2 West Arkansas Banks Merge to Create $3.67B Lender

2 West Arkansas Banks Merge to Create $3.67B Lender

First Bank Corp. of Fort Smith and First State Bank Corp. of Russellville announced that the companies have merged, creating a lender with more $3.67 billion in assets. First Bank Corp. is the holding company for First National Bank of Fort Smith, which ranks No. 10 on Arkansas Business‘ most recent list of the state’s largest banks with $2.47 billion in assets. The holding company also owns four smaller community lenders. First State Bank ranks…