Equity Bancshares completes merger with KansasLand Bancshares

Equity Bancshares announced the completed acquisition of KansasLand Bancshares, the parent company of KansasLand Bank. With this acquisition, Equity has added to its existing presence in Quinter, Kansas and expanded into Americus, Kansas. KansasLand’s locations open as Equity Bank on July 2. The Company expects to consolidate the core and digital banking systems late in the third quarter. Equity announced the merger with KansasLand 71 days ago on April 22, 2024. Equity has approximately $5.3 billion in proforma consolidated assets and operates 74 locations in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Equity’s Kansas franchise now includes 37 banks. The combination with KansasLand brings Equity’s total strategic transactions to 23 since the Company’s founding in 2002, including 11 whole-bank acquisitions since the Company’s initial public offering in 2015.