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Actions taken by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City under delegated authority

Bank Branches, Domestic
First Community Bank, Beemer, Nebraska -- to establish a branch at 2850 Elk Lane, Fremont, Nebraska.
- Approved, March 7, 2024
Commerce Bank, Kansas City, Missouri -- to establish a branch at 7481 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado.
- Approved, January 3, 2024
Bank Holding Companies
Vista Holding Company, St. Louis, Missouri -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring Mohler Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquiring First National Bank of Harveyville, both of Harveyville, Kansas.
- Approved, April 12, 2024
Panhandle Bancshares, Inc., Guymon, Oklahoma -- to merge with Spearman Bancshares, Inc., and indirectly acquire First National Bank, both of Spearman, Texas.
- Approved, March 22, 2024
WDCO Ventures LLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring voting shares of Town & Country Bancshares, Inc., Edmond, Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly acquiring Prism Bank, Guthrie, Oklahoma.
- Approved, February 22, 2024
Prairie Bell Holdings, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring Spiro Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquiring Spiro State Bank, both of Spiro, Oklahoma.
- Approved, February 20, 2024
Bern Bancshares, Inc., Bern, Kansas -- to acquire voting shares of UBT Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire United Bank & Trust, both of Marysville, Kansas.
- Approved, February 16, 2024
Equity Bancshares, Inc., Wichita, Kansas, and its subsidiary Truman Merger Sub, Inc., a Missouri corporation -- waiver of application to acquire Rockhold Bancorp and its subsidiary, Bank of Kirksville (Bank), both of Kirksville, Missouri, in connection with the merger of Bank with and into Equity Bank, Andover, Kansas.
- Granted, January 22, 2024
Geneva State Company, Geneva, Nebraska -- waiver of application to acquire State Bank of Odell, Odell, Nebraska, in connection with the merger of State Bank of Odell with and into Heartland Bank, Geneva, Nebraska.
- Granted, January 18, 2024
Firstar Financial Corp., Muskogee, Oklahoma -- to merge with Stigler Bancorporation and thereby indirectly acquire The First National Bank of Stigler, both of Stigler, Oklahoma.
- Approved, January 16, 2024
Cosperity Bancorp, Inc., Lee's Summit, Missouri -- to become a mutual bank holding company by acquiring First Federal Bank of Kansas City (Bank), Lee's Summit, Missouri, upon the conversion of Bank from mutual to stock form.
- Approved, January 8, 2024
Bank Mergers
Equity Bank, Andover, Kansas -- to merge with Bank of Kirksville, Kirksville, Missouri, and thereby establish branches in Downing, Kirksville, LaPlata, Macon, Memphis, and Moberly, all in Missouri.
- Approved, January 22, 2024
Change In Bank Control
Ameriwest Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska -- Daniel J. Murphy, Elkhorn, Nebraska, to join the Murphy Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to acquire voting shares of Ameriwest Corporation and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of First Westroads Bank, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska.
- Permitted, March 25, 2024
Blue Ridge Bancshares, Inc., Independence, Missouri -- David R. Esry, Lee's Summit, Missouri, as General Partner of the William and Marcile Reich Family Limited Partnership, Independence, Missouri; as trustee of the David Esry Family Trust, Independence, Missouri; and as co-trustee of the Esry Family Trust, Independence, Missouri, to retain voting shares of Blue Ridge Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Blue Ridge Bank, Independence, Missouri. In addition, the Esry Family Trust, David Esry; Marcie Esry, Sarasota, Florida; and William Esry, Independence, Missouri, as co-trustees, to join the Esry Family Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of Blue Ridge Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Blue Ridge Bank. William Esry, Marcie Esry, and David Esry, all individually, were each previously permitted by the Federal Reserve System to acquire control of the voting shares of Blue Ridge Bancshares, Inc.
- Permitted, March 22, 2024
Citizens Bancshares, Inc., Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Edmond, Oklahoma -- Jill Castilla and Lisa Trent, individually and as co-trustees of the Citizens Bancshares, Inc., ESOP, with Youssi Farag, all of Edmond, Oklahoma; to retain control of voting shares of Citizens Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain control of voting shares of The Citizens Bank of Edmond, both of Edmond, Oklahoma. Jill Castilla would join Randal K. Granzow to form a family group acting in concert.
- Permitted, March 15, 2024
Thayer Agency, Inc., Hebron, Nebraska -- Patrick Kenner, Hebron, Nebraska; a member of the Kenner Family Group, to retain additional voting shares of Thayer Agency, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain additional voting shares of Thayer County Bank, Hebron, Nebraska. Also, Rebecca Schure, Omaha, Nebraska, to become a member of the Kenner Family Group, to retain voting shares of Thayer Agency, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Thayer County Bank.
