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Last year, Bank OZK launched Sustainable World Investments, an investment offering committed to fostering a healthier, more socially-conscious planet. Our experts can help you drive positive social and environmental change through your investments. Socially-conscious investments aren’t mutually exclusive with economically competitive ones. If you want an investment portfolio tailored to creating a cleaner, healthier environment with […]

The Commercial Observer, a leading commercial real estate publication, has recognized four leaders from Bank of the Ozarks’ Real Estate Specialties Group (RESG) among the 50 most important figures of commercial real estate finance. This marks the second year in a row that Bank of the Ozarks team members have been featured in this list. […]

Over on social channels, we’re celebrating Super Bowl LII with wisdom from some of football’s legendary coaches. Be sure to check out the #SuperBowlWeekQuotes hashtag by following us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. A great coach understands the impact their words can have on people. These coaches are respected because they taught their players how to win, but […]

Saving money should be simple—all you have to do is spend less than you earn—yet so few of us find it easy to accomplish.  It turns out Bank of the Ozarks has three nifty tools that can help make saving money as easy as it should be. CardValet: Budgeting?  There’s an app for that (and […]

If you’ve reached age 70½ and have tax-deferred retirement accounts, like a 401(k) or traditional IRA, consider this as a reminder to take your required minimum distribution, commonly referred to as an RMD, before the end of the year.  Failing to do so will result in the IRS imposing a 50% penalty on the amount […]

This morning, Bank of the Ozarks reported record income of $76.0 million for the third quarter 2016. This marks a 64.8% increase over net income of $46.1 million for the third quarter of 2015. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, net income totaled $182.2 million…

Years ago, when I was working in northern Wisconsin, a Native American friend told me there are four primary virtues in life: courage, strength, wisdom, and generosity.  She said that every person is born with one of these virtues and it is our purpose to find the other three.  I’ve always thought generosity is the […]

Bank of the Ozarks is celebrating our friend and colleague Brenda Lovelace of Kings Mountain, NC, today on her 50th year as an employee of Bank of the Ozarks (including years of service at the acquired bank) – perhaps the only employee of Bank of the Ozarks to have attained this milestone. Today, Lovelace…

Bank Director, a premier financial services industry magazine, has named Bank of the Ozarks the nation’s number one bank in the $5 billion to $50 billion asset category for 2016. The Bank Director 2016 Bank Performance Scorecard is based on five key metrics relating to profitability, capital strength and asset quality. Along with this…

We are excited to announce the completion of our merger with C1 Financial, Inc. effective July 21, 2016. This is our fifteenth acquisition since March 2010. George Gleason, Bank of the Ozarks Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated: Bank of the Ozarks is very pleased to complete the acquisition of C1 Bank, providing 33 strategica…

We are pleased to announce the completion of our merger with Community & Southern Holdings, Inc. effective July 20, 2016. This marks our largest acquisition to date and the fourteenth since March of 2010. David Edwards has been named Georgia State President and Senior Credit Services…