White River Bancshares

The holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas and Banco Sí attributed the increase in part to growth in its loan portfolio. read more >

The holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas and Banco Sí said loan growth and higher asset yields more than offset a modest increase in funding costs. read more >

The holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas and Banco Sí attributed the results in part to its expanding net interest margin. read more >

The holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas reported a second-quarter profit of $1.85 million, more than doubling its income from the same quarter a year ago. read more >

The holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas is preparing to open the second branch of its bilingual bank brand, Banco Sí. read more >

With interest rates rising, time deposits accounted for the majority of deposit growth year-over-year. read more >

Higher funding costs continue to impact the Fayetteville lender's bottom line. read more >

Organic growth, new branches and acquisitions are pushing Signature Bank, First Arkansas Bank & Trust and Anstaff Bank beyond $1 billion in assets. read more >

CEO Gary Head said the brick-and-mortar location is planned for Rogers. read more >

The number of publicly traded companies in Arkansas is stable this year thanks to a couple of small IPOs and the federal government shutdown late last year, and Walmart executives continue to dominate the list of highest paid executives. read more >

Equity Bancshares Inc. of Wichita said Thursday that it had agreed to purchase all outstanding shares of Community First Bancshares Inc. of Harrison in a deal worth about $69 million. The deal will require Community First to dispose of its $8.2 million ownership interest in White River Bancshares Inc. of Fayetteville, which controls Signature Bank of Arkansas and the Bank of Brinkley. read more >

Seven Arkansas lenders remain under the umbrella of the U.S. Treasury’s TARP program in the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown. The group collectively received more than $126 million through the Capital Purchase Program-Troubled Asset Relief Program. read more >