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June 30, 2022

We're pleased to announce the expansion of our Community Affairs Office focused on the institution’s community lending, service and investment opportunities. The Community Affairs Office is led by Danny Spears, Director of Community Reinvestment, with regional efforts coordinated by Community Development Officers, Becca Maxwell, Doris Ortiz, Gloria Sanderson, and Kyle Stingley.

June 23, 2022

Sunflower Bank, N.A. and its holding company, FirstSun Capital Bancorp, today issued a statement related to a recent article published in Forbes.

April 28, 2022

FirstSun Capital Bancorp reported net income of $7.7 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared to net income of $8.8 million in the prior quarter and $14.3 million in the first quarter of 2021. Earnings per diluted share was $0.41 for the first quarter 2022, compared to $0.47 in the prior quarter and $0.76 in the first quarter of 2021.

April 01, 2022

Colorado-based FirstSun Capital Bancorp (“FirstSun,” or the “Company”), the holding company of Sunflower Bank, N.A. (“Sunflower Bank”), announced today that it has completed its previously announced merger with Texas-based Pioneer Bancshares, Inc. (“Pioneer”) effective April 1, 2022. Also effective April 1, 2022, Pioneer’s subsidiary bank, Pioneer Bank, SSB, merged into Sunflower Bank.

March 08, 2022

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 the receipt of all required regulatory approvals to merge Pioneer and Pioneer Bank with and into FirstSun and Sunflower Bank, respectively, in an all-stock transaction. Subject to the completion of other customary closing conditions, the transaction is expected to close on April 1, 2022 after expiration of applicable waiting periods.

February 03, 2022

Strategic Capital Fund Management, LLC’s (“Strategic Capital”), data center real estate investment platform, Strategic Datasphere, LLC (“Datasphere”), has completed the acquisition of a Tier IV equivalent data center located in Alpharetta, GA. Financing for the transaction was provided by Sunflower Bank, N.A. which has been a long-standing banking partner of Strategic Capital.

January 28, 2022

FirstSun Capital Bancorp (“FirstSun”) reported net income of $8.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to net income of $8.7 million in the prior quarter and $11.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.

January 05, 2022

First National 1870 is proud to announce that it provided the fourth highest total amount of SBA 7(a) loans by a bank lender in the New Mexico District in FY2021.

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.