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Since 1988, ACB has concentrated on building the most comprehensive community bank member services program in existence. We believe we are making progress. Today, there are forty + bank product and service vendors endorsed by the Arkansas Community Bankers Association. The volume of member bank purchases is now over $40 million each year. The average per bank savings and increased revenue resulting from these purchases exceeds $16,000 annually. If that's not delivering value in return for $100 annual membership dues, please tell us what is.
Heres the current list of ACB endorsed vendors and services. The names in color are links. Just click on a link and more information will appear about that provider in a new browser window.
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Allied Technology Group, LLC
Address: 500 President Clinton Ave
Suite 304
Little Rock, AR 72201
Contact: Brad Cicero
Phone: 501-372-4909
Email: bcicero@alliedtechgroup.com
Website: www.alliedtechgroup.com
Products: Bank technology and
communication needs
Allied Technology provides professional services for all bank technology and communication needs. Our dedicated team of network professionals has long-standing experience, the most advanced technical certifications and in-depth product, project management and industry knowledge. |
Arcana Insurance Services, LLC
Address: 14755 Preston Road
Suite 430 Dallas, Texas 75254500
Contact: Mark Smith
Phone: 870-295-2588
Email: mfsmith@cablelynx.com
Website: www.arcanainsurance.com
Products: Collateral and mortgage
protection programs; Blanket Lenders
Security; Flood Insurance
Arcana Insurance Services, LLC offers a full range of insurance programs and services for financial institutions. Our collateral protection and flood programs are designed to protect a broad variety of needs. |
Arkansas Bankers’ Bank
Address: 1020 West Second Street
Little Rock, AR 7225254500
Contact: Jimmy Thomason
Phone: 800-737-0535
Email: bankinfo@arbankersbank.com
Website: www.arbankersbank.com
Products: Correspondent bank services
Arkansas Bankers’ Bank, chartered on April 17, 1990, currently serves approximately 150 Arkansas Community Banks by offering Cash Letter Services, Investments, Safekeeping, Loan Participations, Fed Fund Purchases and Sales plus many other services. ABB extends correspondent services while lowering overall costs. |
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Arkansas Capital Corporation Group
Address: 200 South Commerce
Suite 400 Little Rock, AR 72201
Contact: Jay Wisener
Phone: 800-219-7237
Email: jwisener@arcapital.com
Website: http://acc.arcapital.com/
Products: Complementing, non-competitive alternative
small business loan funding.
Arkansas Capital Corporation, established in 1957, is a private, non-profit business development corporation. It offers an alternative source of financing for small businesses located within the State of Arkansas. ACC bridges the gap between the level of funding a business needs and what it is able to obtain through traditional banking sources. Our volunteer Board of Directors, made up of bankers and business leaders from across Arkansas, is dedicated to the growth and success of your small business. |
Arkansas State Bank Department
Address: 400 Hardin Road
Suite 100
Little Rock, AR 72211
Contact: Candace Franks, Commissioner
Phone: 501-324-9019
Email: asbd@banking.state.ar.us
Website: http://www.state.ar.us/bank/banking1.html
As the primary regulator of a state bank, the Arkansas Bank Commissioner and State Bank Department are little more than a short drive or brief telephone call away from the banking institutions they regulate. A regionally located staff of bank examiners provides an examination staff familiar with your banking area and local economic conditions. The State Bank Department is comprised of Arkansas people interested in the welfare of Arkansas financial institutions.
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Arkansas Student Loan Authority
Address: 3801 Woodland Heights
Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 72201
Contact: Chris Padgett
Phone: 800-443-6030
Email: CPadgett@asla.info
Website: www.asla.info
Products: a source to provide capital and
support services for low-cost educational loans.
Serving the State of Arkansas as a source of education funding, ASLA invests in the future of Arkansas through specialized loan products, rate discounts and commitment to Arkansas students. Borrowers' loans are serviced by in-state client service representatives for the life of the loan. |
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Bancography
Address: 2301 First Ave North
Suite 103
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
Contact: Laura Levy
Phone: 205-252-6671
Email: info@bancography.com
Website: www.bancography.com
Products: Market analysis, branch and ATM planning
software. Financial projections, market share reports,
competitor profiles, customer plots, demographics, maps.
