Bell Bank

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Bell Bank
Company type Private
Industry Banking, Financial services, Mortgage, Insurance
Founded1966;58 years ago (1966)
Headquarters
Fargo, North Dakota
,
U.S.
Key people
  • Richard Solberg (Board Chairman)
  • Michael Solberg (President & CEO)
Number of employees
1,800
Website bell.bank

Bell Bank is a privately owned bank headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota, [1] with assets of $13 billion. [2] Bell Bank, which employs more than 1,900 people, [3] has 27 full-service banking locations in North Dakota, Minnesota and Arizona, [4] and mortgage locations in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin. [5] State Bankshares is Bell Bank's parent company. [6]

Contents

History and Growth

Bell Bank was founded as State Bank of Fargo in 1966 [7] as a single location in the Northport Shopping Center in Fargo. [8] Thomas "Buck" Snortland was one of the company's founders. [9]

In 2003, the bank bought Northern Capital Trust, a trust company and flex spending adjudication business. [10] Richard Solberg, who was then the bank's president and CEO, had served on the board of directors for Northern Capital Trust since the company was established—16 years before the merger. [11]

Not long after the merger, Bell created a spin-off company called Discovery Benefits, which administers flexible benefits, COBRA and health savings accounts. [12] Bell also started HealthcareBank, one of the largest health care savings account banks and a client of Discovery Benefits. [13] In 2019, State Bankshares announced plans to sell Discovery Benefits for $425 million to Wex Inc., a South Portland, Maine-based payment processing and business solutions provider. In 2021, Bell and WEX agreed to WEX's acquisition of certain HSA assets of HealthcareBank. [14]

In 2011, the company acquired Minneapolis-based Bell Mortgage, expanding its reach into the Twin Cities and Phoenix, Ariz. [15] The company changed its name from State Bank & Trust to Bell State Bank & Trust in 2012 [16] and to Bell Bank in Aug., 2016. [17] In 2013, Bell acquired Minneapolis-based The Business Bank and its Prime Mortgage Division. [18] Bell Bank Mortgage expanded its offices into Wisconsin and New Mexico in 2018, [19] [20] Florida, Missouri and Tennessee in 2019, [21] [22] and Kansas in 2020. [23]

Bell launched an equipment finance division in Minneapolis in 2018, to serve the manufacturing, transportation, construction and agriculture industries. [24]

In 2019, Bell signed a purchase agreement to buy Warner and Company Insurance in Fargo, Schiller Insurance in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, and Thompson-Schaefer Insurance Agency in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and rebranded them as Bell Insurance. [25]

Bell Bank opened its Chandler, Ariz., branch in January, 2019. Bell Bank Chandler, Ariz. Branch.jpg
Bell Bank opened its Chandler, Ariz., branch in January, 2019.

Bell opened its first full-service bank branch in Arizona—in the city of Chandler, Arizona—in 2019, [26] and its second in Phoenix – Biltmore in 2020. [27]

In 2020, Bell expanded into Forest Lake, Minn., [28] and Duluth, Minn., renovating and occupying the downtown Temple Opera Building. [29]

In 2021, Bell opened a branch in downtown Minneapolis' City Center [30] and announced its entrance into the Denver market. [31] Bell also purchased a 12-story building at 520 Main Ave. in downtown Fargo, which will reopen in 2024 after a full remodeling as Bell’s new headquarters. [32]

In 2022, Bell finalized its building lease for a new mortgage servicing center in Owensboro, Ky. [33] Bell also launched Bell Business Credit, a specialty lending team providing asset-based lending and factoring services for working capital intensive companies. [34]

Bell has a 5-star rating from Bauer Financial, an independent bank research firm. Based on financial data from federal regulators, a 5-star rating, the highest rating the firm awards, means a bank is financially sound and is operating well above its capital requirements. [35]

The company plans to remain privately owned. [36]

Leadership

Bell Bank President and CEO Michael Solberg speaks to employees. Bell Bank President & CEO Michael Solberg.jpg
Bell Bank President and CEO Michael Solberg speaks to employees.

