Who is Riverside Bank?
Chartered in 1916 in Sparkman, Arkansas, Riverside Bank (formerly known as Merchants & Planters Bank) serves the Southwest Arkansas areas that include Sparkman, Camden, Bearden, Fordyce, Arkadelphia and the surrounding small communities.
Eighty years later, in 1996, the Bank expanded into Central Arkansas with a loan production office and mortgage company subsidiary (Riverside Mortgage Company).
In 2004, the Bank continued its growth with the addition of two title insurance companies (Little Rock Title Company and Fayetteville Title Company), and added another mortgage subsidiary in 2006 (Arkansas Mortgage Company). Our second retail banking branch was added in Little Rock in 2007.
What makes our Bank so different from the other zillion banks you see on every street corner?
- A loan committee that meets 24/7 to get you lightning fast answers
- Efficient overhead that results in high deposit rates for our customers
- Focused on Custom Home Loans that can only be provided by a nimble bank with closely held ownership and few decision makers.
- Small hometown banking with Big Bank services and state-of-the-art technology
- We have no plans to get huge, get sold, change our name, etc. We can’t wait for our 100th birthday in 2016. It will be a real party, and you are invited.
The smaller your bank, the more important you are. Call or drop by any day and see what Riverside Bank can do for you. We promise to take the stiffness out of the boring old banking business and make it as fun and pleasant as possible.