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Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
 
as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I
, Benjamin R. Clouse, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.;
2.
Based on
 
my knowledge,
 
this report
 
does not
 
contain any
 
untrue statement
 
of a
 
material fact
 
or omit
 
to state
 
a material
 
fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
 
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
 
misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my
 
knowledge, the financial
 
statements, and other
 
financial information included
 
in this report,
 
fairly present in
 
all
material
 
respects
 
the
 
financial
 
condition,
 
results
 
of
 
operations
 
and
 
cash
 
flows
 
of
 
the
 
registrant
 
as
 
of,
 
and
 
for,
 
the
 
periods
presented in this report;
4.
The
 
registrant’s
 
other
 
certifying
 
officer
 
and
 
I
 
are
 
responsible
 
for
 
establishing
 
and
 
maintaining
 
disclosure
 
controls
 
and
procedures (as defined
 
in Exchange Act
 
Rules 13a-15(e) and
 
15d-15(e))
and internal control
 
over financial reporting
 
(as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
 
and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
 
registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
 
during the period in which this report
is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
 
internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding
 
the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
 
generally accepted accounting
principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s
 
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
 
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s
 
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter
 
(the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the
 
case of an annual report) that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
 
the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying
 
officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation
 
of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors
 
and the audit committee of the registrant’s
 
board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
 
internal control over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s
 
ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
 
other employees who have a significant role in the
registrant’s internal control
 
over financial reporting.
Date:
 
March 3, 2023
/s/ Benjamin R. Clouse
Benjamin R. Clouse
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)