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Updates, announcements, and stories about the work helping people and communities move forward.
Little Rock, Ark. – Southern Bancorp, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) with operations in Arkansas and Mississippi, announced its opposition to this week’s proposed Consumer Financial Protection...
A couple of weeks ago, we touched on the importance of having both a checking and a savings account. We mentioned that having your money in two separate...
As we continue talking about tax time and ways to save, one thing that we’ve left out of the conversation is the complexity we all face when trying...
We’ve recently written about two ways to help folks save more at tax time. One is to split your tax refund – put some of your refund into...
We’ve all been nudged before. But did you know there are different types of nudges? Behavioral economists (those folks who look at why we make the choices we...
Most (if not all) of us should be saving more. We know we need a financial cushion for life’s inevitable emergencies[1]. If we have children, we know we...
Little Rock, Ark. – Southern Bancorp, Inc. CEO Darrin Williams announced today that Dr. Karama Neal has been named President of Southern Bancorp Community Partners (SBCP), a 501(c)(3)...
By Kathryn Hazelett Are you prepared to jump into retirement? Do you anticipate a soft landing or does it feel more like jumping off of a cliff without...
By Kathryn Hazelett Practically everyone knows that we should be saving, and yet we still don’t do it. Or at least we don’t save enough. Add our general...
Little Rock, AR – Southern Bancorp Community Partners (SBCP) Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Karama Neal, has been appointed to the board of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, a...
