Matt Reddin

Interstate expansion has brought Arkansas banks into new metropolitan markets and taken construction loan opportunities to new heights, both financially and literally. read more >

The COVID-19 pandemic has proved the importance of digital technology in the business community, but that doesn’t mean the old-fashioned, in-store experience is necessarily going the way of the dinosaur. read more >

The new division will give the banking company the ability to consolidate specialized lines of business loans. read more >

Simmons Bank announces a new commercial finance business unit, which will focus on equipment finance in business aviation, over-the-road trucking, franchise finance and marine financing. read more >

Simmons Bank creates two separate banking divisions – a community bank division and metro bank division – that will be led by Freddie Black and Chad Rawls, respectively. read more >

Arkansas bankers who fronted money to thousands of businesses participating in the Payment Protection Program now say they are frustrated by the federal government's failure to repay the forgivable loans in a timely manner. read more >

Bob Roberts, a former CFO of Baptist Health, is now chief operating officer of Legacy Capital. read more >

Simmons Bank names Leslie Parnell senior vice president of treasury management and strategic development. read more >

Simmons Bank names Franklin Shirrell of Southlake, Texas, chief retail officer. read more >

David Bartlett will retire in January as president of Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff, and Barry Ledbetter will assume his duties as chief banking officer of Simmons First National Bank. read more >

Jeff Lynch, president and CEO of Eagle Bank & Trust in Heber Springs, has been appointed to a three year term on the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. read more >