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Second-generation leadership team takes over at Searcy Financial
Overland Park-based Searcy Financial is passing the baton to the next generation after a careful and drawn-out succession plan.
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Mariner Wealth raises $75M to fuel acquisition spree in 2022
Mariner Wealth Advisers completed 13 acquisitions in 2021. With a new injection of capital, it's ready to keep going.
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Mariner Wealth acquires firm with $950M in assets
Although the deal was announced Tuesday, it closed last year, adding to Mariner Wealth's string of big-dollar acquisitions in 2021. The firm now has about $56 billion in assets.
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Dysart Taylor’s new managing director looks to boost inclusiveness
David Buffo aims to make everyone at Kansas City-based Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Brumitt feel appreciated and valued.
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With an eye toward future banking tech, UMB looks to provide more services to...
UMB Bank is helping fintech companies offer banking services to their clients. In the process, it ensures the bank can grow its fee income.
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New KCMBA president aims to make law firms more hip — but it's not what you...
William Martucci, national litigation and policy partner at Kansas City-based Shook, Hardy & Bacon, discusses his goals as the new president of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association.
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Can problems could cause a truckload of trouble for KC brewers
The largest printed can supplier for the Kansas City area will require a minimum order of five truckloads — an amount most local breweries can't purchase.
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Creative Planning boosts its expat business by acquiring a competitor
Creative Planning added $2 billion in assets and more expertise for its U.S. expat business by acquiring California-based Reilly Financial Advisors.
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Bicknell sets stage to keep Mariner Wealth's acquisition spree rolling in 2022
Mariner Wealth Advisors raised more than $750 million in the past year to fuel an acquisition spree that so far has added 14 firms to the fold and is expected to continue at a similar pace for the next...
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H&R Block develops and launches its own mobile banking platform
H&R Block launched Spruce, a mobile banking platform, after seeing a sweet spot in the market to use its brand recognition to serve clients struggling with spending, saving, planning and borrowing.
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Commerce Bank offering helps hospitals' cash flow get a lot healthier
Commerce Bank created solutions for the complicated payables and receivables of health care providers, and the result is one of the bank's fastest-growing services.
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Lenexa company sees tech future for its security door empire
Lenexa-based American Direct Products has been growing quickly — rising from $65 million in 2012 revenue to $110 million last year — thanks in large part to putting itself on the cutting edge of...
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SBA expert Moxness shuts down his company to join CIBC
An experienced Kansas City-area Small Business Administration lender joins a big bank as managing director.
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WWMB honoree Townsend-Macan joins BKD group in Des Moines
BKD CPAs & Advisors hired a 2010 WWMB honoree as a direct-admit partner in the firm's National Commercial Services Group.
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Bank Midwest pushes cutting edge of speedy payments
NBH Bank, which operates as Bank Midwest in Kansas City, is pioneering a new way of sending and receiving payments in real time at any time or day.
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Jabs fly in Blue Cross and Blue Shield of KC court battle with Covid test...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City and GS Labs accuse each other of impropriety as they dispute the cost of Covid testing in federal court. Blue KC initiated the lawsuit, and GS Labs has filed a...
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OneDigital’s national wealth management acquisitions lead to growth in KC
OneDigital has acquired 33 wealth and retirement practices since January 2020, and every time it adds another one, its Overland Park office gains even more importance.
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KC’s pro team bets on esports gambling with mobile gaming app partnership
The Kansas City Pioneers are trailblazing in esports gambling through a partnership with a platform that allows players to bet on head-to-head matches.
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Dimensional Innovations adds immersive experience veteran with big-brand résumé
Dimensional Innovations hired the former CEO of a big competitor to bring more innovation to the interactive marketing displays the company creates.
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4 breweries join the KC scene in 2021 — get to know them
Kansas City's brewery scene continues to grow, now reaching 55. Four new establishments opened in 2021, and three more are coming soon.
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