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CoreFirst Bank & Trust opened December 3, 1959 as Commerce State Bank. Commerce State Bank received trust power and in 1976 changed its name to Commerce Bank & Trust. Commerce opened its first in-store branches (grocery store) in 1988. In 1997, the first location outside of Topeka opened in Emporia, Kansas. Commerce reached $1 billion in assets in 2004.
In July, 2007, Commerce Bank & Trust changed its name to CoreFirst Bank & Trust to allow for expansion outside of its current market; Topeka, Kansas. CoreFirst Bank & Trust assumed the charter of First United Bank, NA Englewood, Colorado. Through this, CoreFirst opened its first location in Englewood, Colorado in September 2007. Later that year, CoreFirst opened its first Kansas City area branch in Shawnee, Kansas. Since 2007, CoreFirst has opened 2 additional locations in the Kansas City, Kansas area. CoreFirst's branch network now consists of 12 branches in Kansas and Colorado.
In 2015, the Federal Reserve Board issues termination of enforcement action in relation to employee stock ownership.
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