Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
A regional bank holding company that runs Commerce Bank, a full-service bank serving individuals and businesses across the Midwest through branches, ATMs, and digital banking. Its roots trace to a savings bank founded in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1865, later renamed the National Bank of Commerce in 1881. During the 1933 banking crisis, family leader W.T. Kemper famously calmed anxious depositors by personally handing out apples to the people waiting in line.