Three emerging fintech startups with Kansas City ties have found new entrepreneurial support southwest of the metro. Griffin, Destiny, and Bellwethr were announced as finalists in the Wichita-based, NXTSTAGE Pilot... Read more
response to that challenge, the city of Kansas City is asking residents to share their thoughts on a newly drafted request for qualification (RFQ) that gauges community feedback on its... Read more
...since COVID-19 shut down many Kansas City workplaces and brought traditional networking to a standstill. The invite-only Pure Pitch Rally is set for Oct. 12 in the Neptune Ballroom at... Read more
across the city. Spark Kansas City “You have quick access to the KC Streetcar once you’re here — downtown living isn’t far away; so it’s very walkable,” she said from... Read more
A year after Wave’s $405 million acquisition by H&R Block, the company’s co-founder acknowledges the Toronto startup’s story seems like something of a fintech fairytale — with the happy end... Read more
A year to the day after its acquisition by Kansas City tax giant H&R Block, Wave Financial is churning up change in the sea of small business banking. The Toronto,Canada-based... Read more
as president of the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, chair of the Kansas City Liquor Control Board of Review, and a board member for the Kansas City Downtown Council.... Read more
...Minneapolis problem. It is an every-single-person problem. It is an every-single-city problem.” And it isn’t just about police, he said. Contrary to the narrative of “Kansas City nice,” Collins’ hometown... Read more
now serving as marketing associate after leading media and events for the Fountain City Fintech accelerator and the Regnier Institute; and Adam Larson, an undergraduate UMKC business student who has... Read more
liquor sales in the city — which last week was extended until Dec. 31 by the KCMO city council. “[At that point] we were able to bring all of our... Read more
