Haddam News

Equity Bank on Thursday closed its merger with Olathe-based Signature Bank KC . Temporary signs went up late Thursday on two Signature Bank locations, says Equity Bank CEO Brad Elliott. via Wichita Business Journal

Three Haddam women were injured, one seriously, when the car they were in hit a cow on US-36 highway about four miles west of Washington late Wednesday. via Topeka Capital-Journal

The sale of Signature Bank KC 's parent company should close by the end of November, the acquirer said Friday. via Kansas City Business Journal

“It makes a lot of sense that if we're going to be expanding, that we expand in markets that are growing”

Equity Bank plans to expand its operations in Kansas City beyond its merger with Signature Bank KC, Equity's top executive said Thursday.

Brad Elliott, chairman and chief executive, said Equity will add two branches in the Kansas City area in the next two years.

'We'd like to continue growing Kansas City,' Elliott said.

This week, shareholders of Signature Bancshares Inc. approved the merger with Equity Bancshares Inc., the holding company of Equity Bank. The deal was announced last month. Read more