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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
Helena's renewal becomes tangible after years of work
Article by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette David Smith HELENA-WEST HELENA -- For more than 11 years, Southern Bancorp has spent millions of dollars to revitalize Helena-West Helena. Slowly, the city is experiencing positive changes. "People are starting to believe again...
Former CDFI Fund Director joins Southern Bancorp Board
Little Rock, Ark. – Southern Bancorp Inc., one of the nation’s largest Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) as well as the model upon which the CDFI industry was founded, has announced that Ms. Donna J. Gambrell, the longest serving director of the U.S....
Southern Bancorp Community Partners Announces Promotions
Little Rock, Ark. – Southern Bancorp Community Partners CEO Dominik Mjartan today announced two new leadership promotions within Southern Bancorp Community Partners (SBCP), the development finance affiliate of Southern Bancorp. Director Dr. Karama Neal has been named...
Mission News – Fall 2014
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Board Member Hugh Arant Featured in EatY’all.com
Eat Y'all: Southern Grown and Fed By Marianne Chapman Editor’s Note: This story is the second in a multi-part series profiling Delta Blues Rice, Mississippi-grown and artisan milled rice products produced on a multi-generational family farm operated by brothers Hugh...
Biscuit on a roll
29th King Biscuit Blues Festival to kick off in Helena SEAN CLANCY ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE 29th King Biscuit Blues Festival When: Wednesday-Saturday, various times Where: Cherry Street, Helena-West Helena Admission: Main Stage, $30 single day ticket, $50 three-day...
Renovations add energy to sluggish Helena-West Helena downtown
Arkansas Democrat Gazette By Chris Bahn Honestly, Matt Inman has no idea what sort of financial reward might be generated by the three buildings he now owns on Cherry Street in Helena-West Helena. Inman, a 27-year-old native of the Phillips County town, lives in a...
Southern Bancorp Acquires Eudora Branch From Simmons First
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Southern Bancorp today announced it has completed the acquisition of the Delta Trust & Bank (“Delta Trust”) branch located in Eudora, Ark. The branch was acquired through a donation by Simmons First National Corporation (“Simmons First,”...