Kansas

The $2 billion-asset company said late Thursday that it would sell branches in Anthony and Harper to BancCentral in Alva, Okla. A third branch, in Overland Park, is being sold to Fidelity Bank in Wichita, Kan.

Blue Valley Ban Corp (BVBC) in Overland Park, Kan., plans to sell up to $10 million of stock in a subscription rights offering.

The Treasury Department expects to receive roughly $66 million from a recent auction of stakes it owns in seven banks from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

The Treasury Department plans to auction stakes in eight more banks as it continues winding down the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Southwest Bancorp is merging its banks in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas into one national charter under the new name Bank SNB.

BOK Financial (BOKF) has agreed to acquire GTRUST Financial, an independent trust and asset management company in Topeka, Kan.

The American Bankers Association has formed a group to lobby on behalf of rural lenders.

King Bancshares in in Kingman, Kan., has merged its consumer finance unit, Western Credit, into its Citizens Bank of Kansas.

Four people in Wichita, Kan., have pleaded guilty to participating in a mortgage fraud that cost lenders more than $221,000.

Equity Bancshares in Wichita, Kan., has lost its president, Drayton Alldritt, to an unnamed competitor.

American State Bancshares in Great Bend, Kan., has taken a small step towards its goal of becoming a $1 billion-asset company.

Morrill & Janes Bank and Trust in Merriam has agreed to buy United Bank of Kansas in Lenexa. United will be merged with Morrill and operate as a branch, Morrill said in a press release.

A small Kansas bank will significantly increase its assets with a deal for an even smaller Missouri bank.

Equity Bancshares in Wichita, Kan., plans to merge its two banking units to reduce expenses.

Vintage Bancorp, in Leon, Kan., on Wednesday canceled its deal for CornerBank, in Winfield, Kan.

Legacy Bank in Colwich, Kan., has reached its first deal in its 126-year history with an agreement to buy Alliant Bank in Sedgwick, Kan.

A Kansas banking company that last week raised fresh capital to fuel its growth has struck a deal that would more than double its size.

Equity Bancshares in Wichita, Kan., has filled its tank to fuel growth. The $600 million-asset company raised $20.4 million in capital that it plans to use for acquisitions and organic growth.

First Bancshares of Kansas City, Kan., agreed to sell a controlling stake to an investment group led by David Spehar, the former chief executive of another Kansas City community bank.

CrossFirst Bank in Leawood, Kan., has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets and deposits of Mercantile Bancorp's $110 million-asset Heartland Bank.