Arkansas Community Community Bank 
Independent Banker
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Under Larry Wilson’s leadership, First Arkansas Bank and Trust’s branch on the Little Rock Air Force Base was named the 2020 Air Force Bank of the Year. Community banks operate on a majority of the country’s military installations. Community banks comprise more than two-thirds of the 66 banks operating on U.S.
Independent Banker
JANUARY 31, 2022
Southern Bancorp partners with other community banks to increase loan accessibility and financial literacy to low-income customers. As CEO of Southern Bancorp, Darrin Williams wants to promote relationships between community banks and CDFIs to create more prosperous communities. Better serving its communities.
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Tom Groenfeldt
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
When the community bankers' trade association went looking for a tech accelerator that could help provide next gen apps for smaller banks, it selected The Venture Center in Little Rock, Arkansas which had experience developing apps for FIS.
American Banker
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Southern Bancorp in Arkansas, which raised $35 million in capital from private investors, is out to prove that that community development financial institutions can deliver attractive returns and fulfill their missions to help the underserved.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
Speaking before Congressman Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts, senior member of the House Committee on Financial Services, and the rest of the committee, witnesses from the Fed and other areas of the payments community offered their support to FedNow — but not without caveats. Accessibility Beyond Big Banks.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 4, 2017
Among the new firms on the roster, in alphabetical order: Enrichment Federal Credit Union, First Security Bank of Arkansas, Marion & Polk Schools Credit Union, Merchants Bank of Indiana, Northern Michigan Bank & Trust, Ohnward Bank and Trust, Postel Family Credit Union, River Cities Bank, River Town Bank, Simplicity Credit Union, SouthPoint (..)
Independent Banker
JULY 2, 2022
L to R, Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, FNB president/CEO Sam T. It may be celebrating its 150th anniversary, but First National Bank of Fort Smith didn’t want presents this year. Just as much a part of western Arkansas history as its hometown, $1.84 billion-asset The First National Bank of Fort Smith (FNB) was founded on Feb.
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