News

January 04, 2022

Sunflower Bank is proud to announce that for the second year in a row it provided a record-setting total of SBA 7(a) loans to customers, an increase of 20% from FY2020. With total SBA 7(a) loans of $125,639,300 in FY2021, Sunflower Bank is now one of the 100 Most Active SBA Lenders in the nation and is a Top 10 Bank Lender in five key markets. This growth comes as Sunflower Bank continues to invest in its SBA platform by hiring additional SBA bankers, including Danny Lobina, as the new Director of SBA Lending.

December 02, 2021

Solifi (formerly IDS), a global fintech software partner for secured finance, announced Sunflower Bank as its first client to move mission-critical Asset-Based Lending (ABL) operations to the Solifi software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Solifi completed migration of its end-to-end ABL SaaS solution earlier this year.

November 24, 2021

This year for the first time, Sunflower Bank is hosting a Holiday Model Train Display in partnership with the Railroad Model and Historical Association of El Paso. Viewing the display is free and open to the public at Sunflower Bank’s branch at 201 E. Main, Suite 200, in downtown El Paso. From November 29 – December 31, 2021, trains will run daily from Monday through Friday between 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

November 19, 2021

Sunflower Bank and First National 1870 recently gave $118,919 to schools and students who participated in the twentieth anniversary year of the ABC Program for Education. Sunflower Bank originated the program in 2001, and since then has contributed over $1.5 million to support kindergarten through 12th grade education in the communities it serves. The twentieth anniversary ABC Program total was generated from September 2020 through August 2021 and donations were distributed by local branch teams throughout October 2021.

October 28, 2021

FirstSun Capital Bancorp reported net income of $8.7 million for the third quarter of 2021, compared to net income of $11.3 million in the prior quarter and $14.8 million in the third quarter of 2020. Earnings per diluted share was $0.46 for the third quarter 2021, compared to $0.60 in the prior quarter and $0.81 in the third quarter of 2020.

August 18, 2021

Sunflower Bank is pleased to announce its continued growth in Texas with the promotion of Brian Walsh to Market President for the newly created DFW Market that includes the dynamic Dallas, Tarrant and Collin counties. In this role he leads a team of banking industry leaders that includes recently hired Dustin Gibson as Market President for Collin County, and Chase Wildes who has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Corporate Banking.

May 11, 2021

Colorado-based FirstSun Capital Bancorp (“FirstSun,” or the “Company”), the holding company of Sunflower Bank, N.A. (“Sunflower Bank”) and Texas-based Pioneer Bancshares, Inc. (“Pioneer”), the holding company of Pioneer Bank, SSB (“Pioneer Bank”) jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Pioneer and Pioneer Bank will merge with and into FirstSun and Sunflower Bank, respectively, in an all-stock transaction.

April 22, 2021

We’re pleased to announce that 183 students earned a total of $12,130 for their good grades through the ABC Program’s “Pay for ‘A’s” drawing that ended on March 31, 2021.

February 18, 2021

El Paso, TX (February 18, 2021) - We are pleased to announce the completion of our signs at the roofline of 201 E. Main in downtown El Paso, Texas. The Sunflower Bank logos displayed above the 18th floor mark the bank’s status as anchor tenant of the building known as ONE San Jacinto. The full-service retail branch on the second floor provides personal, commercial, business and international banking, along with home loan services from Guardian Mortgage.

January 29, 2021