June 12, 2023

KBA Education and HR Committee Chair Deanne Engstrom, First Security Bank in Paola, kicked off this year’s annual event held March 21-23, at the Wichita Hyatt Regency Hotel. The first speaker, Dima Ghawi, provided an inspiring, emotion-filled message. Growing up in a conservative small community in Amman, Jordan, Dima was taught, at an early age, […]

Feature Image Above: Front row (L-R): Amy Barber, Central National Bank, Topeka; Dena Flach, Stockgrowers State Bank, Maple Hill; Victoria Pruitt, First National Bank of Hutchinson, Hutchinson; Crystal Boyer, First Interstate Bank, Shawnee; Carl Keith, Solutions North Bank, Hill City. Middle row (L-R): Jen Cocking, Capitol Federal Savings Bank, Topeka; Dustin Hickel, INTRUST Bank, N.A.,

The U.S. banking system has long been the envy of the world. The reasons for this are many, but at the core, it’s because our nation has cultivated a vibrant, thriving financial services sector made up of banks of all sizes, charters, business models and risk profiles. Each one of these institutions has an important