Admittedly an optimistic person, Greg Taylor would have positive feelings about banking in Mississippi regardless. As the new chairman of the Mississippi Bankers Association, he will lead and represent the organization for the next year. He’s chairman, president and CEO of Merchants and Farmers Bancorp, Inc. of Holly Springs and has previously served the MBA [...] [...]
Sid Davis has been re-elected chairman of the board of Peoples Bank. His experience includes eight years as a national bank examiner, during which time he served as administrative assistant to the regional administrator from 1969 to 1971 and as the first international bank examiner in the five-state region from 1971 to 1974. He served [...] [...]
Shey Winstead has joined Peoples Bank. He will serve as vice president-BSA officer responsible for performing various quality control reviews and monitoring in the area of Bank Secrecy Act, USA Patriot Act, anti-money laundering, OFAC and Customer Identification Program compliance using industry standard and regulatory guidance sampling methods to ensure the bank’s compliance efforts are [...] [...]
JACKSON — An insurance company wants former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz kicked off a lawsuit involving imprisoned former attorney Paul Minor. Minor, meanwhile, thinks the federal judge in the case should step down because he’s the same judge who presided the criminal case that sent Minor and two former judges to prison. Minor, [...] [...]
Source: Peoples Bank press release MENDENHALL — Peoples Bank was ranked number four nationwide for the number of loans it made to businesses under the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) ARC Loan Program, which ended in September. During the life of the ARC program, Peoples Bank was recognized on multiple locations by national media, with [...] [...]
Peoples ranks third in the nation in ARC loans Peoples Bank, a Mississippi-based, family-owned bank with five locations, ranks third in nation for the number of America’s Recovery Capital loans administered through the U.S. Small Business Association. The bank, whose slogan is “Mississippi’s Main Street Bank,” ranks behind J.P. Morgan Chase Bank and Wells Fargo. [...] [...]
BILOXI, Miss. – If you are looking for a die-hard Saints fanatic, Peggy Byrd would be the one. Her entire office is decked out in black and gold. And you won’t believe what’s in her home. “I have a Saints clock, Saints rug, Saints jewelry. I even have embroidered Saints ‘Who Dat’ toilet paper,” said [...] [...]
Peoples Bank president and CEO Steven Ammann announced that veteran banker John Rankin has joined the bank and will serve as vice president in the Main Office. In his new capacity, Rankin will focus on business loans and will serve as investment officer of the bank. During his career, Rankin served four years as a [...] [...]
BILOXI — The board of directors of Peoples Financial Corporation, parent of The Peoples Bank, declared a reduced regular semiannual cash dividend of $0.20 per common share, payable July 15, 2009, to stockholders of record July 8, 2009. “This dividend level is consistent with our long-term goal of returning about 35 percent of our earnings [...] [...]
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