Eric Munson

This week’s Movers & Shakers include leadership changes in health care, higher education, banking and nonprofit organizations. read more >

He had led the department since May 2020. read more >

He has more than 25 years of experience in the securities industry. read more >

State and federal authorities say a California company lied to investors. read more >

Campbell McLaurin is named deputy commissioner of the Arkansas Securities Department. read more >

An Arkansan’s $500 investment in bitcoin ballooned to a purported $13,500 before it was revealed to be a scam. read more >

Mike Damron and Andrea Jobe have been hired as mortgage lenders at Arvest Bank in Conway. read more >

Nationstar Mortgage of Dallas will pay refunds and other redress approaching $90 million, including redress of $517,292 to 490 consumers in Arkansas, the state Securities Department says. read more >

Desperate businesses that turned to merchant cash advance companies for rescue found their lifeline shackled to high interest rates, hidden fees and long-term debt, several lawsuits claim. read more >

Eric Munson says perpetrators of confidence schemes are called “artists” for a reason: They expertly exploit victims’ hopes and fears. read more >

Troubled investment adviser Adam Kuettel has added a new problem to his list: the Arkansas Securities Department. read more >

Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston announces the appointment of Eric Munson as the new commissioner of the Arkansas Securities Department. read more >