Mississippi Business Journal » Aubrey Patterson http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 New BancorpSouth CEO looks to repeat his Texas-style success in Tupelo http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/07/new-bancorpsouth-ceo-looks-to-repeat-his-texas-style-success-in-tupelo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-bancorpsouth-ceo-looks-to-repeat-his-texas-style-success-in-tupelo http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/07/new-bancorpsouth-ceo-looks-to-repeat-his-texas-style-success-in-tupelo/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:27:12 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=66468 The wheeler-dealer who helped transform Houston-based Prosperity Bank into Texas’ third-largest banking company is now in Tupelo with what analysts expect is a much different mission: Slim down BancorpSouth’s expenses with a focus on profitability. The appointment of James “Dan” Rollins III to head BancorpSouth’s multi-state banking operation makes sense for a bank in pursuit [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/07/new-bancorpsouth-ceo-looks-to-repeat-his-texas-style-success-in-tupelo/feed/ 1 Patterson on new leadership http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/07/patterson-on-new-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=patterson-on-new-leadership http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/07/patterson-on-new-leadership/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:01:42 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=66486 After 22 years as CEO of BancorpSouth, Audrey Patterson has handed the chief executive duties to veteran Texas banker James “Dan” Rollins III. Patterson, who will remain as chairman, recently answered several questions regarding the $13 billion banking regional banking company’s new leadership. >>New BancorpSouth CEO looks to repeat his Texas-style success in Tupelo Major [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/07/patterson-on-new-leadership/feed/ 0 Cartoons— May 20, 2012 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/20/cartoons-may-20-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cartoons-may-20-2012 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/20/cartoons-may-20-2012/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 06:01:16 +0000 For the MBJ http://msbusiness.com/?p=57265 By Ricky Nobile

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/20/cartoons-may-20-2012/feed/ 0 Patterson, longtime CEO of BancorpSouth, to retire http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/11/patterson-longtime-ceo-of-bancorpsouth-to-retire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=patterson-longtime-ceo-of-bancorpsouth-to-retire http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/11/patterson-longtime-ceo-of-bancorpsouth-to-retire/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:44:47 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=56969 TUPELO — Aubrey Patterson will retire from his post as chairman and CEO of BancorpSouth Inc. in 2013, the regional bank says. In a Thursday release, Patterson said he expected to retire around the time of the company’s annual meeting in April 2013. >> A Q&A with Aubrey Patterson >> BancorpSouth reaches 2-year high on [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/11/patterson-longtime-ceo-of-bancorpsouth-to-retire/feed/ 0 BancorpSouth reaches 2-year high on earnings, plans regional restructuring http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/29/bancorpsouth-reaches-2-year-high-on-earnings-plans-regional-restructuring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bancorpsouth-reaches-2-year-high-on-earnings-plans-regional-restructuring http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/29/bancorpsouth-reaches-2-year-high-on-earnings-plans-regional-restructuring/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:01:55 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=56484 The year’s first quarter brought BancorpSouth Inc. its best quarterly showing in two years, with the Tupelo-based regional bank reporting net income of $22.9 million, or 25-cents a share. The burden of bad real estate loans also eased during the quarter, according to Aubrey Patterson, chairman and CEO BancorpSouth, a $13 billion banking company with [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/29/bancorpsouth-reaches-2-year-high-on-earnings-plans-regional-restructuring/feed/ 0 BancorpSouth profit jumps, loan set-aside shrinks http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/24/bancorpsouth-profit-jumps-loan-set-aside-shrinks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bancorpsouth-profit-jumps-loan-set-aside-shrinks http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/24/bancorpsouth-profit-jumps-loan-set-aside-shrinks/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:32:16 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=56107 TUPELO — BancorpSouth is set aside less for future loan losses and made more in fees from mortgage borrowers, increasing profit in the first quarter. The Tupelo firm said Monday that profit rose to $22.9 million, or 25 cents per share, in the quarter that ended March 31. The bank said that’s the most it [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/24/bancorpsouth-profit-jumps-loan-set-aside-shrinks/feed/ 0 BancorpSouth rebounds further into the black http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/06/bancorpsouth-rebounds-further-into-the-black/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bancorpsouth-rebounds-further-into-the-black http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/06/bancorpsouth-rebounds-further-into-the-black/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:00:21 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=36730 A balance sheet that saw a significant decline in provision for credit losses helped Tupelo-based regional bank BancorpSouth achieve fourth quarter net income of $15.8 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, beating the analysts’ consensus estimate by 2 cents. Shareholders, however, saw their dividend chopped in half, going from 22 cents in the third quarter [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/06/bancorpsouth-rebounds-further-into-the-black/feed/ 0 More bank lending in 2011? Answer is in bad loan cleanups http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/02/more-bank-lending-in-2011-answer-is-in-bad-loan-cleanups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-bank-lending-in-2011-answer-is-in-bad-loan-cleanups http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/02/more-bank-lending-in-2011-answer-is-in-bad-loan-cleanups/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 06:00:17 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=35075 Banking Commissioner John Allison says he’s seen signs that may signal turning of corner for Mississippi banking sector Nationally, banks have loosened lending and eased up on an obsession with cleaning up their balance sheets, says Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation. Some of that change could filter down to Mississippi in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/02/more-bank-lending-in-2011-answer-is-in-bad-loan-cleanups/feed/ 1 Main Street Matters kicks off with development goal http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/21/main-street-matters-kicks-off-with-development-goal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main-street-matters-kicks-off-with-development-goal http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/21/main-street-matters-kicks-off-with-development-goal/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 06:00:43 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=33678 Effort enlists business leaders to bring more industry and tourism to Main Street communities The Mississippi Main Street Association has launched a five-year economic and community development program for the State of Mississippi dubbed “Main Street Matters.” The initiative to underwrite the effort grew out of ideas and suggestions from nearly 100 business leaders over [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/21/main-street-matters-kicks-off-with-development-goal/feed/ 0 Memphis Market http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/07/memphis-market/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memphis-market http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/07/memphis-market/#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2010 06:00:09 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=32875 BancorpSouth’s Memphis borrowers stayed solvent longer, delaying in loan repairs Regional bank BancorpSouth attributes much of the earnings pain it is enduring today to high-quality big-money borrowers in metro Memphis who ran out of money later in the real estate bust than did others. “Because of borrowers we were dealing with, we dealt with issues in [...]

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