Armor Bank CEO Chad May Appointed to State Finance Board
He previously served on the Arkansas Bankers Association’s Emerging Leaders Council and is a board member of the Centers for Youth and Families. read more >
He previously served on the Arkansas Bankers Association’s Emerging Leaders Council and is a board member of the Centers for Youth and Families. read more >
Hunter has nearly three decades of experience in banking, and has spent about half that time with Amor Bank. read more >
She was previously the marketing and communications director at Farm Credit Midsouth of Jonesboro, a regional agricultural and rural lending business. read more >
The $398-million asset lender plans to open a full-service branch this fall in Rogers. read more >
He brings nine years of experience as an agricultural lender to the job. read more >
A near 10% increase in assets helped push Arvest to the top of Arkansas Business’ annual list of the state’s biggest banks, but more changes are in store as the runners-up prepare to close significant acquisitions. read more >
It’s more important than ever to cultivate a strong pipeline of prospective employees — perhaps as important as tending to that pipeline of business. read more >
Forrest City’s Armor Bank is expanding its four-county footprint of full-service branches to five in Arkansas. read more >
Smaller banks in Arkansas are often faced with the choice of growing or finding a buyer. read more >
Forrest City’s Armor Bank and Little Rock’s Encore Bank have entered the Jonesboro market with loan production offices in advance of plans to open full-service locations. read more >
Since 2009, continued attrition that extended to Arkansas banks of all sizes further reduced the headcount of the smallest of the small. read more >
Big Creek Bancshares Inc., parent company of Armor Bank of Forrest City, says that it will purchase Tyronza Bancshares Inc., parent company of First Delta Bank of Marked Tree. read more >
The purchase and renaming of Forrest City Bank has given Nathan Waldrip an intensive education. read more >
The Forrest City bank, owned by Mark and Nathan Waldrip, plans to expand into central Arkansas, where May will continue to be based. read more >