- Permitted, March 7, 2024
Gateway First Bancorp, Inc., Jenks, Oklahoma -- the Stitt Dynasty Trust dated December 31, 2021, Tulsa, Oklahoma, James Redman, as trustee; to join the Stitt Family Group, a group acting in concert, to acquire voting shares of Gateway First Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Gateway First Bank, Jenks, Oklahoma, and more.
- Permitted, March 7, 2024
Lakin Bancshares, Inc., Lakin, Kansas -- the Gary and Dixie Beymer Trust, Gary Beymer and Dixie Beymer, as co-trustees, all of Lakin, Kansas; the Robert Beymer Revocable Trust dtd 02-24-2022, Robert Beymer as trustee; the Diane Beymer Credit Shelter Trust, and more, to form the Beymer Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of Lakin Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of the KCB Bank, Lakin, Kansas.
- Permitted, March 1, 2024
PBT Bancshares, Inc., McPherson, Kansas -- Marcus Houghton and Corbin Houghton, both of Wichita, Kansas, to acquire additional voting shares of PBT Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire additional voting shares of Peoples Bank & Trust Company, McPherson, Kansas. Additionally, Corbin Houghton to become a member of the Houghton Family Control Group, a group acting in concert.
- Permitted, February 27, 2024
Central Bancshares, Inc., Cambridge, Nebraska -- Adams Land Improvement, Inc., Arapahoe, Nebraska, to acquire voting shares of Central Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of First Central Bank, Cambridge, Nebraska; First Central Bank McCook, McCook, Nebraska; and Republic Corporation and United Republic Bank, both of Omaha, Nebraska.
- Permitted, February 26, 2024
CCSB Financial Corp., Liberty, Missouri -- Park G.P., Inc., North Kansas City, Missouri, and David Leland Johnson and Sandra Lee Castetter, Kansas City, Missouri, to become members of the Johnson Castetter Family Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of CCSB Financial Corp. and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Clay County Savings Bank, Liberty, Missouri.
- Permitted, February 16, 2024
N.B.C. Bancshares in Pawhuska, Inc., Pawhuska, Oklahoma -- Charles Garrett, Tulsa, Oklahoma, as investment adviser to the NBC Bancshares Subtrust of the Drummond Family Trust dated October 1, 2021, to become a member of the Drummond Family group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of N.B.C. Bancshares in Pawhuska, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Blue Sky Bank, Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
- Permitted, February 15, 2024
First American Bancshares, Inc., Union Star, Missouri -- Rebecca Yarbrough, St. Joseph, Missouri, and Dallas Forrest, Columbia, Missouri, to form the Maudlin Family control group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of First American Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of First Security Bank, Union Star, Missouri.
- Permitted, February 8, 2024
Community First Bancshares, Inc., Butler, Missouri -- the Bruce Jessup Trust, Bruce Jessup and Terrie Jessup, co-trustees, all of Butler, Missouri, to retain voting shares of Community First Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Community First Bank, Butler, Missouri. Bruce Jessup was previously approved to control Community First Bancshares, Inc.
- Permitted, February 5, 2024
Tescott Bancshares, Inc., Tescott, Kansas -- Jeff A. Berkley, Lawrence, Kansas, as co-trustee of the H.J. Berkley Trust U/A dated 05/06/69, Salina, Kansas, the Karla J. Spurgeon Trust II, and more, to join the Berkley Family Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of Tescott Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of The Bank of Tescott, Tescott, Kansas.
- Permitted, January 29, 2024
Denison Bancshares, Inc. of Holton, Holton, Kansas -- the Marital Trust created under Indenture of the James S. Birkbeck Revocable Trust dated April 20, 1995, Holton, Kansas, Paula Birkbeck/Taylor, Holton, Kansas, and others, to become members of the Birkbeck Taylor Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of Denison Bancshares, Inc. of Holton, and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Denison State Bank, Holton, Kansas.
- Permitted, January 25, 2024
Henderson State Company, Henderson, Nebraska -- Jeanette Postier and Stephen Postier, both of York, Nebraska; to become members of the Postier Family Group, a group acting in concert to acquire additional voting shares of Henderson State Company and thereby indirectly acquire additional voting shares of Henderson State Bank, Henderson, Nebraska.
- Permitted, January 8, 2024
Membership
Alva State Bank & Trust Company, Alva, Oklahoma -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
- Approved, March 25, 2024

Last Update: April 25, 2024