State Coverage: Kansas
Landmark Strikes Deal for Small Kansas Bank
American Banker | Jan 18Landmark Bancorp Inc. in Manhattan, Kan., is buying Wellsville Bancshares Inc. in what would be its first bank acquisition in more than six years.
Small Kansas Banks Plan Spring Merger
American Banker | Jan 11Two small Kansas banks that have been fixtures in their rural communities for decades are planning to merge in a bid to improve efficiency and better contend with increasing compliance costs.
CoBank in Denver Completes Merger with Kansas Ag Bank
American Banker | Jan 03CoBank in Denver has completed its merger with U.S. AgBank in Wichita, Kan., creating an $85 billion cooperative bank in the Farm Credit System.
Equity, University National Cancel Merger
American Banker | Dec 07Equity Bank in Andover, Kan., and University National Bank in Lawrence, Kan., have terminated their deal to merge.
Goering in Kansas Receives Fed Approval to Buy Home State Bancshares
American Banker | Nov 29The Federal Reserve Board has approved the sale of Home State Bancshares Inc. in McPherson, Kan., to Goering Management Co.
Equity of Kansas Adds Heft With Bank and Branch Deals
American Banker | Sep 08Equity Bank in Andover, Kan., is bulking up in its home state with deals to acquire a small bank in Lawrence and four branches in Topeka from a Missouri bank that is exiting the market.
Capitol Federal Withdraws Bid to Buy Back Stock
American Banker | Sep 07Capitol Federal Financial in Topeka, Kan., has decided to wait until its one-year anniversary as a 100% stock-owned company before before pursuing a stock buyback program.
For Kansas De Novo, Patience Pays Off
American Banker | Sep 07For CrossFirst, the last three years have been filled with perseverance. It spent three years trying to raise capital and 13 months cleaning up a troubled bank before regulators would allow it to merge it with its de novo bank.
Mercantile in Illinois May Need to Sell Core Bank to Save Itself
American Banker | Aug 16Mercantile Bancorp once believed that its bank in sleepy Quincy, Ill. was not enough. Now, that bank might hold the key to the company's survival.
Kansas Sees First Failure of 2011
American Banker | Aug 12The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency shut $538.1 million-asset First National Bank of Olathe in Kansas, the first failure in the state this year, bringing the total number of collapses in the country to 64.
Securities Gains Boost Profits at Capitol Federal
American Banker | Jul 29Capitol Federal Financial Inc. in Topeka, Kan., reported earnings of $17.3 million, an increase of 11% over the same period in 2010.
Fed Unveils Written Agreement as it Ends Another
American Banker | Jul 21The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced that it had entered into a written agreement with a banking company while also disclosing the termination of a prior order.
Rare Foreclosure by a Bank, of a Bank, Draws Notice
American Banker | May 06It takes special circumstances for one bank to foreclose on another, but such an event took place this year, leading to last month's sale of Generations Bank to National Bancorp.
Chicago Brothers Buy Kansas Thrift
American Banker | Apr 08National Bancorp Holdings, a newly created holding company backed by brothers Stephen and John Calk, bought Generations Bank from Armed Forces Bank in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Fed Takes Action Against Two Banks
American Banker | Mar 15The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced written agreements with Pembina County Bankshares Ltd. in Cavalier, N.D. and Tonganoxie Bankshares Inc. in Kansas.
More Kansas News
- Fed Takes Action Against Five Banks
- Capitol Federal Tries Again at Second-Step Conversion
- Second Step Slippery for Converting Mutuals
- Year's Failures Top 100 as a Slew of Banks Collapse
- Dull to Daring? Reform Bill Reshapes Kansas Thrift
- Capitol Federal to Raise Up to $1.96B
- Capitol Federal Earnings Jump 32%
- Three More Small Failures Bring '09 Total to 133
- Fed Action Against Washington, Kansas Banks
