Old-School Regions Bank Lobby Set to Close
The Regions Bank lobby at its namesake office building in downtown Little Rock is scheduled to go dark in six weeks. read more >
Tagged: Banking
RiverBank Goes Downtown with Pocahontas HQ
A once-dormant bank building in northeast Arkansas is seeing renewed life as a financial headquarters. read more >
Encore Bank to Migrate West
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 >
Partners Bank Saddles Up for Springdale
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 >
Southern Bancorp On the Move
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 >
New Bank Name Is on Horizon For Arkansas
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 >
FMB Doubles Its Presence in Jonesboro
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 >
'Connect' Name Sets Federal Case in Motion
A legal dispute alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition pits two lenders with markedly different profiles that share similar names. read more >
Branch on Way to Brookland After 3 Years With No Bank
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 >
Encore Bank Expands Full-Service Branches
Little Rock’s Encore Bank is tidying up details to expand operations in Fayetteville and Jonesboro. read more >
Arvest Adding Seventh Location in Bentonville
Fayetteville’s Arvest Bank intends to add to its Bentonville presence with a new branch. read more >
Home BancShares Vote on Pay Signals Dissatisfaction
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 Sells Banks, Departs Denver Metro
Simmons Bank’s exodus from Colorado will conclude with a $9 million transaction. read more >
Bank OZK Sets New Move-in Date
A new target date has been scheduled for Bank OZK staffers to begin moving into the new corporate headquarters in west Little Rock. read more >
Bank Offers Go Viral In Pandemic
The rollout of temporary deals for business and consumer borrowers alike are all over the board as banks adjust their products to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. read more >
Arvest Bringing Bear State Bank Branch Back Out of Hibernation
A Conway bank branch that went dark in 2018 is on the drawing board to re-open in the coming weeks. read more >
New Bank Flag on the Horizon for Arkansas
Valued at $3.9 billion when announced in November, the merger will bring the First Horizon name to Arkansas with the addition of IberiaBank’s 16-branch network in the state. read more >
Centennial Bank's Commerce Center at Riverdale On the Rise
The new branch that Conway’s Centennial Bank has under development in Little Rock will be a rarity among its built-from-scratch full-service offices. read more >
Credit Union Consolidation Stirs Little Rock Market
The recent merger of the $2.8 million-asset Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Federal Credit Union with Arkansas Federal Credit Union pared the number of credit unions with a presence in Little Rock to 18. read more >
New Little Rock Branch for Citizens Bank in the Works
Batesville’s Citizens Bank is wading deeper into the Little Rock market with a second full-service branch. The $921 million-asset lender is establishing an office in the former One Bank & Trust lo-cation at 8000 Cantrell Road. read more >
Editors' Picks
