UMBF UMB Financial Corporation

UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:UMBF) Chief Investment Officer, William B. Greiner, will provide a 2006 second quarter perspective for the economy and equity markets on Friday, March 17, at 11:10 a.m. (CST) on Bloomberg Television. Greiner will be a special guest on the show "In Focus." Greiner has spent his entire career in the investment field, with more than 20 years investment management experience. Greiner most recently was named Business Week's "Fearless Forecaster: 2005 Stock Market Strategist of the Year" in December 2005. He received this distinction by being the investment strategist who most accurately forecasted where the U.S. markets would end up at the close of 2005. UMB Financial Corporation is a multi-bank holding company headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., offering complete banking and related financial services to both individual and business customers. Its banking subsidiaries own and operate 141 banking centers throughout Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Arizona. Subsidiaries of the holding company and the lead bank, UMB Bank, n.a., include an investment services group based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a trust management company in South Dakota, and single-purpose companies that deal with brokerage services, consulting services and insurance. UMB was named one of Business Week's "Web Smart 50" companies in 2005.