Sporting Kansas City plans return to full stadium capacity
Sporting Kansas City plans to sell tickets for the full load of 18,467 fans starting May 29, up from about 6,500 under its current social-distancing requirements.
View ArticlePandemic results in even more rapid change for customer payment options
Consumers grew accustomed to the convenience of paying with a digital wallet during the pandemic. Now, they expect more businesses to offer it. "That’s real convenience, and it’s not going away,"...
View ArticlePrime Capital continues C-suite boost with first chief marketing officer
Overland Park-based Prime Capital Investment Advisors' speedy growth over the past three years prompted it to hire its first chief marketing officer.
View ArticleAs business fraud threats grow, BKD hires a former FBI special agent
Threats of fraud are rising for businesses, and BKD is meeting the danger by building a team of professionals to help clients deter, investigate and prosecute fraud, including the recent hiring of a...
View ArticleAirshare buys bigger jets in hopes of even bigger growth
Lenexa-based Airshare plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years buying Bombardier Challenger 350 jets, which are larger and can travel farther than other jets in its fleet.
View ArticleSPACs surge nationwide and in KC, becoming one shell of a trend
"Blank check" companies offer allure to average investors and to up-and-coming companies, but they come with serious unknowns, too. Local experts take a crack at examining the growing phenomenon.
View ArticleH&R Block continues tweaking its executive team
Kansas City-based H&R Block named three new executives to help it achieve the Block Horizons 2025 growth strategy plan.
View ArticleIndependence distillery failure leads to messy lawsuit between owners
Evansfield Distillery defaulted on a $750,000 loan, and now the owners are suing one another, with each blaming the other for the loan issues (among others).
View ArticleChicago business sues KC-based apartment owner for trademark infringement
The Flats Kansas City, which owns five apartment buildings in the Kansas City area, is being sued for trademark infringement by Flats LLC in Chicago.
View ArticleC2FO partners with Marcus by Goldman Sachs to provide unsecured small...
Leawood-based C2FO plans to start offering unsecured, low fixed-rate loans of $10,000 to $1 million to small and midsize businesses this summer.
View ArticleNew CDC mask, distancing guidance doesn't resolve employee policies
Labor lawyers are getting bombarded with questions from business owners about whether they can treat vaccinated and unvaccinated employees differently. The answers are tricky right now.
View ArticleC2FO exec: Goldman Sachs partnership furthers the mission — frictionless...
Ashish Jain, senior vice president and head of capital markets for C2FO, sheds light on the company's partnership with Marcus by Goldman Sachs to provide unsecured lines of credit to small businesses.
View ArticleMerrill Lynch experiences a big surge in KC-area clients
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management anticipates building on its Kansas City-area growth last year and is on pace to add more than 300 new clients this year.
View ArticleChip shortage extends shutdown of Ford’s F-150 line in Kansas City
Ford now has delayed production of the F-150 truck at its Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo until at least June 14 because of a global semiconductor chip shortage.
View ArticleWhat’s driving Buffalo Funds Small Cap Fund’s huge growth
The Buffalo Small Cap Fund is up 87% so far this year, and fund manager Jamie Cuellar talks about how the anchor product does it.
View ArticleTinnen resigns as general manager of T-Mobile Center
Brenda Tinnen became general manager of the arena while it still was coming out of the ground. Now, after 15 years shepherding the venue, the Kansas City-area native is stepping down.
View ArticleMoneta partner sheds light on plans for its trust company in KC
Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC is still new to the Kansas City area, but sees it playing a key role in its growth plans as the base for its new trust company.
View ArticleUMB’s new family office helps clients diversify and transfer wealth
UMB Financial Corp. launched a family office to come up with solutions to help clients diversify wealth and transfer it to the next generation.
View ArticleFusion Bank shows its long-term investment in Overland Park with new office...
Fusion Bank acquired and renovated a building at 7800 College Blvd. in Overland Park. It will become the Kansas City-area base of operations for the 125-year-old bank based in Central Kansas.
View ArticleKansas City Comets form new ownership group, including a slice for Domino's...
The Kansas City Comets professional indoor soccer team formed a new ownership group, adding a big Kansas City-area Domino's franchisee to the mix.
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