First Bank & Trust
First Bank & Trust is one of South Dakota's largest family- and employee-owned banks, with 22 locations in 17 towns in South Dakota and Minnesota. For more than a century, financial institutions led by generations of the Fishback family have proven that banking professionals can be conservative risk managers and entrepreneurs at the same time. The same entrepreneurial spirit that led Horace Fishback Sr. to open his first check-cashing station in Brookings, SD in 1880 drives us toward our vision: To grow a diversified independent financial corporation that excels in delivering community banking services and providing niche products nationwide. We are proud to be a family- and employee-owned community bank. Our 700+ employees take pride in our Be the 1 Service Culture principles - and it shows! We offer all of the strength and capabilities you might expect from a big-bank, but still have the flexibility and responsiveness of an independent local bank. Let us show you how we make banking EASY. {Member FDIC; Equal Housing Lender}www.bankeasy.com
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Oct 6, 2026
Ben MillerHOST
Yeah.
Ben MillerHOST
Kroger's partnered with fintech company, Inprint, who operates the card, and then First Bank and Trust is the actual issuing bank.
Ben MillerHOST
Now, I guess that's my first watch-out.
Ben MillerHOST
That, that feels a little complex having a three-way relationship, and we've seen retailer credit card relationships fail where that element has broken down before.
Ben MillerHOST
Yeah.
Ben MillerHOST
Kroger's partnered with fintech company, Inprint, who operates the card, and then First Bank and Trust is the actual issuing bank.
Ben MillerHOST
Now, I guess that's my first watch-out.
Ben MillerHOST
That, that feels a little complex, having a three-way relationship, and we've seen retailer credit card relationships fail where that element has broken down before.
Mark JewellHOST
Well, let's talk a little bit about, I mean, just some professional history.
Mark JewellHOST
I mean, you built a lending team or a market, I think, at three different institutions by my count from like Farm Credit to Rabobank to First Bank and Trust.
Mark JewellHOST
So just walk me through the pattern of building a successful team.
Mark JewellHOST
in this space i assume that we could extrapolate things from a lending team to other aspects of business right so what's what is it about building something that you love and and then like running that team
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Mark JewellHOST
You bet.
Mark JewellHOST
So let's talk a little bit about culture as you've gone across different companies now.
Mark JewellHOST
I mean, you've led teams in multiple organizations from Rabobank to First Bank and Trust and Farm Credit.
Mark JewellHOST
So what has, from an intentional leadership perspective, what are some of the lessons you've picked up about installing, implementing, absorbing culture in the different places? And, you know, take that across country branches.
Joe SneveHOST
I'm Joe Sneve trying to grab my beverage that isn't cracked yet.
Joe SneveHOST
This program's sponsored by Biel Distributing and Juno Sleep Systems and First Bank and Trust, which is probably gonna have to raise interest rates on CDs because, uh, the Fed defied Donald Trump, but that's, that's a different show.
Joe SneveHOST
Uh, my partner in crime is not here.
Joe SneveHOST
He is on a well-deserved vacation to the Great Lakes.
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Joe SneveHOST
They do not.
Joe SneveHOST
Uh, well, at least not-
Jonathan EllisHOST
I don't wanna have to pull some money out of the bank, out of First Bank and Trust in order to bail you out.
Joe SneveHOST
News tips welcome.
Joe SneveHOST
Yep
Jonathan EllisHOST
... through First Bank and Trust.
Joe SneveHOST
While you're gone, that CD will continue to gain interest.
Jonathan EllisHOST
Yes.