June 17, 2025

Congratulations to Helen J. Combs on her outstanding 50 years of service in banking! Helen graduated from Brown Mackie College in Salina with an accounting degree.

The Kansas Bankers Association recently wrapped up the 4th Annual Financial Literacy Month partnership with Jobs for America’s Graduates-Kansas (JAG-K).

Neal Barclay, Vice President, Compliance Specialist & Auditors, Kansas Bankers Association, Topeka Matyson Barnes, Assistant Vice President, Credit Analyst Supervisor, Farmers Bank & Trust, Overland Park Dan Duchnowski, Senior Vice President, Chief Services Officer, Equity Bank, Wichita Chris Endicott, Vice President, MPF Account Manager, FHLBank Topeka, Topeka Jared Engelbert, Vice President & CFO, The First

The 2025 BLOK class gathered in Kansas City from April 16-18 to continue their leadership training by kicking things off at Commerce Bank.

Each year, we celebrate Teach Children to Save Day on the fourth Thursday in April — a day dedicated to helping kids in grades K-8 learn valuable lessons about saving money, budgeting and distinguishing wants from needs.