Bancography supports a diverse client portfolio with software tools, consulting engagements and full-service marketing research. In delivery systems, Bancography offers custom network optimization services in addition to Bancography Plan, our market analysis and branch planning software tool. In marketing research, Bancography utilizes its data collection facility to measure market awareness, satisfaction and loyalty and attrition factors and regularly releases secondary research on various industry topics. |
Barret School of Banking
Address: Christian Brothers University
650 East Parkway South
Memphis, Tennessee 38104
Contact: Chris Kelley
Phone: 901-321-4000
Email: ckelley@barret.ws
Website: www.barret.ws
Products: 3 year banking education program, annual one-week residency session, over 40 hours of classroom instruction each year for a total of 128 hours.
The Paul W. Barret, Jr. School of Banking is a non-profit independent school created by and governed by a Board of Regents, whose members are executives from banks and other firms involved with the financial services industry. The mission of the School is to provide an adult learning experience for the career-oriented individual in commercial banking or a related financial services industry business. |
B&F Advisors
Address: PO Box 7696
Little Rock, AR 72217
Contact: Dan Wojcik
Phone: 501-590-1090
Email: DanW@BF-Advisors.com , wojcikdj@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.BF-Advisors.com
Products: Regulatory responses, due diligence, credit risk management systems, strategic planning and bank management and leadership training.
B&F Advisors helps community banks identify, define and solve problems by managing and implementing solutions in the areas of credit risk management, management assessments, regulatory responses, due diligence, strategic planning and succession planning. B& F Advisors is uniquely qualified to serve your needs by providing bank consulting services utilizing real bankers who have many years of actual executive banking experience. |
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Benmark
Address: PO Box 21571
Hot Springs, AR 71903
Contact: Chuck Dudley
Phone: 866-350-0010
Email: cdudley@argentmoney.com
Website: www.benmark.com
Products: bank owned life insurance program for offsetting employee benefit expense; supplemental retirement
programs for bank executives and directors; consulting
services for bank incentive programs.
Benmark is the community bankers’ leading resource for bank-owned life insurance (BOLI), BOLI-funded executive and director benefits and benefit plan administration. Since 1983, we have custom-designed and implemented more than 15,000 plans for more than 7,000 bank executives and directors in more than 800 banks. |
BKD
Address: 400 West Capitol
Suite 2500 Little Rock, AR 72201
Contact: Ryan Underwood
Phone: 501-372-1040
Email: runderwood@bkd.com
Website: www.bkd.com
Products: Audit, compliance, loan review, tax.
BKD Financial Services Group provides solutions beyond the numbers for more than 1,200 financial institutions, ranging in asset size from de novo banks to large multi-billion dollar institutions. Our clients include community banks, savings institutions, holding companies, credit unions, investment firms and other financial and lending organizations. |
Center for Financial Training
Address: 135 Section Line Road
Hot Springs, AR 71903
Contact: Dee Dee Sebren
Phone: 501-520-4101
Email: deedee@cftonline.org
Website: www.cftonline.org
Products: educational resources for beginning and continuing bank education; comprehensive training
programs classroom, computer, in-house or webcast.
Center for Financial Training - the training partner for financial institutions - is changing to meet the needs of today's challenging business environment by offering a comprehensive, up-to-date curriculum that will help your company achieve its goals! It takes more than just keeping up with the changes in this dynamic industry…to keep your competitive edge, you've got to stay on top. |
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Export-Import Bank of the United States
Address: 1880 South Dairy Ashford II
Suite 405
Houston, Texas 77077
Contact: John Johnson
Phone: 281-721-0469
Email: john.johnson@exim.gov
Website: www.exim.gov
Products: Ex-Im Bank is the official export credit agency of the United States financing the export of U.S. goods and services to international markets.
Ex-Im Bank enables U.S. companies — large and small — to turn export opportunities into real sales that help to maintain and create U.S. jobs and contribute to a stronger national economy.
