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Company Overview
Founded in 1923, Gate City Bank is a mutual bank with more than 735 team members and $2.8 billion in assets. The bank has 43 locations in 22 communities across North Dakota and central Minnesota. We are committed to making lives better by investing in team members and the communities we serve. Our continued growth enables us to make a dramatic impact in our communities with more than $2.9 million in philanthropic giving and more than 13,000 team member volunteer hours, on company time, in 2020.
At Gate City Bank, we are committed to making a difference every single day. For 98 years, we have been passionate about giving back to the communities we serve and are proud to support a variety of community initiatives across the region. Innovative products and services designed to save our customers money, supporting communities through philanthropic giving, and a commitment to being an employer of choice with excellent culture will continue to drive our success.
Serving our customers and connecting with our communities have remained constant cornerstones of our mission:
To provide a welcoming atmosphere and a commitment to making the lives of our customers and team members better by investing in them and their communities For a Better Way of Life.®
Principles of High Standards
Make a Difference - Give back to our communities by making an impactful difference through volunteerism and philanthropic giving.
Customer Obsession - Exceed expectations by going above and beyond. Listen, delight, enhance, and personalize experiences from beginning to end across all channels for customers, team members and communities.
Be a Leader - Lead with integrity, honesty and innovation to maintain financial leadership with competitive products, services and experiences.
Embrace Data & Innovation - Explore and be curious about new possibilities to create and foster innovation that support strategic goals.
Sense of Urgency - Act with a sense of urgency to proactively initiate positive change allowing Gate City Bank to remain the financial leader.
Commitment to Compliance - Accountable to high standards of compliance and risk mitigation through successful execution of policies, procedures, processes and applicable laws and regulations.
KH: Hi, I’m Kevin Hanson, President and CEO of Gate City Bank.
SS: And I’m Steve Swiontek, Executive Chair of Gate City Bank.
I’m in my 43rd year at Gate City Bank and am pleased to report that the Bank is as strong and as healthy as ever. In 2019, Kevin Hanson was named our new President and CEO. Kevin’s commitment to Gate City Bank’s culture and vision will continue to create a better way of life.
Under Kevin’s leadership, the legacy of Gate City Bank, the region’s financial leader with the largest market share in the state of North Dakota will continue, just as it has in the past. The Bank will continue to provide innovative products and services, invest in the best team members, and make a difference every single day, For Better Way of Life.
It truly has been the honor of my life to lead this organization and would not mean nearly as much if it were not for you, our customers, our team members, and our community.
KH: For the past 36 years, I’ve had the great fortune to work with Steve and learn through his leadership the legacy of the Bank. It is a legacy built to last because it is based on a simple premise: to operate as a mutual bank, investing in our customers, our team members and our community For a Better Way of Life.
We are grateful that Steve continues to offer his incredible experience and leadership to the Bank as our Executive Chair and Chair of the Board at Gate City Bank.
We’re honored to serve all of our communities and we are grateful you are here with us.
SS: William Gillespie, Gate City Bank’s first president, set a vision for this Bank which we are proud to have guiding us today.
Mr. Gillespie said:
“I trust in the coming years, we shall all look back at these pioneer days with great satisfaction in realizing that we had a part in the inception of an institution which is growing to large proportions and in the coming years shall contribute to the comforts and happiness of a great number of citizens of our state.”
What was Mr. Gillespie’s dream is now our reality. That’s an incredible thing to think about. I doubt even he could have imagined just how much his pioneering vision would grow and how much comfort and happiness it would bring.
We invite you to take a moment to think about the difference you make in our community For a Better Way of Life.
KH: Thank you for being a Gate City Bank customer, a community partner and a team member.