Fidelity Bank
Corporate brand
UnclaimedA family-owned bank serving customers in Wichita, Kansas, and expanding markets in Oklahoma and Kansas, with personal, business, mortgage, and commercial financial services.
Last updated September 25, 2026
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Overview
Fidelity Bank is a U.S. financial institution based in Wichita, Kansas. Its roots date to 1905, when its predecessor, The Fidelity Investment Company, began operating in Wichita as a mortgage lender. The bank describes itself as a fourth-generation family-owned institution and says it is the second-largest locally owned financial institution in Wichita, with a growing presence in Oklahoma City and Overland Park, Kansas. The bank serves personal and business customers. Its offerings include checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, mobile banking, home loans, commercial lending, cash management, treasury services, remote deposit capture, and merchant payment processing. Its commercial treasury services are presented as tools for managing cash flow, collections, disbursements, and liquidity. The bank also promotes customer security features, including alerts for suspicious transactions. Fidelity Bank presents its customer and community commitments through a promise to act with courage and integrity alongside customers and communities. The bank’s history and current leadership reflect continuing involvement by the Bastian family. The supplied information does not identify a founder, give a precise current executive roster beyond named directors and staff, or specify a publicly traded parent. Its public-facing website describes an active regional bank serving Kansas and Oklahoma.
History
The history of Fidelity Bank begins with The Fidelity Investment Company, its predecessor, which opened in Wichita in 1905 as a mortgage lender. In 1942, Homer C. Bastian acquired the operation. The bank’s history identifies Bastian as Kansas’s first director of the Federal Housing Administration. His son Marvin joined the company in 1946 after serving in the Army Air Force during World War II, beginning the next generation of family involvement. Marvin and his father worked together as the company developed its customer-service focus. Marvin became chief executive officer of the Fidelity companies in the late 1960s. In 1975, he acquired Air Capitol Savings, described by the bank as a savings and loan association with $32 million in assets. Over the following two decades, the company grew as a thrift institution known as Fidelity Savings Association of Kansas. Marvin’s sons Clark and Clay joined the company in 1976 and 1980. Clark later became chairman of the boards of Fidelity Bank and Fidelity Financial Corporation. Clay retired as president of Fidelity Financial Corporation in 2018 and continued serving on the boards of the bank, the corporation, and the Fidelity Bank Foundation. The bank’s website characterizes its present ownership and stewardship as fourth-generation family-owned. By the 1980s, Fidelity had outgrown its downtown Wichita headquarters. The Bastian family responded by constructing a five-story downtown office building, an investment the bank’s history describes as intended to support a vital downtown area. The official history excerpt also identifies a later shift from the company’s origins as a mortgage lender and thrift institution toward the broad mix of services it offers today. Fidelity Bank now describes its service area as centered on Wichita, with a growing presence in Oklahoma City and Overland Park. Its current public materials include personal and business banking, housing finance, commercial lending, treasury and cash management services, and mobile banking.
- 2018
Clay Bastian retires as president of Fidelity Financial Corporation
- 1980
Clay Bastian joins the company
- 1976
Clark Bastian joins the company
- 1975
Marvin Bastian acquires Air Capitol Savings
- 1946
Marvin Bastian joins the company
- 1942
Homer C. Bastian acquires the predecessor operation
- 1905
The Fidelity Investment Company opens in Wichita as a mortgage lender
Products and positioning
A locally rooted, family-owned regional bank emphasizing accessible service, customer relationships, commercial support, and community involvement.
Personal banking
Checking, savings, certificates of deposit, and mobile banking for personal customers.
Home loans
Home financing services promoted for home purchases, refinancing, renovations, and moves.
Business and commercial banking
Business banking, commercial lending, cash management, and treasury services.
Treasury services
Services for cash-flow management, collections and disbursements, remote deposit capture, and merchant payment processing.
Recent events
- Unconfirmed
Reported
First Federal Bank to acquire Fidelity Bank's NOLA Lending Group mortgage division[6]
First Federal Bank has struck a deal to acquire the assets of Fidelity Bank's mortgage division, NOLA Lending Group, expanding its retail footprint into Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi. Financial terms were not disclosed. First Federal plans to retain most NOLA employees and will transition NOLA's platform to First Federal within 60 days of closing while retaining the NOLA branding.
Reported
Fidelity Bank announces DN Series ATM network upgrade[7]
Fidelity Bank announced that it will replace its entire self-service network with Diebold Nixdorf DN Series ATMs and implement DN AllConnect Services across the channel.
Fidelity Bank launches USSD mobile account opening[8]
Fidelity Bank launched a digital self-onboarding solution that lets prospective customers open a Fidelity Smart Account remotely using the shortcode *776#, without internet connectivity.
Fidelity Bank introduces Edwapa Account[9]
Fidelity Bank introduced the Fidelity Edwapa Account, a banking product with customized financial services for self-employed individuals and sole proprietors in Ghana. The account includes features such as free insurance cover, inter-account transfers and access to loans.
- Unconfirmed
Fidelity Bank announces CEO succession[10]
Fidelity Bank announced Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe as managing director/CEO designate and said incumbent Nnamdi Okonkwo would retire from the board on December 31, 2020. Onyeali-Ikpe was to assume the substantive CEO role by January 1, 2021.
Reported
Fidelity Bank appoints Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe as CEO-designate[11]
Fidelity Bank's board approved Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe's appointment as managing director and CEO-designate; she was expected to assume the substantive role by January 1, 2021.
- Unconfirmed
Reported
Fidelity Bank donates masks to healthcare organizations[12]
Fidelity Bank donated 6,000 KN95 face masks, valued at nearly $14,000, to Heywood Hospital and other healthcare organizations. The article reports the donation as community support during the COVID-19 pandemic; it does not describe a controversy.
Reported
Fidelity Bank completes acquisition of Merchants Bank[13]
Fidelity Bank completed its acquisition of Merchants Bank after shareholders approved the all-stock deal, valued at an estimated $78.5 million, during separate online meetings.
- Unconfirmed
Reported
Fidelity Bank appoints two Deputy Managing Directors[14]
Fidelity Bank appointed Edward Opare-Donkor and Samuel Aidoo as Deputy Managing Directors, overseeing Operations and Support Functions and Wholesale Banking, respectively.
Sources16 sources
- 1Fidelity Bank | Personal Banking, Business Banking, Home Loans, Commercial Lendingfidelitybank.com
- 2History | Fidelity Bankfidelitybank.com
- 3Business Treasury Services | Fidelity Bankfidelitybank.com
- 4Treasury Services Team | Fidelity Bankfidelitybank.com
- 5Fidelity Bankwikidata.org
- 6第一联邦银行将收购富达银行NOLA Lending Group抵押贷款部门housingwire.com
- 7Fidelity Bank宣布升级至DN Series ATM网络prnewswire.com
- 8Fidelity Bank推出USSD手机开户服务businessghana.com
- 9Fidelity Bank 推出 Edwapa 账户businessghana.com
- 10Fidelity Bank宣布首席执行官交接安排thisdaylive.com
- 11Fidelity Bank任命Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe为候任首席执行官thenigerianvoice.com
- 12Fidelity Bank向医疗机构捐赠口罩thegardnernews.com
- 13Fidelity Bank完成对Merchants Bank的收购mcall.com
- 14Fidelity Bank任命两名副董事总经理businessdayghana.com
- 15Fidelity Bank appoints 2 Deputy Managing Directors - Ghanaian Timesghanaiantimes.com.gh
- 16Fidelity Bank appoints two Deputy Managing Directorsbusinessghana.com
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