Ex-Im Bank does not compete with private sector lenders but provides export financing products that fill gaps in trade financing. We assume credit and country risks that the private sector is unable or unwilling to accept. We also help to level the playing field for U.S. exporters by matching the financing that other governments provide to their exporters. Ex-Im Bank provides working capital guarantees (pre-export financing); export credit insurance; and loan guarantees and direct loans (buyer financing). No transaction is too large or too small. On average, 85% of our transactions directly benefit U.S. small businesses. |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Address: 1910 Pacific Ave
Suite 1900
Dallas Texas 75201
Contact: Thomas J. Dujenski
Phone: (972) 768-5298
Website: www.fdic.gov
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is an independent agency created by the Congress that maintains the stability and public confidence in the nation’s financial system by insuring deposits, examining and supervising financial institutions, and managing receiverships. |
Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas
Address: P.O. Box 619026
Dallas, Texas 75261-9026
Contact: Mike Lambert
Phone: 800-442-9841
Email: mike.lambert@fhlb.com
Website: www.fhlb.com
Products: Our credit products and other financial services help members deliver financial products to fund housing, small business, rural development and agriculture.
The FHLB of Dallas is a cooperatively owned wholesale bank that supports housing and economic development in the communities served by our member institutions in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Texas.
Specialized community investment and affordable housing loan and grant programs help finance community redevelopment and expand affordable housing opportunities.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Address: P.O. Box 442
St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0442
Phone: 800-333-0810
Website: www.stls.frb.org
Products: Services include: account; check clearing; ACH; cash; wire
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis was established in 1914, after the creation of the Federal Reserve System in 1913. The St. Louis Fed is the headquarters of the Eighth Federal Reserve District and has branches in Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis.
The District includes all of Arkansas and portions of six other states: Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. The St. Louis Bank serves most of eastern Missouri and southern Illinois. |
First Data – Funds Express
Address: 11950 Jollyville Rd.
Austin, Texas 78759
Contact: Jay Carrigan
Phone: 972-359-1880
Email: jay.carrigan@fxfn.com
Website: www.fxfn.com
Products: Secure, reliable and convenient internet-based financial services products including the FundsXpress Financial Portal, secure internet banking, online brokerage and lending.
FundsXpress Financial Network, Inc. provides Internet-based financial services designed to help financial institutions satisfy the most discriminating customers. By combining transactional functionality with a comprehensive support infrastructure, FundsXpress allows financial institutions to improve the way they do business by improving their product offerings and most importantly, their account holder relationships. |
Gerrish-McCreary-Smith
Address: 700 Colonial Road
Suite 200
Memphis, Tennessee 38117
Contact: Philip K. Smith
Phone: 901-767-0900
Email: psmith@gerrish.com
Website: www.gerrish.com
Services: Gerrish McCreary Smith Consultants and Attorneys is a national leader in assisting community banks, thrifts, credit unions, and their respective holding companies in a variety of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, going private transactions, stock and mutual holding company formations, credit union to bank conversions, and Subchapter S reorganizations as well as capital raising through common stock private placements and the issuance of trust preferred securities. On the consulting side, many of the firm’s directors facilitate strategic planning retreats for Boards of Directors and executive officers as well as prepare financial models to assist Boards and executive management with strategic decision making |
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Harland-Clarke
Address: 10931 Laureate Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78249
Contact: Bradley Ward
Phone: 800-382-0818 X 2732
Email: Bradley.Ward@harlandclarke.com
Website: www.harlandclarke.com
Products: Payment solutions, marketing services, technology solutions.
Harland Clarke was formed in 2007 by combining the products and services of Clarke American Corp. and the printed products segment of John H. Harland Company. Together, both highly respected companies have over 200 years of combined experience, each with a rich heritage, traditions of innovation and performance excellence. Harland Clarke offers an expanded suite of direct marketing services, delivery and anti-fraud products, contact center services and checks and check-related products to the financial institution market, including banks, credit unions, thrifts, and securities firms. |
The Hatcher Agency
Address: PO Box 3505
Little Rock, AR 72203
Contact: Curtis Bailey
Phone: 800-359-3748
Email: curtis@hatcheragency.com
Website: www.hatcheragency.com
Products: health; major medical; dental; group life insurance; cancer; long-term disability; long-term care.
