David Scruggs

The court proceedings surrounding Joseph Blake Smith’s insolvent SQRL convenience store chain took another twist last month when Smith testified that he didn’t sign paperwork associated with a $624,000 loan. read more >

Facing a lack of internet access in rural Arkansas, electric cooperatives had the existing infrastructure and interest in customer satisfaction to lead the charge in broadband deployment. read more >

The $332 million-asset lender is poised to start doing business through a newly built 2,800-SF full-service branch at 181 Slack St. in Pea Ridge. read more >

He joins the community lender from First Western Bank of Boonevillle, where he worked for more than a decade as a senior vice president and chief credit officer and managed a loan portfolio totaling more than $525 million. read more >

Haley Stotts has been hired as business development and marketing officer by First Security Bank in Jonesboro. read more >

Former Allied Bank customers have been notified that the bank branch at 5701 Kavanaugh Blvd. in Little Rock will be closing in late January. read more >