BANKER NEWS & MOVES
INDEX OF ADVERTISEMENTS ABA Annual Convention
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ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking
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DDF Consulting
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www.ddfconsulting.com
GSB Online Seminar Series 22 www.gsb.org
Kelly Miller, also a native of Harrison, will serve as Loan Assistant in Cornerstone’s Harrison office. She has worked at Community First Bank since 1998 in customer service, deposit operations and, since 2005, as a Loan Assistant.
contract on approximately seven acres across Highway US 65 from Wal-Mart in Harrison. The bank intends to construct a full service banking center in 2017 at that location. Additionally, there are plans to open a temporary facility to serve customers while under construction. The local bank has been growing rapidly during the past several years; however, this will be the bank’s first location in Boone County.
Cross stated, “We are thrilled to add two seasoned bankers of Nate and Kelly’s caliber to our growing bank team. Our company is excited to bring its brand of true community banking to Harrison and feel blessed to be afforded the opportunity to serve the businesses and citizens of Boone County. With the affiliation of these two professionals, we look to be off to a great start in building a bank team that is second to none. We are thrilled to welcome Nate and Kelly to the Cornerstone family.”
ARKANSAS BANK DEPARTMENT
APPLICATIONS & APPROVALS
Merger Application An application to merge Pinnacle Bank, Rogers, Arkansas with and into Central Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas has been approved. An application to merge Little River Bank, Lepanto, Arkansas with and into First Community Bank, Batesville, Arkansas, has been approved.
Cornerstone Bank, a 105 year old financial institution, based in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is currently under
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2017 Milestones in Banking Awards The Arkansas Bankers Association is proud of the 20,000+ men and women who serve the Arkansas banking industry. We know that our dedicated employees are responsible for forging the relationships that make our hometown banks and communities successful. We would like to recognize those individuals who are celebrating their 40-year and 50-year anniversaries of service in our banks by honoring them with “Milestones in Banking” awards, sponsored by BKD. The honorees will receive their awards at a luncheon during the Annual Convention on Tuesday, April 11, and will be further recognized in a feature in The Arkansas Banker magazine.
online at www.arkbankers.org or by contacting Traci Logsdon at traci.logsdon@arkbankers.org or 501.978.3603. Nomination forms must be received by Friday, March 4, 2017.
Nominations are currently being sought for “Milestone Bankers.” All nominees should be actively employed in an Arkansas bank, and be eligible to receive specific milestone awards at 40+ and 50+ years of service, as long as they have not previously been recognized for that milestone. Nomination forms can be accessed January 2017 | The Arkansas Banker
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