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Giving back in 2023: Community Card program recap

With your help, we donate thousands of dollars to local schools through our Community Card program each year. In fact, we gave a total of $33,811.67 back through the program in 2023, which even included a milestone distribution to one school district on our roster!

Minnesota couple shares experience of blending families, finances in a second marriage

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Opening a joint account, buying a house together, and doing estate planning all before getting married? My friends Jaime and Curtis Taets, a couple from the Twin Cities area, took a unique approach to merging their finances — but that’s what you have to do when entering a second marriage.

2023 year in review

2023 certainly wasn’t an easy year for banks across the country, and 2024 is already on track to have its own set of challenges — both new and continuing.

Bank Holiday Calendar

We want to make sure your banking needs are always taken care of. You can find our upcoming closures and hours in our bank holiday calendar below. For information on specific branch locations, visit here.

Prior-year contributions to an IRA: Maximizing your savings potential

First National Wealth Management

The new year is upon us, and that may have you considering making some last-minute money moves. Fortunately, one thing you can move down your to-do list is making contributions to your IRA(s) because, each year, the IRS allows you to make prior-year contributions to your IRAs. That means you have until Tax Day (April 15, 2024)

Tea With Teammates

Deb Thompson

Want to know our teammates’ deepest, darkest secrets? Well, we can’t share those; they’d probably report us to HR for telling you. So instead, we sat down with Executive Administrative Assistant Deb Thompson over a mug of orange spice tea to… *sniffles* Hang on. *sniffles* Sorry…we’re already getting emotional.

Shining light on a common struggle among couples: merging financial lives

Common Cents on the Prairie™

For Heather and Douglas Boneparth, their episode of the Common Cents on the Prairie™ podcast isn’t just a money story. It’s a love story. These college sweethearts, who grew up with vastly different money experiences, overcame all obstacles to merge their financial lives — and now, they’re using the lessons they learned to help others do the same.

From one garage stall to 109,000-square-foot building: The story of family-owned Thornton Flooring

Matt Thornton had never planned on joining his family’s Sioux Falls business; rather than selling flooring with his parents, he was going to become a doctor. But you know what they say about making plans and God laughing. “I had always said I wouldn’t be in the family business,” Thornton said.

Supporting local communities in 2023: Volunteering and charitable giving recap

Giving to others is one of the most important — and rewarding — facets of the holiday season. Here at FNB, our teammates have been extra busy with giving back to and volunteering at local organizations such as Sharing Christmas, The Banquet, Junior Achievement, Project Warm-Up, Sioux Falls Cares, and many more.

4 tax-smart strategies to enhance your charitable giving

First National Wealth Management

As we enter this season of giving, you’re likely making charitable gifts a top financial priority right now. To help deepen the effects of your giving and reduce the impact of taxes as we near the year-end, consider these tax-smart strategies that will provide important advantages to you.

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