2025 Pub. 14 Issue 3

The 2025 Calendar of events from January through November.

THE KANSAS BANKERS
ASSOCIATION INTERNSHIP
CONNECTION PROGRAM
IS A FREE AND FLEXIBLE
RESOURCE FOR MEMBER BANKS
TO FIND AND RECRUIT THE
NEXT GENERATION OF BANKING
PROFESSIONALS.

Integris, a leading national managed IT service provider, is proud to announce its inclusion in ChannelE2E’s 2024 list of the Top Vertical Market Managed Services Providers (MSPs).

Our weather is having a direct and growing impact on commercial insurance markets, including here in Kansas. The increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters are causing insurance carriers to adjust their pricing, coverage options and market participation.

While transaction activity picked up somewhat in 2024, bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) posted another quiet year in 2024, with only 124 announced whole bank and thrift transactions, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Highlighting the amazing bankers who have passed away. We honor them.

The 46th MOKAN Trust and Financial Services Conference took place from May 14-16 at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel and Convention Center. There were over 300 attendees and 35 sponsors!

Highlights of some Kansas bankers who have been innovators, leaders and serving the community.

The annual Women in Banking Conference was held March 27-28 at the Wichita Hyatt Regency, uniting nearly 200 attendees, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors for two days of inspiration, connection and professional growth.

The Kansas Bankers Association (KBA) is pleased to announce the recipients of nine scholarships awarded by the Kansas Bankers Educational Foundation (KBEF), a 501(c)3 corporation created and operated by the KBA.

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