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Simmons Bank Joins National Aircraft Finance Association®

Simmons Bank Joins National Aircraft Finance Association®

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2021                                 

Contact: Tracey Cheek

tlc@nafa.aero

405.850.1292

 

Simmons Bank Joins National Aircraft Finance Association®
 

Edgewater, MD.– National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA) is pleased to announce that Simmons Bank has recently joined its professional network of aviation lenders. NAFA members will have access to Simmons Bank’s comprehensive financial solutions delivered with a client-centric approach. The Pine Bluff, Arkansas-based company, founded in 1903, has total consolidated assets of approximately $23.2 billion in 198 financial centers, conducting financial operations throughout Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.

Simmons Bank and its subsidiaries provide complete banking services to individuals and businesses throughout the market areas that they serve. Services include consumer (credit card and other consumer), real estate (construction, single-family residential and other commercial) and commercial (commercial, agriculture and financial institutions) loans, checking, savings and time deposits, trust and investment management services and securities and investment services. In 2021, Forbes has named Simmons to the lists of Bank Best-in-State Employers, Best-in-State Banks, World’s Best Banks and Best Banks in America.

As vice president of Simmons Bank, Jim Lewis has over 30 years of experience leading private jet management operations by successfully creating and implementing services to meet the unique travel needs of the world's most high net-worth corporations and individuals. He is responsible for the successful creation and implementation of new, first-to-market industry services.

During his career, Lewis has led the establishment of multiple business units, operational facilities, and start-ups, resulting in the capture of more than $275M in revenue and $300M in annual asset transactions.

“NAFA members proudly finance, support or enable the financing of general and business aviation aircraft throughout the world and we’re happy to add Simmons Bank to our association,” said Jim Blessing, President of NAFA.

The National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA) is a professional association that has been promoting the general welfare of aircraft finance for 50 years. Our network of members is comprised of lenders and product service providers who work together to finance general and business aviation aircraft. NAFA sets the standard for best practices in aviation finance by educating its members with the most up-to-date industry trends and best practices. Government legislation, market influences, and industry insights allow member companies to provide the highest quality services the industry has to offer.


 October 27, 2021