Team. read more >
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Willis to Head Mangan Holcomb’s Foray Into Government Savings (Movers & Shakers)
Emma Willis has been hired as a senior strategist at Mangan Holcomb Partners/Team SI in Little Rock. read more >
Shaw Advances at Citizens Bank (Movers & Shakers)
Helen Shaw has been promoted to vice president-corporate security officer and facilities manager of Citizens Bank in Batesville. read more >
New Little Rock Branch for Citizens Bank in the Works
Batesville’s Citizens Bank is wading deeper into the Little Rock market with a second full-service branch. The $921 million-asset lender is establishing an office in the former One Bank & Trust lo-cation at 8000 Cantrell Road. read more >
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Final Restitution Amount Owed by Berry Bishop? $4,129,132.35
According to the amended order entered by U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey, Berry Bishop owes restitution totaling almost $4.13 million to six entities. Here’s how it breaks down read more >
Berry Bishop Sentenced to 60 Months for Bank Fraud
Supportive family members cried in a Hot Springs courtroom Friday morning as Berry R. Bishop, the Hot Springs insurance agent who also had offices in Prescott and Arkadelphia, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for bank fraud totaling more than $4.3 million. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
Berry Bishop Faces Pressure from Feds for Prison Time
Berry Bishop, the Hot Springs insurance agent who also had offices in Prescott and Arkadelphia, is scheduled to be sentenced in U.S. District Court in Hot Springs on Friday morning. read more >
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