With their vaults continuing to swell with record levels of deposits, bankers in the Kansas City area are fairly obsessed these days with finding high-quality loans to keep their margins strong.
Competition is fierce, and the Kansas City area is full of winners and losers. Overall lending by banks based in the Kansas City area reached $26.43 billion as of Dec. 31, up 7.5 percent. The area had 62 banks reporting increased loans compared with the previous year and 40 that saw their loans shrink.
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