Kansas

American State would be the largest bank buyout for Equity, which has acquired 17 banks since 2003.

Burns & McDonnell Credit Union holds just $27 million of assets and is seeking approval to merge into CommunityAmerica, which serves the KC metro region and is the largest credit union in Kansas and Missouri.

CardX, which enables merchants to add a fee for accepting credit cards, won by showing how its product provides transparency to consumers.

Gov. Laura Kelly has nominated Vickie Hurt to succeed Jerel Wright, who will step down Nov. 28.

Equity Bank agreed to buy most of the assets, and assume all the deposits, of Almena State Bank.

Having been forced to cancel in-person events because of the pandemic, leagues representing CUs in Kansas, Missouri and Illinois have joined forces for a three-day event next month.

Hofts spent more than three decades serving the credit union movement across multiple states, including as CEO of the Kansas CU League.

The Kansas City-area institution has sponsored the NFL’s Chiefs since 2016, but became its official banking partner in 2019. The timing couldn’t have been better.

The credit union has returned payouts of $5 million or more for each of the last eight years and has issued a dividend of some sort every year since the mid-1990s.

The issue, tied to how the company reconciles corporate accounts to its general ledger, is not expected to impact past financial statements.