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Consolidations, regulations pare banks, execs say
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 of the...
Southern Bancorp awarded $2 million by the U.S. Treasury Department’s CDFI Fund
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
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
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
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
Southern Bancorp Joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values
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
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Southern Bancorp names new Chief Financial Officer
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...
Policy Points, Vol 42: Teaching Benefit Recipients How to Fish
How Arkansas Can Lessen Reliance on SNAP & TANF and Support Economic Independence by Lifting Asset Limits