Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (CBSH)

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Commerce Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company. Through a wholly owned bank holding company, it owns all of the outstanding capital stock of Commerce Bank (the Bank). The Bank engages in general banking business, providing a range of retail, corporate, investment, trust, and asset management products and services to individuals and businesses. The Company also owns, directly or through the Bank, various non-banking subsidiaries. Their activities include underwriting credit life and credit accident and health insurance, selling property and casualty insurance (relating to consumer loans made by the Bank), private equity investment, securities brokerage, mortgage banking, and leasing activities. It operates in three segments: Consumer segment, Commercial segment and Wealth segment. In June 2011, the Bank became a state chartered Federal Reserve member bank. As of December 31, 2011, it had loans of $9.2 billion, deposits of $16.8 billion, and equity of $2.2 billion.

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