Home Bancshares’ 3Q Profit Down 9%
Home Bancshares Inc. of Conway reports third-quarter net income of $72.8 million, down 9 percent from the same quarter last year. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Beebe Film, Tribute to DeCample Will Open Arkansas Cinema Festival
The Arkansas Cinema Society will open its annual festival, Filmland 2019, this week with a look at a couple of men of distinction. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Home BancShares’ 2Q Net Income Falls 5%
Home BancShares Inc. of Conway reports second-quarter net income of $72.2 million, up about 5 percent from $76.0 million in the same quarter last year. read more >
John Allison, Marcy Doderer Headline Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy
Emerging leaders from business, nonprofit and policy sectors can again learn from some of the most successful and recognizable names in Arkansas as part of the Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy. read more >
Randy Sims Named Vice Chairman of Home BancShares
Home BancShares Inc. of Conway, parent company of Centennial Bank, said Friday that Randy Sims, CEO and president of Home BancShares, has been named to vice chairman of Home BancShares and executive chairman of Centennial Bank. read more >
Johnny Allison: Scenes From A Life in Business, Banking
Home BancShares Inc. Chairman Johnny Allison shares anecdotes from a life in business and banking during a meeting of the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce. read more >
Home BancShares’ Proxy Shows Most Execs with Pay Increases
Home BancShares Inc. Chairman Johnny Allison received a $4.7 million compensation package in fiscal 2018, down from $4.8 million in the previous year, according to the company's preliminary proxy statement. read more >
Home BancShares Reports $300M in 2018 Net Income, A Record
Home BancShares Inc. of Conway reports record fourth quarter earnings of $71 million. read more >
by George Waldon -
Centennial Bank Gives $30K For Finance Scholarships
Centennial Bank has become the first bank to establish an endowed scholarship in the UCA College of Business. It recently donated $30,000 to create the Centennial Bank Endowed Finance Scholarship Fund. read more >
Home BancShares 3Q Profit Another Record
Greater regulatory costs and expenses associated with a company performance goal weren't enough to keep Home BancShares Inc. of Conway from reporting on Thursday another quarter or record profit. read more >
by Lance Turner -
OZK, Home BancShares Launch Into Deeper Water For Luxury Lending
Acquisition has fueled boat and recreational vehicle loan growth at the two largest banking franchises headquartered in Arkansas. read more >
by George Waldon -
Home BancShares’ Net Income Up 52 Percent
Home BancShares Inc. of Conway reports record quarterly earnings, with net income of $76 million, up 52 percent from the same quarter last year. read more >
Home BancShares Acquires Shore Premier Finance
The parent company of Centennial Bank buys Shore Premier Finance, a division of Union Bank & Trust of Richmond, Virginia, in a deal that includes $374.5 million in cash and 1.25 million shares of Home BancShares stock. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Johnny Allison, Rotary Leader of the Year, Never Dreamed of Being One
Lessons of hard work and money management stuck John Allison, who shared some of those lessons at Tuesday's Rotary Club of Little Rock luncheon, where he was honored as the club's 2018 Business and Professional Leader of the Year. read more >
by Todd Traub -
Home BancShares 1Q Profit Up 56 Percent
Home BancShares Inc. of Conway on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of $73.1 million, up 56 percent from the same quarter last year, a new record. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Pay Package for Allison Up 34 Percent in 2016
Home BancShares Inc. Chairman Johnny Allison led the way for executive compensation at the $14.4 billion-asset banking concern during 2017. read more >
by George Waldon -
One-Time Charges Cap Big 2017 for Home BancShares
Excluding expenses tied to mergers and a hurricane, Home BancShares Inc. of Conway finished 2017 with annual profit of more than $200 million and assets of more than $14 billion. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Forbes Ranks Home BancShares No. 1 on ‘Best Banks’ List
Forbes magazine this week ranked Home BancShares Inc. of Conway No. 1 on its annual list of "America's Best Banks." read more >
Centennial Bank, Johnny Allison Donate $10M to A-State Athletics
Arkansas State University renames the football field and names a planned athletics operations center following donations of $5 million each by Centennial Bank and the family of Johnny Allison. read more >
Bank of the Ozarks Move Slices Reporting Obligations to Fed
When Bank of the Ozarks absorbed its parent company in June, the $20 billion-asset lender shed itself of two regulators. read more >
by George Waldon -
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