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Emilie Johnston, Bank of Montana’s Chief Operations Officer and Executive Vice President, received the ICBA’s 40-Under-40 Community Bank Leaders award for 2025. Winners of these awards go above and beyond to make their workplace a better place. If you know … Continued

Commerce Joins Groundbreaking Ceremony for Montana Knife Company’s New Expansion  $1.5 million of state funding to support the project Montana Department of Commerce staff recently attended a groundbreaking ceremony in Missoula for a major expansion of the Montana Knife Company. … Continued

Tom Swenson, Bank of Montana’s CEO, and Michael Bright, Ginnie Mae’s EVP and COO, had a great time at a recent conference! Michael oversees all operations for Ginnie Mae´s $1.8 trillion portfolio of mortgage-backed securities. Bank of Montana proudly participates … Continued

Tom Swenson, named the Deal Shepard, was featured in the North West Financial Review February edition.  From Montana Business Capital Corporation in 1998 to now, Bank of Montana has come a long way. “It’s not our job as bankers to … Continued

Bank of Montana has teamed up with NeighborWorks Great Falls and Wishrock Housing Partners and Investment Group to secure a $700,000 grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines to rehabilitate 96 multifamily housing units for low-income families … Continued

Missoula-based Neptune Aviation has just secured four five-year contracts for exclusive use of four BAe-146 retardant bombers as part of the U.S. Forest Service’s “Next Generation” firefighting program. We invite you to read the full story in the following article, … Continued

Craft breweries have been gaining popularity in Montana over the past twenty years, with approximately 60 breweries expected to be up and running in Montana by the end of 2015. Cumulatively they produce around 150,000 barrels of beer and employ … Continued

Bank of Montana’s president and CEO Tom Swenson will be meeting with one of the world’s most powerful economists in just a few days and reporting on Montana’s economy to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Minneapolis…. read the full … Continued

Consumer Direct has decided to combine its five Missoula locations and establish the organization’s national headquarters at a new business park in the North Reserve area of Missoula. Dubbed “Consumer Direct Grant Creek Campus,” the four-story building will be constructed with … Continued

The following article shares news of a new North Reserve business park being developed that will include offices for Consumer Direct, an expanded showroom for Bretz RV and Marine, and a relocation for Costco Wholesale. Bank of Montana has committed … Continued