UMB Financial News

St. Joseph News-Press editor and publisher David R. Bradley was appointed Tuesday to serve on the University of Missouri Board of Curators, which oversees the operation of the four-campus University of Missouri system.

This real-estate downturn has entered uncharted territory. But then, almost every real-estate downturn enters uncharted territory.

The recession will end by the first quarter of 2010, but the economy won't rebound until the housing market stabilizes, UMB Financial Corp.

Cerner Corp. closed Thursday at a 52-week high, as shares advanced more than $3 for the day.

One of the fastest ways to customers' hearts is to make life a little easier for them.

Carolyn Adams, left, and Kimberly Gattis are rolling out UMB Financial Corp.'s wealth management service in Wichita.

New Ulm's reputation for having sound debt management continues to let the city sell bonds at unusually low rates, the City Council learned Tuesday night.

UMB Financial Corp. will restructure its asset-management business, make Scout Investment Advisors Inc.

Regional bank stocks were hammered by investors Wednesday, in part because of worries that rising borrowing costs will choke an economic recovery.

Regional stocks participated in Wall Street's green-light special Tuesday, as investor confidence about the economy surged.

UMB is mining small-business lending as an additional source of revenue, and it has closed more small-business loans in the first four months of this year than it did in all of 2008.

Shares in Cerner Corp., which hit a 52-week high on Wednesday, succumbed to profit-taking today.

UMB Bank has acquired the corporate trust business of Harris bank for an undisclosed price.

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-- --UMB Bank, n.a., a wholly owned subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation is pleased to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement with Harris, N.A to transition - NEW YORK-- --Fitch Ratings downgrades the following classes of Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp.

UMB Bank has bought Harris Bank 's corporate trust business in Indiana for an undisclosed amount.

That's the outcome of J.D. Power and Associates' bank consumer satisfaction surveys taken in January.

Tight credit restrictions wrought by the financial crisis make getting a loan more difficult, but there are some things business owners can do to make sure they look like a safe bet for banks.

UMB Financial Corporation ranked No. 5 in a "stress test" conducted by SNL Financial to determine the best capitalized bank holding companies nationally.

Evidently Great Plains Energy and Embarq didn't get the word. They were the only two large regional stocks -- tracked in the list below -- that advanced Wednesday.

Washingtona TMs stress tests focused on the nationa TMs biggest banksa TM ability to handle the coming economic stresses, but what about other lenders? SNL Financial set out to find out and posted some of its results this morning.