Mo. Rev. Stat. § 110.050

No bank or trust company wherein any deposits of private or public moneys shall be made shall become obligated or liable on account thereof except for the safekeeping thereof and for the payment of the amount thereof with interest thereon, if any, which said depositary may have contracted to pay. All banks and trust companies and other banking institutions now or hereafter engaged in business in this state shall be and they are hereby authorized with respect to any and all such funds deposited with them to provide and maintain the security for such deposits as may be by law required.