About Us
Our Mission
Improving Lives Through Financial Solutions
Our Strategy
BlackRidge Financial is a growth-oriented, commercial banking organization focused on:
- Custom banking solutions for our clients
- A positive, rewarding place to work for our employees
- Building a strong and profitably growing organization that provides an attractive return for our shareholders.
To accomplish this, we will leverage our resources to create competitive entrance in key markets through selective acquisition, de novo activity or branching. Further, we will provide our banks with the responsibility to manage autonomously as they seek to optimize our performance in each market.
Our Timeline
- November 2004
- BlackRidge Financial is formed by five founding partners
- March 2005
- BlackRidge Financial completes common stock offering
- March 2006
- BlackRidge Financial acquires Lakewood Bank, N.A. with offices in Baxter, Nisswa and Cross Lake, Minnesota
- October 2006
- BlackRidge Financial acquires First State Bank of Alexandria with offices in Alexandria, Carlos and Miltona
- April 2007
- BlackRidge Financial opens BlackRidgeBANK Fargo
- January 2008
- BlackRidge Financial opens BlackRidgeBANK Bismarck
- October 2011
- BlackRidge Financial merges affiliate bank charters: Lakewood Bank and First State Bank of Alexandria are now BlackRidgeBANK