Bank of the Ozarks Names New COO

By Sarah Todd August 26, 2013, 5:07 p.m. EDT 1 Min Read

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Bank of the Ozarks, HomeTrust, Others Close Deals

Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Glacier Bancorp (GCBI) and Central Valley Community Bancorp (CVCY) all announced deal completions Wednesday.

By Chris Cumming

August 1
Community banking

Bank of the Ozarks in Arkansas to Open N.Y. Lending Office

Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK) in Little Rock, Ark., is planning to open a loan production office in New York.

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Bank of Ozarks' Profit Rises on Fee Income

Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK) in Little Rock, Ark., reported higher quarterly earnings because of higher mortgage income.

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The longtime chief operating officer at Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK) in Little Rock, Ark., is retiring.

Bank of the Ozarks disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday that Mark Ross, 57, will retire on Oct. 4 after spending more than 30 years at the $4 billion-asset company. Tyler Vance, 39, the company's chief banking officer, will succeed Ross.

Ross will remain executive vice president of operations through December 2014 to assist with the transition and "assist in the completion of certain initiatives currently in progress," the filing said.

Sarah Todd

Deputy Editor, BankThink

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