Wichita-based Equity Bancshares Inc. signed an agreement to acquire First Independence Corp., the holding company for First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Independence.
Founded in 1905, First Independence has assets of $134 million and operates four bank branches in Southeast Kansas — Independence, Neodesha, Pittsburg and Coffeyville — and a loan production office in Lawrence. These are all new locations for Equity Bank.
"We have a good footprint in Kansas and Missouri, and this fills…
Wichita-based Equity Bancshares Inc. signed an agreement to acquire First Independence Corp., the holding company for First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Independence.
Founded in 1905, First Independence has assets of $134 million and operates four bank branches in Southeast Kansas — Independence, Neodesha, Pittsburg and Coffeyville — and a loan production office in Lawrence. These are all new locations for Equity Bank.
"We have a good footprint in Kansas and Missouri, and this fills…