The Independent Community Banks of North Dakota is
the only statewide association that represents the independent
community banks in North Dakota exclusively. Our mission is to
"enable the independent member banks to profitably and competitively
provide quality financial services to the communities and citizens
of North Dakota."
ICBND is driven by the needs of our members to add value by: being a
proactive industry and advocate before state, federal, legislative
and regulatory bodies; promoting the image and importance of
community banks to local, state and national economies and to its
citizens; providing a forum for networking and information
dissemination; and by creating cooperative products, services, and
education offerings to assist our members to compete and flourish in
a constantly changing financial services marketplace.
Present programs of ICBND include educational offerings which
attract some of the finest speakers in the financial services
industry, as well as the annual convention of the association, that
has received national recognition as one of the finest banking
conventions in the country.
ICBND also offers a Credit Card & Merchant Service program through
ICB Services Inc, that provides members access to credit cards,
debit cards, and merchant programs.
ICBND also operates and manages the ICB Purchasing Exchange, which
offers substantial discounts to member banks on virtually all kinds
of office and bank supply items. Taking an
active and professional lobbying effort, not only in North Dakota,
but also in Washington, D.C., is a very important part of ICBND's
service to its members in order to aggressively protect and preserve
the heritage of independent community banking.
Community banks serve their communities and can only prosper when
the community it serves does well. North Dakota is our home, and
ICBND seeks to continue its important role in assuring it is a home
with a successful and proud future. |
