UMBF UMB Financial Corporation

UMB Healthcare Services, a division of UMB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:UMBF), announces continued progress of Health Savings Account (HSA) services with more than $50 million currently in fund assets. Additionally, UMB announced first quarter contract agreements with SHPS, one of the nation's largest consumer-driven health care solutions providers in the country, and ConnectYourCare, a Baltimore-based subsidiary of Revolution Health. "We continue to strengthen our position as a financial services leader to the health care industry," said Dennis Triplett, president of UMB Healthcare Services. "Our experienced personnel, financial technology and service approach are unparalleled in the market as we continue to advance our services to health care providers, TPAs, software companies and corporate partners nationwide." UMB Financial Corporation (NASDQ: UMBF) is a multi-bank holding company headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., offering complete banking and related financial services to both individual and business customers nationwide. 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.