Greg Hatcher and his team started The Hatcher Agency on September 1, 1990 with a very simple mission...to provide the most outrageous service in the insurance industry. Focusing on servicing the customer has helped the agency grow very quickly. In 1993 The Hatcher Agency was named by Arkansas Business as the Small Business Of The Year in Arkansas. Each of the last eight years, Greg has been named one of the top 12 agents in the United States out of 1.4 million that are licensed. Currently, The Hatcher Agency is the number one producer for eight different insurance companies in the state. |
Hydco
Address: 208 North Beech Street
North Little Rock, AR 72114
Contact: Roger Marlin
Phone: 501-371-0255
Email: rmarlin@hydco.com
Website: www.hydco.com
Products: Building design and construction; General Contractor; Construction Management.
Regardless of your building needs, we've been down that road before and collected valuable knowledge along the way. As the name general contractor implies, we have expertise in many areas. Our highly skilled professionals will bring your project to a successful completion. Hydco, Inc. takes a leadership role in management to provide its clients with a cost-efficient building process while delivering the finished project on time. |
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Independent Community Bankers of America
Address: 1615 L Street NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036-5623
Contact: Cam Fine
Phone: 800-422-8439
Email: info@icba.org
Website: www.icba.org
Services: Advocacy; Education; Industry Resources; Products and Services; Publications.
The Independent Community Bankers of America, the nation’s voice for community banks, represents 5,000 community banks of all sizes and charter types throughout the United States and is dedicated exclusively to representing the interests of the community banking industry and the communities and customers we serve. ICBA supports fair competition for financial institutions, supports maintaining the separation of banking and commerce, believes in a balanced financial system and opposes the concentration of economic and financial services resources. ICBA member banks create symbiotic relationships with the communities they serve, favor local decision-making while adhering to the highest business practices and ethical standards, and support a democratically governed association where each member bank has a voice and a vote. |
ICBA BanCard – TCM Bank
Address: 1615 L Street NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036-5623
Contact: Linda Echard
Phone: 800-242-4770
Email: bancard@icba.org
Website: www.icbabancard.org
Products: Credit cards; Total Card Management; Merchant POS; Remote Deposit Solutions; E-Banking Solutions.
To provide high-value payments services designed specifically for community banks. We are the Nation's premier provider of payment services exclusively for community banks because we effectively leverage their purchasing power with our vendor partners and our affiliations with other major industry players, in keeping with the values of the Independent Community Bankers of America. We help advocate on behalf of community banks in the payments industry and we provide consultative services in order to help our clients grow their business. We help educate community banks about the absolute need to safely secure their place in the payments market to retain their best customers, to earn profitable returns and be recognized as full-fledged participants in the payments system. |
ICBA Financial Services
Address: 775 Ridge Lake Blvd.
Suite 185
Memphis, Tennessee 38120
Contact: Bill Reid
Phone: 800-786-0223
Email: Bill.Reid@icba.org
Website: www.icbafinancial.com
Products: Brokerage and insurance services.
Today, one in four community banks offers brokerage services to their customers. That number is rapidly growing. And it is important that community bankers connect with a brokerage partner that they can trust. More and more bankers are recognizing that partner in ICBA Financial Services - the only national brokerage partner owned and governed by bankers themselves.
Whether your bank is a new entrant into the brokerage business or an experienced provider, ICBA Financial Services offers you a unique formula for success. |
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ICBA Mortgage
Address: 1615 L Street NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036-5623
Contact: Dave Petro
Phone: 800-253-5356
Email: mortgage@icba.org
Website: www.icbamortgage.com
Products: Servicing-Released Mortgage Origination; Servicing-Retained Mortgage Origination; Mortgage Insurance; Reverse Mortgages; ICBA SmartlenderSM .
