Lynn Zeno of Little Rock was awarded the Allan Kennedy Memorial Award by the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas. Liberty Mutual/Safeco was selected as the Company of the Year. read more >

Jay Meador has rejoined IberiaBank as the new executive vice president and central Arkansas market president. read more >

Tyler Davis of Ashdown was recently appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to a seven-year term on the Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Livestock & Poultry Commission Board. read more >

Shawnie Carrier has joined Jetton General Contracting in Paragould as director of strategic development. read more >

Community banks lack the financial and human capital of their larger counterparts to invest in research and development, but they need new technologies all the same. Partnerships with financial technology startups are a practical way to address this need, four of the state’s community bankers told Arkansas Business. read more >

Debbie Reynolds has been hired as branch manager of FNBC Bank’s new office in Jonesboro. read more >

Two Arkansas-related companies tied to the fracking industry have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, listing millions of dollars in debts. read more >

FNBC Bank of Ash Flat is working its way toward converting the LPO it opened in August at 1118 Windover Road into a full-service branch. read more >

FNBC Bancorp, the holding company for FNBC Bank, has been awarded a $600,000 Financial Assistance grant by the U.S. Treasury Department’s CDFI fund for its service to rural and underserved communities. read more >

FNBC Bank of Ash Flat has hired Brad Snider as community president; Brock Fletcher as vice president and commercial lender; J.R. Blackburn as senior vice president and commercial lender; and Laura McCain as client relationship assistant for its new loan production office in Jonesboro. read more >

Greg Ricca has been hired as a neurosurgeon for NEA Baptist in Jonesboro. Jeremy Dietsche has been promoted to assistant vice president and commercial lending/business development officer for FNBC Bank in Ash Flat. read more >

Chuck Woods has been named controller at FNBC Bank in Ash Flat. Gary Paxson has been appointed administrator at White River Medical Center in Batesville. read more >

FNBC Bank of Ash Flat announced Tuesday the promotion of Chad Hudson of Mountain Home to regional president. read more >

FNBC Bank of Ash Flat received national recognition from the American Bankers Association at the second annual ABA Bank Marketing Video Awards in New Orleans. read more >

Robert Hopkins has been promoted to regional executive and senior vice president of the Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. read more >

In the current banking environment, there are only two kinds of banks: those that are getting bigger and those that are getting bought. FNBC is trying to get bigger, CFO Michael Burris said. read more >

Today’s Bank of Huntsville was awarded ownership of the $66.3-million asset lender with a negative bid of $6.1 million. read more >

Julie Bridgforth has joined Relyance Bank of Pine Bluff as vice president of corporate sales and community relations. read more >

Julie Seat has been hired as manager of FNBC’s Ash Flat branch. Molly Carpenter has been promoted to vice president of marketing and public relations at FNBC Bank of Ash Flat. read more >

Most regulated industries don’t get to choose who regulates them, but, to a limited degree, banks do. And while the door can swing both ways, in reality the traffic has flowed in one direction: converting from national charters to state charters. read more >