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Industry Expertise

Public Finance

Financial solutions for municipalities including counties, cities, townships, school districts, higher education, parks, and watershed.

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Solutions for Public Entities

Partner with us for tailored financial solutions that empower governments, municipalities and institutions. Our team understands the unique challenges of public entities and delivers banking, lending, investing and insuring strategies that help you serve your community efficiently.

Our Services

Banking and Lending

No matter the size of your organization, we offer a range of products and services that can help meet your unique banking and lending needs.

Treasury Management

We’ll help you reduce costs through automation, accelerate cash collection, maximize accounts payable terms, effectively manage liquidity and reduce fraud exposure. 

Investment Management

Bell’s short-term liquidity strategy for municipal entities can provide your portfolio with an attractive alternative to cash and money market investments by focusing on:

Insurance

Whether your public entity is large or small, Bell Insurance can find policies that work for you. 

“Bell Bank’s staff is responsive, and that is greatly appreciated. They have attended our board meetings whenever we have asked, to provide financial updates and banking information to our board. This has informed the decision-making of our investment committee and our full board. Bell is willing to engage with local government agencies and boards like ours with a high level of customer service.”

 

– Robert Sip, Red River Watershed Management Board

Public Finance Leadership

Our experienced team understands governmental banking and will focus on helping you meet your financial goals, so you can focus on serving your community.

Derrick LaPoint

Derrick LaPoint

VP, Market Development 

701-298-1505

dlapoint@bell.bank

Rebecca Borland

Rebecca Borland

SVP, Treasury Management Officer 
701-298-1797
 rborland@bell.bank

Jon Eisert

Jon Eisert

SVP, Market Development Director & Public Finance Director 

701-451-7514

jeisert@bell.bank

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