
Commercial
State Bank of Bonner Springs, Kansas Now a Part
of the Union Bank Family
Lincoln, NE—On April 1, 2006, Commercial State Bank became a part
of Union Bank & Trust Company. Union Bank & Trust was founded
in 1917 and purchased by the Dunlap family in 1965 and still is owned
and operated by the family today. "We are very excited to soon be
serving the Bonner Springs/Edwardsville communities and having Commercial
State Bank become a part of Union Bank & Trust, said President &
CEO Angie Muhleisen. "Our culture is to develop long-lasting customer
relationships built on open communications, flexibility, and a desire
to help customers achieve their financial dreams."
In addition to the core consumer banking services of free checking, attractive
interest rates on savings and certificates of deposit, free online banking,
free debit cards, etc., Union Bank & Trust will offer a number
of new or expanded products and services including a wider array of Mortgage
Loan products, additional Commercial Lending and Cash Management Services,
Commercial Real Estate Loans, Personal Trust and Wealth Management services,
Investment services, Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans and Equipment
Leasing. "It is very important to us that we provide the financial
services that are needed in the Bonner Springs/Edwardsville area,"
said Muhleisen. "We don't take a cookie-cutter approach, believing
that what works in one community will work in another. Rather, our products
and services are adapted to meet the needs of the community; not the other
way around."
Commercial State Bank is located in Bonner Springs, Kansas and has two
bank offices. With $85 million in assets it serves the rapidly growing
and developing Bonner Springs/Edwardsville area in Wynandotte County,
Kansas. This area includes the Kansas Speedway, Cabela's, Nebraska
Furniture Mart and the new Legends shopping center—all at the intersection
of I-70 and I-435. Wyandotte County is adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri
and is a part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Union Bank & Trust has thirty-four full service and loan production
offices in Nebraska. In addition to Lincoln and Omaha, branches are located
in nineteen Nebraska communities ranging in population from 200 to 44,000.
It is the third largest privately-owned bank in Nebraska with bank assets
of $1.3 billion and trust assets under management of $7.8 billion as of
December 31, 2005.