Simmons Bank ready to celebrate 120 years
As Simmons Bank's 120th anniversary approaches, the Pine Bluff-based company has found regional success expanding its footprint into five of its su...
As Simmons Bank's 120th anniversary approaches, the Pine Bluff-based company has found regional success expanding its footprint into five of its surrounding states over the past 13 years. A bank that had established many branches across Arkansas before 2010 was ready to grow outside the Natural State. "We were sort of in a mire," Simmons CEO George Makris Jr. said. "We had a lot of capital, a lot of equipment, a lot of liquidity, excellent asset quality, a great group of associates, but the territory we served was not a growth territory.