June 5, 1922

Simmons First National Bank in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) opened its Trust Department. Simmons, which opened in March 1903 with first-day deposits of $3,338.22, is now the largest publicly traded financial holding headquarters in Arkansas. It was one of the first Arkansas banks to open without restrictions after the “bank holiday” of 1933 during the Great Depression and was the first bank in Arkansas to offer the Bank of America credit card, now known as VISA.