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First National Bank receiving the Lender of the Year award for 2024.

First National Bank named 7(a) Lender of the Year for 2024

We were recently honored with a Leadership in Lending award for the 2024 fiscal year. The South Dakota District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) named First National Bank as the 7(a) Lender of the Year for closing the most 7(a) loans and the highest dollar value of 7(a) loans in the state.
Russ Robers, a Business Banking Team Lead at The First National Bank in Sioux Falls.

Rolling for 40 years: Russ Robers celebrates lifelong business banking career with FNB

Shelley Schipper was 29 years old when her dad, Dave Koch, passed away. Suddenly, she was thrust to the helm of the family business: K&J Trucking. “Here I am, a 29-year-old girl working in the business but not overly visible...
Wealth Advisor – Tax Consultant Paula Bindert meeting with a client about selling their business.

Selling your business? Here's your guide to a successful transition

So, you’re thinking about selling your business. What is your “why”? Is it to create a financial legacy? To pass along your business to family? To get the most money from the sale or the best outcome for your employees?...
Nancy Savage, Kayla Thompson, and Erin Rallis are small business owners in Sioux Falls, SD.

Neighboring women-owned small businesses create ‘experience’ in downtown Sioux Falls

Women in Business

On the outside, it might seem like a bridal shop and a toy store would have nothing in common. That’s not the case for Marie and Marie Bridal and Child’s Play Toys. Located along Phillips Avenue, these neighboring women-owned small...
Nancy Savage, owner of Child's Play Toys, holding a stuffed cat amidst racks of girls' clothing.

Get to know Sioux Falls toy store Child’s Play Toys

Women in Business

She’s exactly what you’d imagine a toy store owner to be. Like a character straight out of a movie about a magic toy shop. Except Nancy Savage is the magic of Child’s Play Toys. Brimming with energy and radiating joy...
Erin Rallis hangs wedding dresses in the window of Sioux Falls bridal shop Marie and Marie Bridal.

Get to know Sioux Falls bridal shop Marie and Marie Bridal

Women in Business

Some people claim they can read their sibling’s mind. For sisters Erin Rallis and Kayla Thompson, that sentiment just might be more than hyperbole. “Marie and Marie Bridal feels like one of those things that was meant to be,” said...
Headshot of Mitch Janssen, Business Banker at The First National Bank in Sioux Falls.

FNB renovates Benson Road branch, adds new business banker

We recently renovated our Benson Road branch to make room for an additional business banker. Known as the “Transportation Branch,” the location is home to our team of Business Bankers — Team Lead Russ Robers, Derek Simonsen, and Justin Zandstra...
First National Bank's downtown Sioux Falls location from 1929 to 1976.

Becoming FIRST: The Business Chapter

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. One month later, on January 13, 1942, William Wiswall (W. W.) Baker formally stepped to the helm of First National Bank as the nation was thrust into war. For Americans, everything...
Chris Ekstrum, Maggie Groteluschen, Bob Baker, and Bill Baker in front of First National Bank.

Lessons in family business learned from Spiderman, growing up with First National Bank

Much has been written about family businesses in America. They produce the majority of the U.S. GDP, employ more than half of U.S. workers, and are the lifeblood of building our great nation. At The First National Bank in Sioux...
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