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Man charged in mortgage fraud set for sentencing

May 6, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK Sentencing is set for one of four people charged in the case of a defunct Arizona mortgage lender accused of swindling Bismarck-based BNC National Bank out of about $27 million. Continue Reading

LETTER: Glass-Steagall gains momentum in states

May 4, 2013 in The Daily Republic

It would protect commercial depositors from the risk of the worthless assets within the largest banks and prevent legalized theft of depositors’ money.
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Judge dismisses First Premier lawsuit over upfront card fees

April 30, 2013 in The Daily Republic

A provision of the Credit Card Accountability and Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 was to limit the amount companies could charge before issuing a new card to 25 percent of the card’s credit limit.
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Shred Days set by 1st Dakota National Bank

April 17, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The event is free for all consumers who wish to shred any personal information.
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GUEBERT: Beware the coming market calamity

April 10, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The money underwriting it all, he claims, is not coming from a healthy, stable economy but from the Federal Reserve’s “egregious flood of phony money” that has “expanded [the Fed's] balance sheet six-fold, to $3.2 trillion from $500 billion,” since the year 2000.
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Wells Fargo Investment Unit paid board member’s son $1.4M

March 28, 2013 in The Daily Republic

SAN FRANCISCO Wells Fargo & Co., the most valuable U.S. bank, paid a board member’s son about $1.4 million last year for his work in a unit responsible for investing deposits.
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US Sen. Johnson says lots to do in rest of term

March 26, 2013 in The Daily Republic

VERMILLION (AP) Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson says even though he’s retiring, he has plenty to do before his term ends next year.
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SD officials order company to stop selling securities

March 26, 2013 in The Daily Republic

State officials say Profitable Sunrise sold securities without a license and sold unregistered investment contracts through its website.
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LETTER: Reinstate Glass-Steagall

March 21, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Call Congresswoman Kristi Noem to co-sponsor HR129 in the House of Representatives and call Sens. Tim Johnson and John Thune to sponsor a bill in the Senate.
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CorTrust buys Blaine, Minn., bank

March 21, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The purchase will be completed Friday, and CorTrust will assume operation of the bank the same day.
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