Great Southern officials said the bank’s consistently favorable ranking in the Ethisphere TARP Index has been a welcome accolade on top of two strong quarters. And while Chief Financial Officer Rex Copeland couldn’t speak to the accuracy of the index value assigned to his bank, he did say Great Southern’s rank seems logical.
“I’m not sure where they’re coming up with the dollar amount; the market value of our company has gone up more than that,” he said. “But directionally it makes sense that we would be in a positive light from the standpoint of looking at this gain or loss (from) the TARP program…”
