Banks in Des Arc, AR

Bank branch map: Des Arc

Banks sit at the coordinates in their FDIC record; credit union offices at their NCUA address, located with the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder. Point at a marker for today's hours, tap it for the address, directions and the bank's site.

Short answer: 2 banks and credit unions operate 2 locations in Des Arc, according to the FDIC. 2 of them have coordinates on record and are on the map. ATMs and opening hours are not in the sources this page uses yet; each marker links to directions.

Positions are the regulators' own coordinates, or the Census Geocoder's point for the address, and can sit a few hundred feet from the door. Streets, buildings and parks come from OpenStreetMap through OpenFreeMap, with every street named as you zoom in; if that map cannot load, a simpler map drawn from the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line files takes its place. ATMs will follow with the Overture Maps import.

All banks in Des Arc

Sorted by number of local branches. Each branch shows where its hours and phone number come from.

Short answer: The Farmers & Merchants Bank and Merchants & Planters' Bank have the most locations in Des Arc, with 1 each. 2 banks have a single office in the city. Open any bank to see each address, today's hours where the bank publishes them and the phone number.

Merchants & Planters' Bank 1 branch · main office Newport, AR Bank · 1

Merchants & Planters' Bank has 1 branch in Des Arc, 12 across Arkansas and 12 nationwide. FDIC records list its main office in Newport, AR and show it operating since 1946. With $379.4 million in total assets on June 30, 2026, it ranks No. 2,160 of 4,232 U.S. banks by total assets. The Des Arc Office Branch at 416 Main St dates to 2007 in FDIC branch records. It does not publish hours in the sources this page uses; check its site before you go.

• Des Arc Office Branch

  416 Main St, 72040

  Hours: see the bank's site
  DirectionsWebsite

Merchants & Planters' Bank: profile, branches and contacts

The Farmers & Merchants Bank 1 branch · main office Stuttgart, AR Bank · 1

The Farmers & Merchants Bank has 1 branch in Des Arc, 21 across Arkansas and 21 nationwide. FDIC records list its main office in Stuttgart, AR and show it operating since 1945. With $2.02 billion in total assets on June 30, 2026, it ranks No. 604 of 4,232 U.S. banks by total assets. The Desarc Branch at 110 W Third dates to 1901 in FDIC branch records. It does not publish hours in the sources this page uses; check its site before you go.

• Desarc Branch

  110 W Third, 72040

  Hours: see the bank's site
  DirectionsWebsite

The Farmers & Merchants Bank: profile, branches and contacts

Banking in Des Arc: the local picture

Short answer: 2 banks run 2 branches in Des Arc according to the FDIC. A population estimate for this place is not available from the Census Bureau, so branches per resident are not shown.

Of the 2 banks, 0 have their main office in Des Arc, 2 elsewhere in Arkansas, according to the FDIC.

The bank with the longest record here is The Farmers & Merchants Bank, operating since 1945 according to the FDIC. In FDIC branch records, the longest-running branch is The Farmers & Merchants Bank's office at 110 W Third, dating to 1901; the newest is Merchants & Planters' Bank's at 416 Main St, from 2007.

None of the 2 locations here publishes hours in the sources this page uses. Each branch links to the bank's own site.

Chase, Bank of America and other national banks

Which big national banks have branches in Des Arc, and where the nearest one is if they do not.

Short answer: No branches in Des Arc: Chase (nearest in North Little Rock, 43 mi), Wells Fargo (nearest in Texarkana, 179 mi), Bank of America (nearest in Jacksonville, 35 mi), PNC Bank, U.S. Bank (nearest in Jacksonville, 35 mi), Truist (nearest in West Memphis, 75 mi), Fifth Third Bank, Huntington (nearest in Hazen, 14 mi), Regions Bank (nearest in Searcy, 22 mi), TD Bank, BMO.

Branch counts from FDIC BankFind as of September 5, 2026. Distances are straight-line miles from the center of Des Arc to the nearest branch in Arkansas.

What your savings could earn

National benchmarks and the best published offers, from the Banrox Bank Rates tracker. Enter your own balance and rate to compare.

Short answer: At the national average savings rate of 0.38%, $10,000 kept in savings for a year earns about $38. The best published savings rate in the tracker, 3.75% at CIT Bank, earns about $375. The national average 12-month CD pays 1.71%.

Rates are the banks' published APYs as tracked on the Banrox Bank Rates page, with the date next to each benchmark; they are not offers from Banrox and can change daily. Interest is before tax. The best offers are mostly online banks and are open to Des Arc residents like anyone else.

Banks near Des Arc

Nearby cities with at least two banks, by straight-line distance. Counts from FDIC BankFind.

Short answer: The closest towns with more choice are Hazen (14 miles) and Brinkley (18 miles). Searcy, 23 miles away, has the most banks nearby: 10.

Bank branch openings and closings in Des Arc

FDIC branch records, between September 5, 2025 and September 5, 2026.

Short answer: FDIC branch records show no bank branch openings in Des Arc between September 5, 2025 and September 5, 2026. Closings and relocations are not tracked by the sources this page uses yet.

Largest banks in Des Arc by total assets

Ranked by each bank's total assets on its FDIC balance sheet, which covers the whole bank, not only its Des Arc offices.

Short answer: The Farmers & Merchants Bank is the largest bank with offices in Des Arc, with $2.02 billion in total assets on June 30, 2026, No. 604 among U.S. banks by total assets. Merchants & Planters' Bank is second with $379.4 million. Local deposit shares will follow once the FDIC Summary of Deposits is imported.

Total assets and ranks from FDIC BankFind as of June 30, 2026. Rank is among active banks that report total assets to the FDIC.

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