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New MBA chairman says banking healthy in Mississippi

Lynn Lofton — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:01:12 +0000

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 [...]

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Davis re-elected Peoples chair

MBJ Staff — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:01:51 +0000

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 [...]

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Peoples adds officers

MBJ Staff — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:13:50 +0000

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 [...]

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Insurance co. wants Diaz kicked off case

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:49:43 +0000

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, [...]

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SBA ranks Peoples Bank No. 4 in U.S. for loans

Amy McCullough — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:21:54 +0000

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 [...]

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Running with the big banks

Laura Smith — Sun, 16 May 2010 15:16:01 +0000

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. [...]

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Saints wager at Mississippi bank could pay off

Associated Press — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:40:34 +0000

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 [...]

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Rankin made VP at Peoples

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:01:07 +0000

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 [...]

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Peoples reduces semiannual dividend

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:32:49 +0000

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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