CROSSFIRST BANKSHARES, INC.
11440 Tomahawk Creek Parkway
Leawood, Kansas 66211
(913) 312-6822
Via EDGAR
August 12, 2019
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-4628
Attn: Pamela Long
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Re:
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CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.
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Registration Statement on Form S-1 (as amended)
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File No. 333-232704
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Company”), hereby respectfully requests that the effective date of the above referenced Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-232704) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on August 14, 2019, or as soon as practicable thereafter. By separate letter, the underwriters of the sale of the securities being
registered join in this request for acceleration.
The Company hereby authorizes B. Scott Gootee of Stinson LLP, the Company’s counsel, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration. We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Mr. Gootee at (816)
691-3263 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.
Respectfully,
CROSSFIRST BANKSHARES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Aisha Reynolds | |
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Aisha Reynolds
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General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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cc:
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C. Robert Monroe, Stinson LLP
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James S. Swenson, Stinson LLP
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B. Scott Gootee, Stinson LLP
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