Article: If It's New, ANB Financial's Interested in Adoption: Located in the land of Wal-Mart, ANB finds itself with a lot of competitors. It's tried to stay ahead by embracing innovation early, often developing the technology itself.(VeriSource)(Interview)

From its perch across the way from Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters in Arkansas, ANB Financial's plan to ward off its numerous competitors has been like a play on old school voting in Chicago-adopt early and adopt often.

Since its founding in 1994, the institution has been one of the first to try Web banking, document imaging and mobile ATM technology-rolling out all three during the early to mid 1990s.

The idea has been to let its target customer base know it can get the same kind of high-tech touch from any of the myriad national institutions that do business in the Walton family's backyard, along with localized service. What it may lack in the bells ...

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