Empire Bank has been serving the Ozarks since 1956 and offers a host of community based banking and financial services in Springfield, Nixa, Ozark, Highlandville, Marshfield, Strafford, Fair Grove, Pleasant Hope, Republic, and Battlefield. Empire Bank’s holding company, Central Bancompany, has been ranked four years in a row by Forbes Magazine as one of America’s Best Banks in their annual review of the nation’s largest financial institutions. Empire Bank has been able to stay focused on their original mission – to provide quality financial services and soultions of a “big” bank with the local decision-making of a community bank – Empire’s long-term motto “Come Bank with a Friend” remains true today as it has for the last 50+ years. Empire Bank is active in their support of the Missouri State Bears, Drury Panthers, and the Springfield Cardinals. They are also the hometown bank of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Cheifs, along with being the offical bank of the Springfield based PGA Web.com Tour’s Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr. Pepper and a Corporate Sponsor of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.