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Into the Light: A Survey of Arkansas Borrowers Seven Years after State Supreme Court Bans Usurious Payday Lending Rates
In 2009, the last Arkansas payday loan store closed for business. At the industry’s peak, three years earlier, payday lenders operated 275 stores across the Natural State. Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending (AAAPL - www.stoppaydaypredators.org), a coalition of...
Jennifer Johnson new Policy Director for Southern Bancorp Community Partners
Southern Bancorp Community Partners Names New Policy Director Jennifer Johnson to lead organization’s federal, state and regulatory efforts Little Rock – Southern Bancorp Community Partners (SBCP), a 501(c)(3) financial development and lending partner of Southern...
Arkansan named to Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Inaugural 40 Under 40 List
Dominik Mjartan, CEO of Southern Bancorp Community Partners, included in list of young national leaders Little Rock, Ark. – The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the nation’s leading philanthropic publication, last week unveiled its inaugural 40 Under 40 List of “Young...
Southern Bancorp: Finalist in Empowerment Awards by Promontory Financial Group
Southern Bancorp is excited to be selected as a Finalist for the Second Annual Empowerment Awards by Promontory Financial Groups. This group focuses on empowerment through innovative financial tools, and recognizes Southern specifically for the expansion of our...
High Profile: Dominik Mjartan
Dom Mjartan went from Czech exchange student to family man with a great job and a white picket fence. He wants all American kids to have such a chance. Arkansas Democrat Gazette By Frank Fellone Dominik Mjartan lives the American dream. "I think I changed three...
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...