Kansas City, MO

We are honored to have been recognized by the

Kelly Carlson has been named president for the bank’s Greater Kansas City market. He succeeds Mark Larrabee, who announced his retirement after 44 years in the industry, including 16 with Arvest in the Kansas City region.

Meet Everton Neil. He’s a community bank lender for Arvest in greater Kansas City. To describe what he does for our Community Development Division, Everton says it’s similar to being a gardener. “It's like planting seeds.

Many think of banking as purely transactional. But when Arvest rebuilt an existing branch in East Kansas City recently, it was built with the intention of being a neighbor.

Arvest associates recently gathered with community leaders in east Kansas City to celebrate the grand opening of the bank’s new branch on Prospect Avenue – one of few financial institutions that serve the neighboring communities.

Arvest announced plans to invest $4.5 million to build a new state-of-the-art branch serving the Prospect Avenue corridor in east Kansas City.