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The third-quarter numbers for area banks show a few interesting trends.
For one, lending by commercial banks based in the area reached $26.01 billion, an 11.7 percent increase from the same period a year ago and the highest quarterly total since the first quarter of 2010. It marked five straight quarters of increasing loans.
Download a PDF of the third-quarter Kansas City-area bank chart here.
Kurt Saylor, CEO of Morrill & Janes Bank & Trust Co., said loan demand at the bank saw solid improvements…