Old-fashioned Robberies

Although cybercrime is a major concern for bankers, the industry needs to guard against gun-carrying robbers who still threaten customers and bank employees. [Continue]

Commissioner is steadying influence in North Dakota

Editor’s Note: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum appointed Lise Kruse as the Department of Financial Institutions’ 26th Commissioner, effective Dec. 1, 2017. Prior to joining the DFI in 2004, Kruse worked for a life insurance company in Fargo, N.D. Kruse has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., with majors in business and organizational communication. In 2003, she obtained a Master of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in information technology from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. Kruse is a 2012 graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, Boulder.

Lise Kruse
Q: With seven years of experience as an examiner and then seven more as North Dakota’s chief examiner, how has your time in the DFI already prepared you for this new position?

Kruse: If I wouldn’t have had that experience, I don’t think I would have gone for this. I know the industry, I know the bankers and what is important to them. … [Continue]