Exhibit 23



                              ACCOUNTANT'S CONSENT



The Board of Directors
Cameron Financial Corporation


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos.
333-20563 and 333-20643) on Form S-8 of Cameron Financial Corporation of our
report dated November 21, 1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Cameron Financial Corporation and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1997 and
1996, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders' equity,
and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended September
30, 1997, which report appears in the September 30, 1997 annual report on Form
10-K of Cameron Financial Corporation.

                                                        KPMG Peat Marwick LLP



Kansas City, Missouri
December 23, 1997