The Hutchinson News
GREAT BEND – The Great Bend Chamber of Commerce staff and Ambassador Club officially welcomed Peoples Bank and Trust into Great Bend on Feb. 26 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2220 Broadway Ave.
This follows the 2020 announcement from PBT Bancshares, Inc., the McPherson-based parent company for Peoples Bank and Trust, that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Community Bank of the Midwest, of Great Bend.
The merger, which is now complete, includes locations in Ellinwood, Otis and Ness City, and brings additional financial services to former customers of Community Bank of the Midwest by offering Trust Services, Investment Services, Farm Management Services, and expanded Residential Real Estate Lending Services, said Tom Pruitt, president and CEO of Peoples Bank and Trust.