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COMMUNITY BANKER

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Specialty Interests ARKANSAS COMMUNITY
BANKERS ASSOCIATION
3 43 Years strong and 3801 Woodland Heights Road, Suite 125-G
counting Little Rock, Arkansas 72212
www.arcommunitybankers.com
info@arcommunitybankers.com
BY CHRIS PADGETT
16 BASIS POINTS 501-246-4975

The five percenters OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

7 5 steps to drive BY JIM REBER Gary Head
successful conversions President
Signature Bank, Fayetteville

BY MEGAN LEE John Beller
26 FLOURISH Vice President
“….. We will differentiate Bank of Cave City, Cave City

community banks in the hearts and Kyle Baltz
Treasurer
minds of Americans” RiverBank, Pocahontas
10 AutoGPT will change Ed Wilkinson
BY REBECA ROMERO-RAINEY Secretary
your bank Farmers Bank, Greenwood

Gary Oltmann
BY CHRIS NICHOLS Immediate Past President
29 FROM THE BOARD ROOM Southern Bancorp Bank, Stuttgart

Are fintechs competitors or Jim Gowen, Jr.
Past President
compatible? & ICBA Federal Delegate
19 Setting a course for Merchants & Planters Bank, Newport
BY PHILIP SMITH & CHARLES PLUNKETT
the new Congress Chris Padgett
Executive Director
Arkansas Community Bankers, Little Rock
36 AD INDEX OF PREFERRED Casey Cullipher
BY AARON STETTER
RiverWind Bank, Searcy
SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS & Byron Earnheart
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Barret School of Banking, Memphis, TN

Craig Manatt
22 What AI Says…. Peoples Bank, Sheridan

Kim Markland
The strength and Bank of Little Rock, Little Rock

stability of community Marty Sellars
FNBC Bank, Ash Flat
banks

ACB STAFF AND
BY ChatGPT PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT

Chris Padgett
Executive Director

Tim Grooms
General Counsel
31 Bank Term Funding
Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull
Program Provides Bank Regulation

Liquidity FORV/S
Regulatory Compliance

BY CHARLES WHITE Ellis, Tucker & Aldridge, LLP
Tax & Accounting
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