Commerce Bank is now officially on the bandwagon of banks using nontraditional branch design to modernize and improve customer service and operate more efficiently.

For the past 35 years, H.B. Turner has led Leavenworth-based Heatron Inc. Find out what the Kansas City executive plans to do now that he's changing gears.

Kansas City-based Think Realty, a real estate investor education provider, added 30,000 members to its ranks by acquiring Lee's Summit-based Community Buying Group. Think Realty is a subsidiary of Kansas City-based Affinity Worldwide, which owns more than 80 companies, all associated with real estate investing. Affinity Worldwide's biggest business is insurance; it's the nation's largest insurer of real estate investment property, covering $6 billion worth of residential real estate. Its subsidiary,…

The goal for entrepreneurs is to build a long-term relationship with their bankers. Jeremy Briggs of Bank of America offers five ways to upward manage your banker to the benefit of both of you.

F. Chase Simmons, who will become chairman on Jan. 1, says his task as the leader of the firm is to execute an already effective strategic plan. It may be easier than his experience surfing in Basque country.

Mariner Holdings is losing CFO Tim Connealy, who plans to retire Aug. 31. Connealy joined Mariner in 2011. Before that, he spent eight years as president of Dickinson Financial Corp. He also spent 10 years as CFO of UMB Financial Corp., after getting his start as an accountant for KPMG LLP in Kansas City. Connealy accepted an appointment to the board of trustees for the Bicknell family, where he can continue advising the company as lead trustee. “Tim has been a valued member of Mariner’s executive…