Missouri

Deal for Clay County Savings Bank leaves Verimore Bank primed to add market share in a fast-growing Kansas City neighborhood

Missouri Secretary of State John Ashcroft's office said the ruling was "not just legally deficient but also morally wrong."

A federal judge rejected every one of Missouri's arguments for why SIFMA's lawsuit should be dismissed.

Charlotte Cash will step down from CommonWealth One Federal Credit Union in Alexandria, Virginia, and Glenna Jarvis plans to leave her position at Missouri Central Credit Union in Lees Summit.

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.

The St. Louis-based institution is the latest in the industry to create an executive-level position focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Jay Neathery has taken over for Chris McCreary, who stepped down as president of the institution but is staying on as executive vice president.

The company would also gain a branch near Dallas with the proposed acquisition.

The $282 million-asset institution's new name is intended to build on its work with underserved communities around St. Louis.

The Missouri company 's deal for Clifford Bancshares is set to close later this year.

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.

Among other changes, the law allows state regulators to accept NCUA examination results in lieu of exams from local regulators.

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 company will pay $24 million in cash for Central Federal Bancshares.

Academy Bank in Kansas City, Mo., which shuttered nearly a quarter of its branches between 2015 and 2018, is now in expansion mode. Its CEO explains his renewed affinity for brick and mortar.

The Arkansas company will pay $434 million for Landrum Co., which also has branches in Oklahoma and Texas.

The Wisconsin regional agreed to buy the parent of First National Bank in Staunton for $76 million in cash.

The city, among the Midwest's most vibrant C&I markets, is luring community banks, as well as giants like PNC and JPMorgan Chase.

Over the past two years, Uma Wilson's strategy took a program that had been losing customers on a year-over-year basis and transformed it into the fastest-growing issuer of Visa cards in the region.

Shelley Seifert had been the bank's chief operating officer.