Choice Bank People First Podcast
Thanks for joining us for our Choice Bank's PeopleFirst Podcast series! Every year, we sift through hundreds of stories from our locations across North Dakota and Minnesota, all featuring the wonderful things that happen when our team members put PeopleFirst. We’ve selected a few of our favorites and turned them into podcasts -- and you might just hear them if you give our office a call, too! You just clicked on a great story. So grab some popcorn, sit back and enjoy! This just one of SO MANY amazing stories from our team members. You can find pictures from this story and read more stories like it when you explore bankwithchoice.com/peoplefirst OR, just keep listening to hear more of our PeopleFirst podcasts. Our hope is that these stories inspire YOU to consider the question: How can you put #PeopleFirst today? Happy listening!
Episodes
11 episodes
Kindness in Crisis
While Covid-19 has caused unimaginable suffering, in many ways, this pandemic has also brought out the best in people. From helping their teammates stay positive in quarantine to planning a birthday surprise a customer will never forget, Choice...
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16:33
Protected Through Pandemics
The Paycheck Protection Program has allowed millions of small businesses across the country to keep their lights on throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. More importantly, it's allowed business owners like Steve Novak to continue paying their hardw...
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7:45
Payroll Panic
If a customer calls in need of assistance, we will drop anything and everything to help them. But what if the person on the line isn’t even a customer? That’s the question Brett Howells, a Commercial Lender at Choice Bank, is faced with in this...
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6:50
The Case of the Washed Check
"When it comes to fraud, it’s easy to say, “That will never happen to me.” That’s exactly what one Choice Bank customer thought--until a check for more than $40,000, written out to an unfamiliar name, cleared his account."
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9:12
Carson Wentz’s Biggest Fan
When a customer in New Jersey called Choice Financial about his check order, he got Amy Ebensteiner in Fargo. He recognized the accent right away. “You must be in the Midwest!” he said, with excitement. “Yes, I’m in Fargo,” Amy...The pos...
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17:34
Remembering Stanley
The Harley Davidson motorcycle was a retirement gift to himself. At 66 years old, it was well earned — a chance for Stanley to feel the wind again, out on the open road, free. A few months later, on August...The post
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16:42
Dream Home Alabama
Header photo: Amy Linstaedt hard at work. You might know Jack Spade’s voice from Fargo-Moorhead radio, or as an overall loveable personality in the FM area. Amy Linstaedt, a Mortgage Loan Officer at Choice Bank in Fargo, knows him as...
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13:47
Joe’s Best Friend
Every day, Mary Ann goes for a walk. She takes her dog, Bentley, who knows the way as well as she does. Together they walk through their hometown of Walhalla, North Dakota. It’s quiet there, especially in the morning, as...The post
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8:49
Glimpses
The Grand Forks crew trying to pay Steven’s phone bill. “This story gives me chills,” says Erica Schierholz, the Director of Frontline Learning & Recruitment at Choice Financial. This is how she begins recounting the story of what happened one....
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13:14