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Commerce was founded by Francis Reid Long with $10,000 in capital in 1865, just as communities were rebuilding during post-Civil War Reconstruction. Originally known as the Kansas City Savings Association, it was acquired in 1881 by Dr. William Stone Woods and renamed the National Bank of Commerce, claiming at the time to be the largest bank west of Chicago. [3]
CoreFirst Bank & Trust opened December 3, 1959 as Commerce State Bank. Commerce State Bank received trust power and in 1976 changed its name to Commerce Bank & Trust. [3] Commerce opened its first in-store branches (grocery store) in 1988. In 1997, the first location outside of Topeka opened in Emporia, Kansas. Commerce reached $1 billion in ...
Commerce Bank Harrisburg, an independent franchise of Commerce Bancorp in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. Commerce Bank & Trust of Topeka, former name of CoreFirst Bank & Trust, Topeka, Kansas; Commerce National Bank, Columbus, Ohio; Global Commerce Bank, Doraville, Georgia; Texas Commerce Bank, acquired by Chemical Banking Corporation of New ...
UMB Financial Corporation is an American financial services holding company founded in 1913 as City Center Bank and based in Kansas City, Missouri.It offers a number of financial services from checking and savings accounts, credit services including home mortgages, auto loans, business loans and credit cards, to investing and wealth management, all are offered to individuals, companies and ...
Mercantile Bancorporation was the largest bank holding company in Missouri when it was acquired by Firstar Corporation in 1999. [1] The Mercantile Bank of St. Louis was founded in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1850. In 1996, its chief executive Thomas H. Jacobsen began a series of acquisitions, increasing its assets from $15.9 billion to $35.8 ...
In 1906, Kemper was named president of the newly chartered Commerce Trust Company, an affiliate of the National Bank of Commerce. [8] Following the 1916 merger of the National Bank of Commerce into Southwest National Bank of Commerce ("Southwest"), Kemper sold his ownership in the trust company for $740 thousand in 1916 and retired in early 1917.
W.S. Woods. The National Bank of Commerce was a U.S. bank of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It first chartered as the Kansas City Savings Bank in 1865. After a controlling interest was acquired by Dr. William Stone Woods in 1881, the bank became active in financing the regional growth of Kansas City and areas to the southwest, especially in connection with the development of the city ...
When Commerce Bank was acquired by TD Bank in 2007, Commerce Bank Harrisburg was not included in the sale. In November 2008, Commerce Bank Harrisburg announced plans to acquire Republic First Bank of Philadelphia in a tax-free all-stock transaction and would be known as Metro Bank as the result of a merger. [21]