“Growing up on a farm in the 1980s, money and the lack of money were talked about a lot. So every expense was scrutinized, and every opportunity to make some extra money with livestock or crops or different things we were doing was definitely important.” A farm kid from Baltic, Darren Hefty has long been … Read more
Once, banking required a visit to the local branch, where transactions relied on physical signatures and basic card machines. Today, the features of digital banking, like instant transfers, online account management, and mobile deposits, offer us greater convenience and efficiency. Here are some of the most helpful digital banking features we use every day. Online … Read more
Today, we’d like to introduce you to five high school seniors in the Sioux Falls area who we think are super impressive. That’s right — it’s time to announce our 2025 scholarship winners! Since 2005, we’ve awarded nearly $100,000 to local students through our scholarship program. We’re tacking on an additional $5,000 to that total, … Read more
It’s Visa vs MasterCard in the battle of the payment processors. The two leading card companies are both accepted nearly all over the world but what are the differences that set them apart? In this blog post discover the pros and cons of both payment networks and decide who will be your reigning champion when … Read more
By Pascal vander Straeten August 01, 2023 It is now widely acknowledged that, by nature of their design, the models developed by neoclassical economists to simulate the economy, from models of financial risk used by banks to the macroeconomic models used by policymakers, failed to predict or even accurately explain the events of the 2007-2008 Global … Read more
I look forward to attending the annual Prairie Family Business Conference every year. This year, one of the speakers talked about how he had recently sold his family business. Upon being asked if any of his children had expressed interest in coming to work there, he lamented that they had not. He went on to … Read more