savings bank type public traded as nasdaq cffn industry financial services founded 1893 headquarters topeka kansas united states number of locations 37 traditional branches 10 in store locations area served kansas missouri key people john b. dicus president chairman ceo kent g. townsend cfo products banking services savings and loans revenue us 352.28 million 2012 net income us 74.5 million 2012 total assets us 9.4 billion 2012 total equity us 1.8 billion 2012 number of employees 596 parent capitol federal financial inc. website www.capfed.com content site en home.html footnotes references 1 capitol federal savings bank is a federally chartered and insured savings bank founded in 1893 and is headquartered in topeka kansas . capitol federal currently has 37 branch locations and 10 in store branches serving primarily the metropolitan areas of topeka wichita lawrence manhattan emporia and salina kansas and both the kansas and missouri sides of the greater kansas city metropolitan area . 2 contents 1 lines of business 2 history 3 community involvement 4 references 5 external links lines of business edit capitol federal is the premier residential lender in kansas with more than 9 billion in assets . 2 capitol federal offers single family residential lending construction loans and other consumer loans checking accounts savings accounts money market accounts iras certificates of deposit history edit throughout its history capitol federal has maintained its commitment to the american dream of homeownership and dedication to its corporate philosophy of safety in savings sound lending policies quality customer service and commitment to community . throughout its over 120 year history capitol federal has been headquartered in topeka ks . highlights 3 september 16 1893 a group of 15 men gathered for the first time to form a savings and loan . july 1899 the association changed its name to the capitol building and loan association . 1926 henry a. bubb was hired . 1938 capitol building and loan association changed its name to capitol federal savings and loan association . in difficult times the association stood at 6 million in total assets half of what it had been prior to the crash of 1929 . although these were challenging times the association came out stronger leading to an era of success . 1941 capitol federal board of directors named henry a. bubb as president of the association . 1943 the association became the largest federally insured association in the state . 1950 assets grew to more than 19 million ; and the first branch office in kansas was opened at 1201 topeka boulevard in topeka . 1958 assets reached 100 million . march 1959 john c. dicus joined the association 1960 capitol federal installed its first computer a univac tab machine in the home office at 6th and kansas in topeka . december 9 1961 capitol federal s new home office opened at 700 south kansas avenue in topeka on december 9 1961 . the office reflected the times with the inclusion of a civil defense bomb shelter in the basement . 1972 capfed took the lead in technological advances with the installation of an online data processing system . 1974 the association introduced the passcard . 1975 association became second savings and loan association in the nation to offer customers off premises access to their accounts . 1977 capitol federal reached 1 billion in assets . 1989 chairman henry a. bubb died in january 1989 . john c. dicus was then named chairman . 1993 capitol federal reached its 100th anniversary with assets of more than 3.9 billion . october 1996 john b. dicus was elected president with john c. dicus continuing as chairman and ceo . march 31 1999 capitol federal s plan of reorganization and stock issuance plan is successfully completed transforming capitol federal from a mutual savings association to a stock savings bank . capitol federal savings and loan association now known as capitol federal savings bank . the capitol federal foundation was established as part of the reorganization . 2001 capitol federal introduced true blue online january 2009 john c. dicus honored for 50 years of service to capitol federal . due to the board s mandatory retirement age john c. dicus retired as chairman from the board continuing as chairman emeritus . john b. dicus was elected chairman of the board now serving as chairman president and ceo . 2010 the year 2010 was highlighted by the second step conversion from a mutual holding company form of organization to a stock form of organization completed in december 2010 . at that time capitol federal financial was succeeded by capitol federal financial inc. 2013 during the capitol federal financial inc. annual meeting in january 2014 chairman dicus announced results from fiscal year 2013 including total assets of 9.19 billion total loans of 5.96 billion and total deposits of 4.61 billion . community involvement edit the capitol federal foundation benefits the communities in which it operates through various charitable contributions . the capitol federal foundation was established to benefit the communities in which capitol federal operates . the foundation is committed to improving the quality of life in these communities by investing in the citizens of today and tomorrow . the main areas of focus for accomplishing this mission are education community development the united way and other charitable purposes . 4 references edit capitol federal financial inc. cffn . yahoo finance . a b capitol federal savings bank . capitol federal savings bank . history . capitol federal savings bank . capitol federal savings bank . capitol federal savings bank . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title capitol federal savings bank & oldid 686511961 categories banks based in kansasbanks established in 1893companies based in topeka kansascompanies listed on nasdaq1893 establishments in kansas navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 october 2015 at 15 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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