News | Southern Bancorp

Consolidations, regulations pare banks, execs say

Sep 20, 2015 | News, Southern Bancorp Community Partners

Arkansas down 37 since ’08, small communities feel loss Arkansas Democrat Gazette Article by David Smith Burdensome bank regulations and bank consolidation are causing a decline in the number of branches in rural Arkansas, say executives with one...

Southern Bancorp awarded $2 million by the U.S. Treasury Department’s CDFI Fund

Sep 14, 2015 | News, Press Releases

Award will provide support to entrepreneurs and small businesses in Arkansas and Mississippi Little Rock, Ark. – Southern Bancorp Inc., one of the nation’s largest Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI), announced today that it has been awarded $2...

Southern Bancorp Community Partners Raises $2.5 Million to expand access to capital

Sep 1, 2015 | News, Press Releases, Southern Bancorp Community Partners

Arkansas Community Foundation leads investor group with $1 million Little Rock – Southern Bancorp Community Partners (SBCP), a 501(c)3 financial development and lending partner of Southern Bancorp, today announced it had crossed the $2.5 million mark in new...

Text Scam Alert

Aug 10, 2015 | News, Safety Tips

In recent months, Southern Bancorp customers have received a fraudulent text message claiming to be from Southern Bancorp alerting customers that their debit card is blocked. A link is provided in the fraudulent message urging customers to un-block their card....

Karama Neal Joins St. Louis Fed’s Little Rock Branch Board

Jul 27, 2015 | News, Press Releases, Southern Bancorp Community Partners

For release: July 27, 2015 Contacts: Adriene L. Dempsey Office: (314) 444-7471 Mobile: (314) 852-5968 Email: adriene.l.dempsey@stls.frb.org Karama Neal of Southern Bancorp Community Partners Joins St. Louis Fed’s Little Rock Branch Board LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Karama...

The 2014 Annual Report

Jul 21, 2015 | News, Publications

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Southern Bancorp Joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

Jun 25, 2015 | News, Press Releases

City First Bank of DC, Ekobanken, and Southern Bancorp join like-minded banks from around the world to become members of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values Signalling a growing appetite for the values-based banking movement ZEIST, THE NETHERLANDS: The Global...

Mission News – Spring 2015

Mar 27, 2015 | Publications

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Southern Bancorp names new Chief Financial Officer

Mar 16, 2015 | News, Press Releases

Little Rock, Ark. – Southern Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Southern Bancorp Bank, one of the nation’s largest rural development banks, today announced that Christopher M. Wewers has joined its executive leadership team as chief financial officer. Wewers...