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2020 Champions of Business — Commerce Bank
The Kansas City Business Journal is rolling out profiles of this year's Champions of Business honorees throughout the week. Check back on Friday to see all 16 profiles in one place online and in print....
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Digital Ally develops temperature screening devices for building access
Lenexa-based Digital Ally is finding lots of new cost-effective uses for its ThermoVu camera system to take temperatures and check for masks to help control building access.
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Shawnee business owner indicted in what prosecutors say was massive elder...
Russell "Rusty" Rahm, owner of Subscription Ink Co. and Millennium Marketing in Shawnee, was charged after an investigation into an alleged elder fraud scheme that prosecutors say netted $300 million.
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Startup chooses Overland Park for online insurance office for rental properties
A startup called Steadily is creating an online insurance platform for rental properties and is building out its insurance operations in Overland Park.
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Connecting KC: Lawyer Stallworth fine-tunes his career to help others
Early in his legal career, Shaun Stallworth makes a change to align his work with his motivations. Now he uses his job and involvement in the community as a platform for change.
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Mdivani: New immigration regulations damage U.S. businesses
The Trump administration continues to toughen regulations on immigration, frustrating the efforts of local businesses to hire highly educated legal immigrants for key positions that are difficult to fill.
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KC lawyer: 3 key employment law topics to consider during pandemic
Danny Ramón shares some of the latest hot topics for the impact of Covid-19 on employment law, from workplace safety to family leave.
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Heavy debt load causes doubts about Ferrellgas' future
The energy company missed payment of $357 million in notes in June, and a forbearance agreement expired in August without payment.
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Drugs-for-legal-services scheme brings suspension of lawyer's license in Kansas
James W. Fuller's Kansas law license was suspended indefinitely after becoming addicted to Adderall and methamphetamine and representing his drug dealer in exchange for illegal drugs.
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Rieger lobbies Congress to get SBA financing help for small business
Small businesses are having a hard time finding capital from banks or raising equity. Andy Rieger is pitching a solution that he hopes kicks in before it's again too late.
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Mariner Wealth quadruples its CPA Alliance Program in three years
Mariner Wealth Advisors says its referral partnership with CPA firms is becoming a big driver of new clients. The CPA Alliance Program pays them a cut of the revenue for referrals.
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Head of KC payday lending scheme loses appeal of conviction
Richard Moseley Sr. lost an appeal of his conviction for racketeering, fraud and identity theft in relation to a payday lending scheme that resulted in a 10-year federal prison sentence.
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Commerce Bank is first in KC to bring video banking to your phone
Commerce Bank launched a new app called Connect that enables clients to video chat with a banker.
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Spencer Fane’s banking and bankruptcy practice becomes key growth driver
Spencer Fane continues to build a unique financial services practice that has become a key growth driver at the firm.
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A KC guy through and through, Mallouk pays it forward (with interest)
Peter Mallouk has never strayed far from his hometown, and the founder of fast-growing Creative Planning aims to make Kansas City (and financial planning) a better place.
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Border Brewing buys a building for room to expand
The owners of the craft brewery plan to move operations into a building they acquired at 512 E. 18th St. in the Crossroads Arts District.
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KC fintech wizard sets his sights on revolutionizing community banking
Hugh Khan's latest project is called Highploom, which is helping smaller financial institutions create customer-centered digital engagement between bankers and customers.
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Is a recent bank failure in Kansas an ominous sign?
The failure of Almena State Bank on Oct. 3 represents the first bank failure in Kansas or Missouri in three years and the fourth nationally this year. Find out how that ranks historically.
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Cogent Inc. becomes an ESOP and will move to a new HQ
Kansas City-based Cogent Inc. sold to an employee stock-ownership program and is moving its headquarters out of the River Market.
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Ford will invest $100M in KC plant to make all-electric Transit van
Ford Motor Co. announced that it will invest $100 million and create 150 new jobs at its Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo to produce an all-electric version of the Transit van. The electric...
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