
COVID Slows Regional HQ for Arvest
Development of Arvest Bank’s new central Oklahoma headquarters is flowing along a pandemic-delayed timetable. read more >
Development of Arvest Bank’s new central Oklahoma headquarters is flowing along a pandemic-delayed timetable. read more >
The pending name change of Cornerstone Bank in Eureka Springs is now official. The $401 million-asset lender became CS Bank on Nov. 18. read more >
The tally of Paycheck Protection Program funds that flowed through the 20 largest banks in Arkansas topped $4.4 billion and encompassed more than 50,149 loans. read more >
The 10-state footprint of Little Rock’s Bank OZK will have two fewer states by March 31, exiting South Carolina and Alabama, where it operates two branches in each state. read more >
Two more state banks are in the process of establishing new addresses for their headquarters. read more >
Magnolia’s Farmers Bank & Trust is about a month away from the launch of its full-service branch in Bryant. read more >
Batesville’s First Community Bank is looking to open its third Little Rock location since entering the market in 2017. read more >
The Regions Bank lobby at its namesake office building in downtown Little Rock is scheduled to go dark in six weeks. read more >
A once-dormant bank building in northeast Arkansas is seeing renewed life as a financial headquarters. read more >
The main office of Little Rock’s Encore Bank is on the move. The $584 million-asset lender is relocating its headquarters to Suite 100 at 1801 Rahling Road in west Little Rock. read more >
The full-service branch in the works at 3632 Johnson Mill Blvd. in Springdale represents the first beyond the Delta for Partners Bank of Helena-West Helena. read more >
Arkadelphia’s Southern Bancorp Bank will be relocating its west Little Rock operations into leased space formerly occupied by the State Bank Department. read more >
First Horizon National Corp. of Memphis officially crossed the Mississippi River and entered Arkansas on July 2 with the completion of its $2.3 billion stock swap purchase of IberiaBank Corp. of Lafayette, Louisiana. read more >
A year after entering Jonesboro’s $2.6 billion-deposit market, Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stuttgart is expanding its branch network with a second location. read more >
A legal dispute alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition pits two lenders with markedly different profiles that share similar names. read more >
The fast-growing Jonesboro bedroom community of Brookland should see the return of a local bank office by the first quarter of 2021. read more >
Little Rock’s Encore Bank is tidying up details to expand operations in Fayetteville and Jonesboro. read more >
Fayetteville’s Arvest Bank intends to add to its Bentonville presence with a new branch. read more >
Several changes at Conway’s Home BancShares Inc. followed a rumble of dissatisfaction from shareholders at its annual meeting on April 16. read more >
Simmons Bank’s exodus from Colorado will conclude with a $9 million transaction. read more >