Southern Bancorp Using Fintech to Help the Poor
Using behavioral economics, Southern Bancorp is studying how it could help grow the bank’s geographic footprint without opening more brick-and-mortar locations. read more >
Using behavioral economics, Southern Bancorp is studying how it could help grow the bank’s geographic footprint without opening more brick-and-mortar locations. read more >
While robocalls are annoying, they’re problematic for companies that have legitimate reasons to try to reach customers. But there’s one business that’s come up with a solution. read more >
Social computing studies how social media platforms are used by terrorist groups and governments, in what could be considered a global battlefield for the control of minds. read more >
Research student Nahiyan Noor began researching the blood disorder and how it is diagnosed using machine learning and artificial intelligence. read more >
Inside several labs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, physics professors Gregory Guisbiers and Tansel Karabacak conduct quantum research, an evolving field that analyzes the properties and behaviors of subatomic particles. read more >
Sequretek announced last August it would open its U.S. headquarters in the Little Rock Technology Park, a move that defied trends of tech businesses launching operations on the East and West coasts. read more >
Bill 396, the Social Media Safety Act, would compel social media companies to use a third-party firm to verify ages via a driver’s license or other form of identification. read more >
Susi Barakat founded eGiftify to bring the technology that big brands use to her family’s small business, The Terrace restaurant in Little Rock. read more >
BreachBits opened its office in Little Rock a year ago and already hopes to double its Arkansas workforce. read more >
Applications will be accepted through July 31, from early-stage companies offering digital health and software, medical devices and diagnostic platforms involving cardiovascular care. read more >
The Little Rock startup's app will provide smart alerts, refill reminders and pill case management. read more >
The company's platform, Stopwatch, was the top software project featured by Microsoft on stage last month at its Microsoft Visual Studio 25th Anniversary Event. read more >
Self-checkouts in grocery stores have become the norm in the past decade, but what’s next in retail technology, and when will retailers abandon their cashiers altogether? read more >
An 18-month-old Fayetteville company is building a blockchain-based network to operate Internet of Things devices, and it’s paying people and businesses to help. read more >
Two projects that could receive some of a $75 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration would give a booster shot to health care technology in Arkansas. read more >
The state will receive $100 million in federal funding “right off the bat” for broadband deployment through the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act that President Joe Biden signed on Nov. 15. read more >
Software firm Zenwork of Fayetteville will use part of the $163 million investment it received last month from Spectrum Equity of Boston and San Francisco to fuel a hiring spree. read more >
What do North Little Rock’s First Orion and the nonprofit Forge Institute in Little Rock have in common? They’re both building the tech talent pipeline in Arkansas, albeit differently. read more >
Thanks to a $750,000 grant awarded earlier this month, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will be one of the first institutions in the country to offer graduate certificates in cybersecurity education to high school teachers. read more >
iDatafy of Little Rock has launched its SmartResume Certified Job Talent Marketplace, designed to connect employers to white- and blue-collar job seekers who actually have the skills they’re looking for. read more >
