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Randy Dennis Quoted in “National Signs of Recovery Aside, Northwest Arkansas’ Future Flat”

Arkansas Business.com l December 26, 2011

By Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Staff

Throughout America’s recent recession, state economists, business
leaders and industry insiders repeated a refrain that’s offered only [...]

Randy Dennis Quoted in “Despite Lull, Still More Failures Loom in 2012″

American Banker | December 13, 2011

By Robert Barba

With almost a month since the last bank failure, Friday evenings haven’t been this slow in years.

Don’t make plans to go out.

At least 200 banks remain on the brink. With few prospects for recovery, failures — and the Friday evening death-watch ritual — [...]

DD&F has completed ten FDIC Assisted Acquisitions since beginning of 2011, keeping us as one of the leading firms with completed FDIC acquisitions nationwide.

Congratulations! to our clients for their recent and successful FDIC assisted acquisitions:

Georgia Commerce Bank (Atlanta, GA) acquired CreekSide Bank (Woodstock, [...]

DD&F has completed ten FDIC Assisted Acquisitions since beginning of 2011, keeping us as one of the leading firms with completed FDIC acquisitions nationwide.

Congratulations! to our clients for their recent and successful FDIC assisted acquisitions:

Georgia Commerce Bank (Atlanta, GA) acquired CreekSide Bank (Woodstock, [...]

The recent tornados that swept through Arkansas and our neighboring states have left destruction and devastation along their paths, in many cases in communities where we have clients and friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of our clients whose families, customers and communities that have been affected.

Congratulations!

Our sincere congratulations to George Gleason, Chairman and CEO of Bank of the Ozarks, recently named as one of the American Banker’s community bankers of the year for 2010.

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Randy Dennis Quoted in “Information scarce on bids for failed banks”

Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group | Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is making less information available to the public about how it is dealing with the rising number of bank failures in 2010. Over the last year, the agency has failed to post a complete list of bids on 41 [...]

Randy Dennis featured panelist for SNL Financial Webinar

Randy Dennis” href=”http://ddfconsulting.com/staff-profiles/randy-dennis/”>Randy Dennis was recently a featured panelist for SNL Financial Webinar: FDIC Assisted Acquisitions: Beyond the Basics. Over 600 participants logged in for this timely subject. To view Randy’s presentation click here.

Randy Dennis Quoted in “Spotting Unusual Opportunities”

American Banker | December 2, 2010

When George Gleason took his family to the island of St. Bart’s for Thanksgiving in 2007, he told his wife it would be the last vacation they would take for a while.

At Bank of the Ozarks in Little Rock, Ark., which Gleason bought in 1979, the chief [...]

Randy Dennis Quoted in “Bank acquires another lender; Move buoys its Florida profile”

Arkansas Democrat | Saturday, November 20, 2010

by David Smith

LITTLE ROCK — Home BancShares bought its sixth failed bank from federal regulators Friday, the Conway-based owner of Centennial Bank said.

The bank bought Gulf State Community Bank of Carrabelle, Fla. The purchase strengthens Home BancShares Inc.’s position in the Florida Panhandle. [...]