ICBA Mortgage provides to community banks, indirect and direct secondary market lending access, diverse mortgage lending programs, and origination and settlement support services. The ICBA Mortgage Programs provide better pricing, access to origination and settlement technology and service benefits beyond what member banks can obtain individually.
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ICBA Securities
Address: 775 Ridge Lake Blvd.
Suite 175
Memphis, Tennessee 38120
Contact: Jim Reber
Phone: 800-422-6442
Email: jreber@icbasecurities.com
Website: www.icbasecurities.com
Products: Securities; bond accounting; safekeeping; performance profile; capital markets; investment strategies; risk management; VPort and Yield Forecaster.
ICBA specializes in providing the products and support necessary to remain a competitive value-added broker/dealer for ICBA member banks. Products actively traded and carried in inventory include Treasuries and Agencies, Fixed Rate Mortgage Backed Securities, Adjustable Rate Mortgage Backed Securities, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Corporates, Municipals, SBAs and other securities suitable for community bank investments. |
Kansas Bankers Surety
Address: P.O. Box 1654
Topeka, Kansas 66601-1654
Contact: Chuck Towle
Phone: 785-228-0000
Products: Fidelity Bond, D&O, Errors and Omissions, Deposit Guaranty Bonds.
A member of the Berkshire Hathaway group of insurance companies, KBS has served banks in America’s heartland since 1909. |
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MPA Systems
Address: PO Box 838
Sanger, Texas 76266-0838
Contact: Sharon Miller
Phone: 888-233-1584
Email: sharon.miller@redhawkindustries.com
Website: www.mpasystems.com
Products: Disaster Recovery Facilities Program, Modular Bank Buildings.
MPA leases and sells modular bank buildings for new charters, branches or remodeling projects. MPA also offers a Disaster Recovery Facilities/Business Continuity Planning Program for a low annual fee to help banks meet federal guidelines. |
Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow
Address: 111 Center Street
Suite 1900 Little Rock, AR 72201
Contact: Tim Grooms
Phone: 501-379-1713
Email: tgrooms@qgtb.com
Website: www.qgtb.com
We are fortunate to represent banks, entities and real estate developers in a myriad of transactional and regulatory matters. Conscious of the time and expense constraints attendant with every matter, we strive to provide timely and efficient advice to our clients who are engaged in business transactions. |
Protective ARK
Address: 1127 Main
Vilonia, AR 72173
Contact: Stanley Gordon
Phone: 800-834-4837
Email: stangordon@alltel.net
Products: Competitively priced term life insurance products for large loans. Commission sharing available for banks with licensed insurance agencies. |
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SHAZAM
Address: 6700 Pioneer Parkway
Johnston, IA 50131
Contact: Kurt Shunkey
Phone: 800-717-4460
Email: kshunke@shazam.net
Website: www.shazam.net
Products: Legal consultation for banking and bank regulatory issues
For more than 30 years, SHAZAM has been making a striking difference in the EFT industry by delivering the technology and service that makes you more competitive. SHAZAM is your partner, not your competitor. |
Six Bridges Capital Corporation
Address: 200 South Commerce
Suite 400
Little Rock, AR 72201
Contact: Jay Wisner
Phone: 800-216-7237
Email: jwisener@arcapital.com
Website: www.sixbridgescapital.com
Products: Traditional and SBA 504 loans. Long-term and fixed asset financing .
For healthy and expanding businesses with a good track record and promising growth potential, 6BCC, in partnership with local banks, can provide fixed rate, low down payment, fixed asset financing that will preserve working capital for future sales growth.
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Travelers
Address: 10810 Executive Ctr Dr.
Suite 400
Little Rock, AR 72211-4398
Contact: Anita Redd
Phone: 501-223-6746
Email: aredd@travelers.com
Website: www.travelers.com
Products: Financial institution bond, trust errors and omissions, directors and officers liability, employment practices liability, property, general liability, bankers professional liability, workers comp and internet liability.
When you select coverage from Travelers, you can trust you're dealing with insurance experts who recognize the unique needs of financial institutions - an industry we've served since 1890. |
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