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One increasing claim trend we’ve seen at Travelers among financial institutions is a form of social engineering referred to as fraudulent instructions. In a bank’s case, fraudulent instruction occurs when an employee is tricked into transferring money from a customer’s account to somewhere else because a fraudster steals the customer’s identity and convinces the bank […]

April is Community Banking Month and we\’re always excited to focus on spreading the message of banking local, and banking where it feels good. Our mission at ICBSD is to ensure independent community banking remains great! Members of our organization have a strong and passionate voice in the state and federal legislative processes. We are

We\’re excited to announce Senior Vice President of Investment Strategies at ICBA Securities will be joining our 2019 annual retreat! Michael will be leading a bankers education session on wealth management. Michael Erhardt is a Senior Vice President in the Investment Strategies Group for ICBA Securities. He works closely with financial institutions on balance sheet

The ICBSD/ICBND Cooperative Liquidity Program (“Liquidity Program”) is a cooperative bank-to-bank network established to provide an additional funds management tool for ICBSD/ICBND member banks. ICBSD and ICBND provide a communication link between Liquidity Program members who have available liquidity with those members who have short-term funding needs.   ICBSD/ICBND is responsible for maintaining and communicating

As you may know by now, President Trump declared over the weekend that Wednesday, December 5, 2018 will be a National Day of Mourning to honor the memory of President George H.W. Bush. We have received several inquiries regarding the potential impact of this declaration on the banking industry; we imagine you have as well.

Planning some shopping to spread cheer this holiday season? Consider picking up a one-of-a-kind creation from your local small businesses and give the gift that keeps on giving. Did you know every dollar spent at independent businesses is returned threefold to your local economy? Or that small businesses create two out of three new U.S.

Thank you for attending our 2018 Farming, Finance & Global Markets conference! Below you will find links to the presentations from our breakout speakers. Bret Afdahl, Director of the South Dakota Division of Banking \”Industry Overview\” Presentation Greg Clausen & Randy Friederich, Eide Bailly \”Observations from the Field: An Ag Lending Update\” Presentation Mike Sonne,

We are excited to have Glenn Muller of the South Dakota Pork Producers will lead one of our breakout sessions at our upcoming fall conference Farming, Finance & Global Markets. Register for Farming, Finance & Global Markets here!  Glenn Muller has been the Executive Director of the South Dakota Pork Producers since August, 2010.  Glenn and his

Nic Uilk, instructor at SDSU\’s agriculture and biosystems engineering department, will be joining our November 8th conference! He will be sitting on our panel New Ag Technologies, Trends & Challenges! Register for Farming, Finance & Global Markets here!  Nicholas Uilk has been an instructor with the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering department since 2009 and is heavily