First State Bank of St. Charles in Missouri is looking to expand into the Kansas City area with two new offices.
The $228 million-asset company is planning to open home mortgage lending and origination offices in Overland Park, Kan., and Lee's Summit, Mo., that will have a combined staff of 40 to 50 people, the Kansas City Business Journal
First State already has four branches around St. Louis, along with three mortgage lending offices near St. Louis and Lake of the Ozarks.
Should the all-stock transaction close as planned later this year, Wintrust Financial in the Chicago area would gain about $2.7 billion of assets.
The Arkansas Republican is currently the vice chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and has a deep background in the banking industry and policy.
The Buffalo, New York-based bank set a goal four years ago to limit its commercial real estate loan portfolio to 160% of its capital and reserves, and it's closing in on that target, says Chief Financial Officer Daryl Bible.
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The New York megabank is working to deploy artificial intelligence as it seeks to make its own operations more efficient. Solomon also sees an "unprecedented" opportunity in financing clients' needs as they invest in AI.
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