A new lawsuit has taken flight in search of money and assets from Little Rock businessman Walter Quinn. read more >

Heartland Bank of Little Rock and its parent company, Rock Bancshares Inc., have started 2016 amid changes in management, board membership and more. read more >

The location of Allied Bank’s last operational branch in Little Rock recently was forfeited in lieu of foreclosure. read more >

Judy Lawton has worked as a chief financial officer for most of her 34-year career in banking. She recently celebrated her 11th anniversary as CFO and chief operating officer at Bryant’s Heartland Bank, which she helped transform from a $44 million-asset thrift into today’s $244 million-asset lender. read more >

A new player has emerged in the bankruptcy case of Acme Holding Co. since its Chapter 11 reorganization was converted to Chapter 7 liquidation by judicial decree last month. read more >

Walter Quinn, a leading investor in Heartland Bank of Little Rock, is working through some financial difficulties in Oklahoma. read more >

The continued ownership of Allied Bank by the Lex Golden family is under judicial review after a recent two-day bankruptcy hearing in Fayetteville. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ben Barry will decide in the coming weeks whether Acme Holding Co. should be liquidated, resulting in the sale of Allied, the $111 million-asset bank chartered in Crawford County. read more >

Among the Allied Bank assets discussed during Acme Holding’s recent bankruptcy hearing were energy stocks valued at $3.8 million in a 2012-13 appraisal. read more >

Fourteen lenders based in Arkansas produced returns on equity (ROE) that topped 13 percent during 2014. The banks were scattered across the state and represented some of the largest and smallest financial institutions. read more >

Throughout 2014, the Heartland Foundation of Little Rock, the charitable outlet of Heartland Bank, has donated nearly $100,000 to nine nonprofits. read more >

The 922-SF leased facility at 5100 Kavanaugh Blvd. in the Heights area is likely the smallest bank HQ in all of Arkansas. read more >

A $500,000 gift was made by the bank's Heartland Foundation, its newly created charitable arm, which was matched by Terry and Walter Quinn of Little Rock, the bank's majority shareholders and longtime supporters of the facility. read more >

Judy Lawton has been working in banking for 32 years, the past nine with Heartland Bank of Bryant. At Heartland, she has helped what was a small, publicly traded thrift transform into a commercial bank that is still small ($202 million in assets) but stable and profitable ($2.7 million in net income in the first half of 2013). read more >