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Bartelli joins CommunityAmerica C-suite after leading Bank Midwest
Whitney Bartelli joins CommunityAmerica Credit Union, which has grown rapidly in the past five years.
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Kansas City is among the most active markets for veteran lending
Veterans are buying and refinancing homes at a historic rate thanks to low interest rates.
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Bank Midwest picks Van Denabeele to succeed Bartelli as president
The current chief accounting officer for Bank Midwest's parent, NBH Bank, will succeed Whitney Bartelli in the top job.
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KC-area investors plan to develop hemp indusry in Northwest Missouri
A group of Kansas City-area investors and entrepreneurs want to once again make Missouri a leader in the industrial hemp industry, and they plan to invest millions in a processing plant.
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Commerce Trust economist: Five industries to watch during presidential election
An economist from Commerce Trust Co. in Kansas City shares five industries that could be affected by the outcome of the presidential election.
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Dickinson Financial's timing on tech upgrade helps keep it growing
Dickinson Financial has been developing technology to better serve its military clients at Armed Forces Bank, but found the benefits resonate with retail clients at Academy Bank as well.
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GreenLight Fund makes its first investment in KC
Backed by a Who's Who of local philanthropists, GreenLight Fund Kansas City made its first investment, spending $1.7 million to bring two youth mentoring programs to the Kansas City area. Becoming a...
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Enel retires Tradewind brand, but Lenexa employees remain key to growth
Enel Green Power is dropping the Tradewind Energy brand, but that won't diminish the importance of its Lenexa office.
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Waddell & Reed adds 10 advisers with $458M in assets since July
Waddell & Reed continues the nationwide buildout of its financial planning business, adding 10 advisers with $458 million in assets in the past two months.
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KC Bier Co. sales territory now stretches to the Mississippi River; brewer...
A new distribution agreement in Columbia, Missouri, is stretching KC Bier Co.'s sales territory all the way to the Mississippi River. Plus, the Kansas City-based brewery shares details about its "Prost...
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Newsmaker: UMB's Wilson finds a career formula: Challenges yield opportunity
Uma Wilson leads two teams at the bank, and she credits her visibility to the strength and success of those teams. "You can be anything and everything you want to," she says.
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Pandemic-related layoffs could come with WARN Act-related legal risks
Lawyers are debating provisions of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (WARN Act) and the risks it could pose for companies that have long-term layoffs related to the pandemic.
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Fintech push drives up Lead Bank's assets, deposits, loans
Lead Bank nearly doubled loans to individuals and increased deposits by more than one-third in the past year, driven in large part by a partnership with a company that helps clients build their credit...
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Terracon and former employees accuse the other of stealing custom software
Olathe-based Terracon Consultants Inc. is engaged in a court battle with former employees. Each side disputes who owns customized engineering reporting software.
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The Roasterie, Messenger Coffee join to create a specialty coffee collective
The Roasterie and Messenger Coffee Co. + Ibis Bakery rolled their companies into a specialty coffee collective majority owned by Great Range Capital.
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2020 NextGen Leaders: Alex Donnelly
Alex Donnelly is an honoree in the 2020 NextGen Leaders program. Read on to learn more about her.
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2020 NextGen Leaders: Mark Basola
Mark Basola is an honoree in the 2020 NextGen Leaders program. Read on to learn more about him.
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Connecting KC: Fed's Edwards pays it forward, helps 'people make memories'
About the Connecting KC series: This ongoing project aims to assist efforts to make businesses, institutions and civic organizations — and opportunity — more diverse and inclusive. A program called...
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Missouri says medical marijuana can head to the shelves
With a medical marijuana testing facility passing its commencement inspection, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said the state now has cultivation, dispensary and testing...
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Judge: Emergency procedures don't bar local dentists' business interruption...
A class-action lawsuit brought by local dentists survived a motion to dismiss after a federal judge ruled that business interruption coverage can't be automatically denied because dentists performed...
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