Michael Solberg is Bell Bank's president, and the third CEO in the company's history. [37] He was named CEO in 2014, succeeding his father, Richard Solberg, who had been CEO since 1982. [38]

Michael Solberg was named chief operating officer in 2004 and president in 2009. [39] He started with the company in 1998 after graduating from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, and William Mitchell College of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [40] He grew up in Finley, North Dakota, and Fargo. [41]

Richard Solberg is the board chairman and a company shareholder. [42] The bank is owned by about 70 shareholders, with a majority stake held by the families of Richard Solberg, Michael Solberg, Julie Snortland and Laura Snortland Fairfield. [43] Other major shareholders have included Thomas "Buck" Snortland [44] and his son, Thomas "Mickey" Snortland, both farmers from Sharon, North Dakota. [45]

Thomas "Mickey" Snortland, who was also a longtime director of the bank, died in 2013 of an apparent heart attack. [46]

Before working for what was then State Bank of Fargo, Richard Solberg was president of Citizens State Bank in Finley, where he grew up. He also graduated from Concordia College. [47] Under Richard Solberg's leadership, the bank grew from a single location with $28 million in assets to 20 branches in North Dakota and Minnesota with more than $3 billion in assets. [48] In 2022, Richard Solberg received the Legacy Leader Award from the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce [49]

NorthWestern Financial Review named Richard and Michael Solberg Bankers of the Year in 2012. [50]

Additional executive leadership includes: Patrick Chaffee, EVP/banking, wealth management & insurance, [51] Todd Lee, EVP/banking & commercial lending administration, [52] Laine Brantner, EVP/chief operating officer, Julie Peterson Klein, EVP/chief of staff and chief culture officer, [53] Tony Weick, EVP/Bell Bank Mortgage president, [54] Lynn Johnson, EVP/retail banking, [55] Jon Aarsvold, EVP/chief credit officer, [56] Jenny Senecal, EVP/deputy chief credit officer [57] Jena Cogswell, EVP/chief marketing officer, [58] Tim Gelinske, EVP/strategic initiatives and partnerships, [59] Blake Nelson, EVP/chief financial officer, [60] Gary Inman, EVP/information systems manager, and Jesse Schwab, EVP/chief risk officer. [61]

Company Culture

Several media outlets, including USA Today , People magazine and the BBC have written stories about Bell Bank's culture. [62] Bell's mission statement is Happy Employees! Happy Customers! [63] Michael Solberg says the bank's growth and profits are due to the way the company treats its employees. [64] In 2016, Bell announced it would make an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) part of employees' retirement benefits. [65] A portion of each employee's retirement funds will be invested in State Bankshares stock. [66]

Awards Received by Bell Bank

Bell Bank has been recognized with multiple awards.

Fortune magazine named Bell to its list of 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2022, [67] and the Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance in 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019; Best Workplaces for Women in 2023, [68] 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019; Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2023, [69] 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019; and Best Workplaces for Parents in 2021 and 2020. [70]

Bell ranked 8th on People magazine's list of 100 Companies That Care, [71] 32nd in 2022 [72] and 87th in 2021. [73]

Forbes ranked Bell among the World's Best Banks and Best-in-State bank for North Dakota in 2023 [74] and 2020. [75] In 2019, Forbes ranked Bell among the World's Best Banks and second in U.S.-only banks. [76] In 2018, Forbes named Bell Best Bank in North Dakota and Minnesota. [77]

American Banker Magazine named Bell No. 3 on its Best Banks to Work For list in 2022 [78] and No. 1 in 2021. Bell also made the magazine’s list in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013. [79]

Star Tribune Media Co. named Bell the No. 2 large workplace in 2023 [80] and 2022 [81] and No. 2 large workplace and top banking workplace in Minnesota in 2021 [82] and has included Bell on the StarTribune's Top Workplaces list every year since 2011. [83] In 2016, the media company also recognized Bell with an ethics award. [84]

Pay It Forward Program

Part of Bell Bank's culture is its Pay It Forward program, which Michael Solberg started in 2007. [85] The program gives full-time employees $1,000 and part-time employees $500 each year to give to people and organizations in need. Bell has given more than $25 million in employee-driven charitable giving since launching. [86]

Community Outreach

In 2022, Bell launched a “Big Blue Bus” that will bring banking, mortgage and financial planning resources into neighborhoods throughout the company’s geographic area. [87] Bell also co-hosted a “shark tank” style accelerator called Get Down to Business with The Get Down Coffee Co. and Neighborhood Development Center at the 3M Open, where they gave away $100,000 to three diverse entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. The grants were funded by Bell Bank and 3M Open Fund and facilitated by Neighborhood Development Center. [88]

Sponsorships and Endorsements

Bell has formed partnerships with athletes and other celebrities with North Dakota and Minnesota ties. Some of them work with Bell on charitable causes. [89] They include:

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