Sep 20, 2022 | News, Press Releases, Southern Bancorp Community Partners
(Clarksdale, Miss.) — A collaboration between Southern Bancorp and Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services (AEH) has been recognized as a 2022 Commitment to Action by the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI.) The two organizations will partner in a two-year pilot...
Sep 1, 2022 | News, Press Releases
RULEVILLE, MISS. – Southern Bancorp Bank today announced the promotion of Manuel Grays to City President of the bank’s Ruleville market. Grays has been with Southern Bancorp, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), since 2006, most recently serving as...
Jun 24, 2022 | News, Press Releases
Blytheville, Ark. – Southern Bancorp has announced the promotion of Jennifer Williams to Senior Vice President and Regional Deposit Operations Director of the Central Region. In her new role, Williams will oversee the deposit operations for all of the branches in the...
Jun 1, 2022 | News, Press Releases
For Immediate Release ARKADELPHIA, ARK – Southern Bancorp, Inc., a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and holding company for Southern Bancorp Bank, today announced that it has closed on its acquisition of FCB Financial Services, Inc. and its wholly...
Jan 31, 2022 | News, Press Releases
For Immediate Release Arkadelphia, Ark. – Southern Bancorp, Inc., a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and holding company for Southern Bancorp Bank, today announced it has entered into a merger agreement to acquire FCB Financial Services, Inc. and its...
Jan 12, 2022 | News, Press Releases
LITTLE ROCK, AR – Southern Bancorp, Inc. today announced the addition of two new key members to the Community Development Financial Institution’s (CDFI) leadership team, Kenya Davenport as the organization’s Chief of Staff, and Will Lambe, as Chief Strategy Officer....
Dec 14, 2021 | News, Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Vice President Kamala Harris and United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen today announced that 186 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) are now eligible to receive more than $8.7...
Oct 8, 2021 | Blog, Credit, Financial Fitness, News
If you’ve been reading my column for any time now, you know how important your credit score can be. You also might know that there are several factors that affect how your score is formulated. Today, we’re going to talk about one of them – credit utilization – and...