Simmons Bank’s automatic savings program, Round-Up, allowed customers to save nearly $5.5 million during the first 11 months of 2023, according to a press release. More than 26,400 customers utilized the program during this period; compared to the same timeframe…
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BankLabs Launches New Spin-Out Company ‘Participate’
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffBankLabs, a Little Rock-based innovation lab for banking technology, has launched a new spin-out company, a loan participation platform called Participate. At the same time, it has secured significant investments from FINTOP Capital and JAM FINTOP Banktech, two of the…
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Arkansas-Based Dillard’s Stock Beats Apple, Amazon, Tesla
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Little Rock-based retailer Dillard’s Inc. is one of the best-performing stocks of the past few years. The family-run department store’s stocks have soared more than 1,500% since April of 2020. Dillard’s market value is on par with Macy’s Inc.,…
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Arkansas Tax Revenue Surpasses Forecasts, October Report Shows
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA report issued by the Arkansas Department of Finance showed tax revenue income for October has been consistently above forecasted amounts in all major areas. This follows after a record $1.6 billion budget surplus in the last fiscal year, which…
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Student in Pocahontas Wins $5,000 From Sun-Maid for Her School
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffEarlier in 2022, the well-known raisin brand, Sun-Maid, established a Board of Imagination after picking six kids from across the country to sit on the real-life board. One of those board members is Madelynn M., an M.D. Williams Intermediate School…
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Executive Q&A: Thoughts for Your Penny, Investment Advice From Five of the Best in the Business
by Mak Millardby Mak MillardAs the old saying goes: Time is money, and money is time. So, when it comes to getting advice on how to manage your money, why waste time with anyone but the best of the best? Arkansas Money & Politics…
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Viewpoint: The State of Community Banking in Arkansas
by Sarah Laneby Sarah LaneThe biggest lesson in community banking from 2022 is how fast things are changing. Two years into the pandemic, so many ideas the industry took for granted have changed, from long-held assumptions about customer demographics to the perceived value of…
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Arvest Names JP Morgan Chase Leader Its President of Digital Banking
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArvest Bank announced Tuesday it has hired Melanie Fuller as president of Digital Banking Solutions. Fuller will lead the division as part of Arvest’s multi-year transformation strategy, which includes enhancing capabilities in digital payments and services. One of Fuller’s primary…
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Easy Money: Technology Is Reinventing Banking In Arkansas
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain Hebdaby Dwain Hebda Uday Akkaraju hardly fits the image of a revolutionary, but appearances can be deceiving. Akkaraju, CEO of BOND.AI, not only holds a radically alternative vision of how the financial industry should operate, he’s dragging arguably the planet’s…
I announced the details of my 5.9 Tax Cut at a news conference this week, and a few hours later, Senator Jonathan Dismang filed Senate Bill 211, the first step in making the tax cut law. Representative Joe Jett is…