Vance Smiley Vance Smiley, Chief Operating Officer Vance Smiley is the founder of System61 and serves as Chief Operating Officer at Southern Bancorp. Long frustrated by the innovation gridlock he has witnessed at the intersection of legacy core systems, banking...
Kimberly Enoch Location: Little Rock, Arkansas Goal Areas: Savings, Housing When Southern Bancorp says we’re wealth builders for everyone, that means everyone. In 2020, we announced a new program for Southern Bancorp employees: an employee home loan with a discounted...
Superior Bathhouse Brewery When Rose Schweikhart heard about a unique opportunity to lease historic bathhouses in Hot Springs, Ark., she immediately thought it would be the perfect place to launch her dream of opening the town’s first brewery. Superior Bathhouse...
Carmen Morfin Villa Name: Carmen Morfin Villa Location: El Dorado, Arkansas Goal Areas: Savings, Housing Carmen Morfin Villa came to the United States with a desire to build a better life for her and her family. Yet, as hard as she worked, she found herself unable to...
American Made Silks Name: Mike Mckenzie, owner of American Made Silks Location: Gurdon, Arkansas Goal Areas: Jobs With a successful business plan, quality products, and a national customer base, American Made Silks could have made their home anywhere. Yet for the past...
LaKristen Spiller Location: Blytheville, Arkansas Core Goals affected: Savings, Housing Owning one’s own home is a dream shared by countless Americans, and it can be driven by a variety of factors ranging from the desire to build one’s net worth to having a place to...
School Savings Program Location: Participating schools in Arkansas and Mississippi Core Goals affected: Savings Spare change isn’t always shiny, but it can create glowing results. That’s why most weeks of the school year, you’ll find Southern Bancorp hosting a “Bank...
Jennifer Williams Name: Jennifer Williams Location: Cleveland, Mississippi Core Goals affected: Savings Jennifer Williams, a Mississippi mother and school teacher, fought back against predatory payday lenders to create a stronger financial future for her and her...
Delta Blues Alley Cafe Name: Jecorry Miller, owner of Delta Blues Alley Cafe Location: Clarksdale, Mississippi Core Goals affected: Savings, Jobs Clarksdale, Miss. native Jecorry Miller is no stranger to hard work. For years, he traveled theroads of the Mississippi...
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