County directory · Arkansas
CDFI lenders in Mississippi County, AR
2 are headquartered here. 2 more have a bank or credit-union branch here. 2 more say they serve all of Arkansas. Sources: lender websites (29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026), the CDFI Fund list (21 Oct 2026) and FDIC/NCUA branch records.
- Name this county
- 0
- Based here
- 2
- Branch here
- 2
- Serve all of AR
- 2
None of the lender websites we read names Mississippi County; the lenders below are based here, have an office here or serve the whole state. Lenders based elsewhere may lend here too. Search your exact ZIP code in the finder to include lenders based nearby. Towns in this county: Armorel, Bassett, Blytheville, Burdette, Dell, Driver, Dyess, Etowah, Frenchmans Bayou, Gosnell, Joiner, Keiser….
Lenders compared for Mississippi County
4 with local records| Lender | Local records | Loan sizes | Head office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Southern Bancorp Bank Bank or thrift, Arkadelphia AR | 6 offices here; 3 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026; 22 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 204 mi |
| 2. FM Bank and Trust Bank or thrift, Blytheville AR | headquarters here; 6 offices here | ask | 15 mi |
| 3. Farmers Bancorp, Inc. Bank holding company, Blytheville AR | headquarters here; 6 offices here | ask | 15 mi |
| 4. SOUTHERN BANCORP INC Bank holding company, Arkadelphia AR | 6 offices here | ask | 204 mi |
4 of these 4 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $39.1M in fiscal years 1996–2024 (CDFI Fund award database; each lender page lists its awards). An award funds the lender, not a particular borrower.
Order: how many kinds of local record we hold (its website names the county or a town in it, headquarters, a branch, SBA loans or HMDA home loans for borrowers here), then the number of those records, then the head office's distance from the county centre. Loan sizes are the range the lender's website states. It is not a rating and nobody pays for a place. SBA loans: SBA 7(a)/504 data (FY2020–FY2026, 3 or more shown); home loans: HMDA 2025 originations (3 or more shown); branches: FDIC/NCUA; distances are straight lines from the average position of the county's ZIP codes.
Where these lenders have offices
4 lenders2 head offices and 28 branches or offices of 4 lenders on this page, within 35 miles of the centre of Mississippi County. Lenders with no office nearby may still lend here; many work by phone and online.
Head officeBranch or officeApproximate (ZIP code area)
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Loan types confirmed on these lenders' websites
- Agriculture / farm loans (2 lenders)
- Home mortgages (2 lenders)
- Personal / consumer loans (2 lenders)
- Small-business loans (2 lenders)
Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county
4 certified CDFIs have at least one office in Mississippi County (FDIC office data as of 30 Oct 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.
- FM Bank and TrustBank or thrift · Blytheville, ARAgriculture / farm loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans, Small-business loans6 offices in Mississippi County · based hereVerified
- Farmers Bancorp, Inc.Bank holding company · Blytheville, ARAgriculture / farm loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans, Small-business loans6 offices in Mississippi County · based hereVerified
- SOUTHERN BANCORP INCBank holding company · Arkadelphia, AR6 offices in Mississippi CountyOfficial list only
- Southern Bancorp BankBank or thrift · Arkadelphia, AR6 offices in Mississippi CountyOfficial list only
CDFI mortgage lenders active here
Certified CDFIs reported 24 originated home loans for properties in Mississippi County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 4.5% of the 529 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.
- Southern Bancorp BankBank or thrift · Arkadelphia, AR22 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Official list only
Plus 2 more certified CDFIs with fewer than 3 loans here each (not listed).
A lender headquartered far away can appear here: HMDA counts the county of the property, not of the lender. Banks and credit unions below the HMDA reporting thresholds and most loan funds do not report, so other CDFIs may also lend here.
Source: FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data for 2025, snapshot frozen 2 Jun 2026, loan-level records read through the CFPB HMDA Data Browser API on 3 Nov 2026. Originated loans only; applications that were denied, withdrawn or not accepted are not counted. HMDA publishes each loan amount as the middle of a $10,000 band, so totals and medians are approximate. Counts under 3 are not shown. How we match lenders.
Small business and SBA lending in Mississippi County
Official statisticsMedian household income in Mississippi County is $52,548, 14% below the Arkansas figure of $60,773 (ACS 2020–2024).
Businesses here took 14.9 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: fewer than the median Arkansas county (23.2), rank 63 of 75.
| Measure | Mississippi County | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023) | 737 (1.0% of the state) | 70,452 |
| …of which under 20 employees | 84% | 85% |
| Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023) | 3,183 | 244,688 |
| Median household income (ACS 2020–2024) | $52,548 (14% below the state) | $60,773 |
| SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026 | 11 (10 7(a), 1 504) | 2,056 |
| …per 1,000 businesses with employees | 14.9 (rank 63 of 75 Arkansas counties) | 23.2 (median county) |
| Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders | $322,500 | $229,400 |
| …with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender | 4 (36%) | 280 (14%) |
For comparison, not an offer. SBA figures count approvals by every SBA lender for borrowers whose ZIP code lies in the county, not only CDFIs; approval is not disbursement. Rate over prime = the SBA's recorded initial rate minus the prime rate on the approval day; SBA caps it at 3 to 6.5 points depending on loan size (current prime rate and caps: methodology).
