MediPays Rebrands Online Platform for Marijuana Businesses
MediPays of Little Rock has rebrands its full-service online banking platform for marijuana-related businesses with a new name, Abaca.
View ArticleWinrock Innovation Fund Get $576K from Commerce Department
The U.S. Department of Commerce awards a $576,302 grant to Winrock International's Innovation Fund, or I-Fund, through the Economic Development Administration's Regional Innovation Strategies program.
View ArticleJames Patton Hired at United Federal (Movers & Shakers)
James Patton has joined United Federal Credit Union’s Springdale branch as business service adviser.
View ArticleCelina Walker Joins Mitchell Williams in Rogers (Movers & Shakers)
Walker joins Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard’s business practice group, where she will serve as counsel to financial institutions, providing legal guidance on lending and transactional...
View ArticleCrossett Bank Waits for Regulators to Cross T's
The sale of First State Bank of Crossett to Capital Bancorp Inc. of Delhi, Louisiana, that was expected to close this year hasn’t.
View ArticleReliance Backers Poised For Turnaround Reward from Simmons Deal
The $170 million acquisition of Reliance Bancshares Inc. will produce a well-rounded footprint in the St. Louis metro with the addition of 22 full-service locations for Simmons First National Corp. of...
View ArticleChevy Dealership Sale In Jacksonville Tops $4M (Real Deals)
Harold Gwatney Chevrolet Co. acquired its project at 1301 T.P. White Drive from the William A. Gwatney Revocable Trust.
View ArticleThe Best Time to Nudge Your Employees to Save (Sarah Catherine Gutierrez...
People will save money if we can first make it easy and then ask them to save.
View ArticleLittle Rock Oilman Files for Bankruptcy
A Little Rock businessman recently filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation and listed $1 million in debts.
View ArticleMy Mama Done Tol’ Me (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
As our CEO, Olivia Farrell, has told me in the pained voice of experience, be careful what you incentivize because you will surely get it.
View ArticleAfter the Fed's Likely Rate Hike This Week, All Bets Are Off
Having raised interest rates with steady regularity in recent months, the Federal Reserve may embrace a new message this week: Flexibility.
View ArticleFormer Insurance Agent Berry Bishop Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
A sentencing date has not been set for 67-year-old Berry Bishop, whose insurance license was suspended earlier this year.
View ArticleArvest Bank Creates New Posts for Customer, Employee Experiences
Arvest Bank of Fayetteville names Rodney Shepard of Fort Smith and Laura Andress of Springdale to newly created positions focusing on customers and employee experiences.
View ArticleBill Holmes, Former Bankers Association CEO, Dies at 69
William R. "Bill" Holmes, who was president and CEO of the Arkansas Bankers Association for almost seven years until ill health forced his retirement this fall, died Monday at his home in Little Rock.
View ArticleFed Lifts Rates for 4th Time This Year But Sees Fewer Hikes
The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the fourth time this year to reflect the U.S. economy's continued strength but signaling that it expects to slow hikes next year.
View ArticleABA Selects Three for Emerging Leaders Section Council (Movers & Shakers)
George Purvis, Evelyn Morris and Brandon Gentry have been appointed to the Arkansas Bankers Association Emerging Leaders Section Council.
View ArticleArkansas Business Year in Review: Notable Deaths in 2018
The notable Arkansans, former and current, who died in 2018 ranged from business owners to newspaper publishers to educators to philanthropists.
View ArticleForming the Coaching Habit in 2019 (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)
Somewhere between telling your direct reports what to do and taking the action item yourself is the territory of the leader as coach.
View ArticleShreveport Hotelier’s $5.7M Springdale Deal (NWA Real Deals)
A Shreveport hotel group made its second foray into the northwest Arkansas market, paying $5.75 million for the Marriott Residence Inn on South 48th Street in Springdale.
View ArticleChristmas 2018 by the Numbers
Holiday figures for the shopping season show slight bumps over last year.
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