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Core Bank Cares – Foundation4DVP
By Gita Smith, Vice President - Administration Manager, Core Bank Core Bank Cares is an internal program that makes up to $100 available to each Core Bank employee to donate to the charity of their choice. The Kansas City Core Bank team pooled their Core Bank Cares...
What happens when you drive to the wrong castle?
By David Chew, SBA Credit Analyst, Core Bank In September my fiancé and I were fortunate enough to take a vacation of a lifetime to Ireland. Leaving America, we were skeptical about what to expect, how we were going to get around (driving on the left side of the...
Unplug Your Life!
By Ali Shoup, Vice President, Core Bank I made a change in January 2018 to join the Core Bank team and was welcomed with open arms. During our on-boarding process, I discovered a policy that I had never experienced in the 20 years of my banking career. Core Bank...
Giving Thanks – Founders Club Appreciation Event
By Gita Smith, Vice President - Administration Manager, Core Bank On Thursday, November 8th, Core Bank held a “Founders Club Appreciation” event to thank the businesses that have entrusted us with their lending and banking needs. The event was held at the Kansas City...
Hurricane Michael Gives Perspective This Thanksgiving Season
By Alicia Walker, SBA Relationship Manager, Core Bank As a parent, I’m often humbled by the lessons in selflessness that I learn from my son. Here is one such lesson that I was grateful to learn. Hurricane Michael After Hurricane Michael, I flew to Panama City Beach,...
The Idea, Reality Check and Success of 9Round Fitness
By Michele Walters, Vice President SBA Commercial Relationship Manager, Core Bank We've been celebrating veterans recently and I wanted to feature a veteran that I highly respect… his name is Adam Turk. The Idea Last summer, (2017) I received a call from Adam and he...
RoKC: If at First You DO Succeed…
By Alicia Walker, SBA Relationship Manager, Core Bank How many times have you heard the saying, "If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again?" Well, what if you DO succeed? Then, what do you do? If you follow the example of Andrew and Frank Potter, owners of RoKC,...
Golden Oaks. If not you, who?
By Alicia Walker, SBA Relationship Manager, Core Bank I’ve been a small business owner for over eleven years and a business banker for twice as long. I continue to be fascinated by the "why I got started in business" stories of my clients. Sometimes, those stories are...
Shark Sighting in Downtown KC!
By Jason Moxness, Market President, Core Bank Question: What happens when you put 30 hungry sharks in a room with 10 Entrepreneurs? Answer: You witness an outpouring of generosity and support for some of KC’s best and brightest creative thought leaders! Where did all...
The importance of picking one direction.
By Scott Schulz, Vice President, Mortgage Lending, Core Bank It was an odd time to be thinking of the band One Direction. Just a few seconds earlier I was laughing with my family, enjoying a fast section of river during our Colorado white water rafting trip this past...
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