Press Releases

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]South Dakota Community Bankers Unite to Defeat Government Mandate February 17, 2022 (Watertown, SD) – This week, the Independent Community Bankers of South Dakota and its members successfully defeated Senate Bill 182 titled “Prohibit discriminatory actions against persons engaged with the firearm industry”. Sponsored by special interest groups outside of South Dakota, this bill would

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=\”New Exclusive ICBSD Member Benefit: Bankers Helping Bankers\” google_fonts=\”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal\”][vc_column_text]WATERTOWN, SD – JANUARY 7, 2022 – Independent Community Bankers of South Dakota (ICBSD) is pleased to announce its participation with the FedFis and state community banking associations nationwide to offer access to Bankers Helping Bankers to its member banks in South Dakota. Bankers Helping Bankers

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ICBSD, State Community Banking Groups and ICBA Oppose Saule Omarova’s OCC Nomination” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_column_text] Academic Papers, Public Statements Highlight Professor’s Alarming Policy Positions ICBSD, along with the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and 40 other ICBA-affiliated state community banking groups, expressed opposition to Cornell University law professor Saule Omarova’s nomination to lead the Office

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] April 15, 2020, Yankton, S.D. – First Dakota National Bank is playing an important role in securing millions of dollars in low-interest federal loans to hundreds of South Dakota businesses and farms. In its ongoing effort to help employers weather the financial storm caused by COVID, First Dakota has already funded more than $100