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Jan/Feb 2024

Stearns Bank added John C. Sizer and Lea Márquez Peterson to its board of directors. Sizer and Peterson have experience in audit and regulatory oversight, economic and entrepreneurial empowerment and corporate leadership. read more

OCT 25, 2023 - 7:02 am

Stearns Bank joined the sponsor bank community of Synctera, a banking-as-a-service platform and provider of embedded finance solutions. read more

SEP 20, 2023 - 6:50 am

Stearns Bank acquired a majority stake in Contract Capital Corporation, a provider of specialized financing services to managed service providers. read more

SEP 15, 2023 - 6:42 am

Stearns Bank recently launched nonprofit banking solutions, a suite of customized banking services and financing options designed specifically to meet the needs of nonprofits. read more

AUG 23, 2023 - 6:41 am

Stearns Bank has partnered with Sardine, a provider of risk management and compliance solutions, to enhance Stearns Bank's fintech program. read more

MAY 25, 2023 - 6:54 am

Stearns Bank has deployed Truepic's Vision platform to ensure authenticity of media at the point of capture, allowing real-time inspections of equipment finance borrowers anywhere in the world and cutting its borrowers' wait times by 4.8 days per loan or 3,746 days collectively this year. read more

SEP 23, 2021 - 6:03 am

Stearns Bank added a specialized banking team consisting of Michael O’Neill and compliance managers Stacey Morgan, Paris Davis and Jeanice Varner. O’Neill will lead the team, which has more than 25 years in specialized compliance and risk mitigation. read more

AUG 17, 2021 - 6:25 am

Stearns Bank is partnering with Zogo Finance, a financial technology company, to offer all-age financial education tools through Zogo’s mobile app. read more

JUL 12, 2021 - 6:23 am

Stearns Bank acquired South End Capital and its digital lending platform to expand financing options and banking services for businesses. read more

JUN 16, 2021 - 6:32 am

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency selected Kelly Skalicky, CEO and president of Stearns Bank, along with six additional new committee members, to serve on its Minority Depository Institutions Advisory Committee. read more

MAR 24, 2021 - 6:37 am

Stearns Bank named Al Doering chief M&A officer, a newly created executive-level role. In addition, Rebecca Kronlund joined the bank as general counsel and Brian McCarthy is taking the helm as chief credit officer. read more

MAR 12, 2021 - 6:51 am

The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal recognized Kelly Skalicky, CEO and president of Stearns Bank, in its annual Women in Business awards. read more

OCT 27, 2020 - 7:16 am

Kathy Persian, SVP and CIO of Schwan’s Company, will join the Stearns Bank board of directors. read more

MAR 20, 2020 - 6:25 am

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Nov/Dec 2019