Sources: Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and American Community Survey 2020–2024 (table B19013); SBA 7(a) & 504 FOIA data as of 30 Sep 2026; prime rate: FRED DPRIME; SBA maximums: SBA 7(a) terms. Downloaded 15 Nov 2026. How we compute these.
SBA loans made here by CDFIs
SBA data as of 30 Sep 2026Certified CDFIs were the lender, the CDC or the third-party lender on 4 SBA approvals (4 7(a) loans) for borrowers in Mississippi County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 2 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $1.2M approved.
CDFIs with 3 or more: Southern Bancorp Bank (3). 1 more CDFI made 1 or 2 each.
Counted by the county of the borrower's ZIP code. Approval is not disbursement. These are only the SBA loans of certified CDFIs; most SBA lenders here are not CDFIs, and CDFIs also lend outside SBA programs.
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) & 504 FOIA loan data, files as of 30 Sep 2026, downloaded 3 Nov 2026. Our counts, cancelled approvals left out. How we match lenders.
CDFI lending recorded here (FY2022)
CDFI Fund data, released Dec 2024500 loans and investments totaling $133.4M (median $69,085) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Mississippi County in fiscal year 2022, by 9 reporting CDFIs. More than half of these records come from a single reporting CDFI.
| Purpose (CDFI Fund category) | Count | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-real estate business | 129 | $92.2M | $360,887 |
| Home purchase | 91 | $7.6M | $58,500 |
| Real estate: commercial construction, permanent or acquisition | 80 | $17.5M | $76,000 |
| Non-real estate microenterprise | 71 | $1.6M | $23,984 |
| Home improvement | 53 | $2.4M | $33,934 |
| Real estate: single-family housing rehabilitation | 50 | $4.8M | $72,750 |
| Other purposes | 24 | $6.5M |
CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 911 consumer loans in Mississippi County totaling $8.1M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 2% of them as serving low-income borrowers.
Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 121 · FY2019 46 · FY2020 198 · FY2021 313.
Only CDFIs that hold an active CDFI Fund award (CDFI Program, Native American CDFI Assistance or the CDFI Rapid Response Program) report these transactions, so this is not all lending by the certified CDFIs on this page. The Fund masks which CDFI made each loan, so we cannot say which lender listed here made them.
Source: CDFI Fund, CDFI/NACA/CDFI RRP Program Award Recipient Data Release, Transaction Level Report and Consumer Loan Report public files for fiscal year 2022 (released Dec 2024; downloaded 3 Nov 2026). Amounts are original loan or investment amounts as reported. Place = the 2010 census tract of each record. How we count.
Headquartered in Mississippi County
The official list gives a headquarters address here. Check each lender's page for where it lends.
- FM Bank and TrustBank or thrift · Blytheville, ARAgriculture / farm loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans, Small-business loansVerified
- Farmers Bancorp, Inc.Bank holding company · Blytheville, ARAgriculture / farm loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans, Small-business loansVerified
Say they serve all of Arkansas
- Partners BankBank or thrift · Helena, ARAgriculture / farm loans, Auto / vehicle loans, Home repair / improvement loans, Home mortgages…Verified
- People TrustLoan fund · Little Rock, ARPersonal / consumer loans, Small-business loansVerified
Free help before you apply
These offices give free or low-cost advice: a Small Business Development Center or SCORE mentor can help with the business plan, cash-flow projections and paperwork most business lenders ask for, and a HUD-approved housing counselor can help with a homebuyer course, a budget or a missed mortgage payment. Some counseling agencies also lend; using their advice does not commit you to their loans. Call ahead to check hours and what they cover.
Business advice
- Arkansas SBTDC ~ Arkansas State UniversitySmall Business Development Center · 319 University Loop West, 2nd Floor, Delta Center for Economic Dev, State University, AR 72467870-972-3517 · about 35 miles from the centre of Mississippi County
- Memphis SCORESCORE mentoring · Memphis, TN 38103901-201-4550 · about 41 miles from the centre of Mississippi County
Housing counseling
Sources: SBA local assistance listings, read 6 Nov 2026; HUD's list of approved housing counseling agencies (open-data version last updated 9 Apr 2025). For the current list and the services each agency offers, use the CFPB's housing counselor search (it uses HUD's list) or call HUD at 800-569-4287. Offices are placed by ZIP code, so distances are approximate.
Other Arkansas counties
Source: CDFI Atlas, cdfiatlas.com/states/ar/counties/mississippi-county/. © 2026 CDFI Atlas. Quoting with a link is welcome; republishing the pages or the compiled data is not (terms of use).