The Bank of North Dakota (BND) is a state-owned and -run financial institution based in Bismarck, North Dakota. Under state law the bank is the State of North Dakota doing business as the Bank of North Dakota. The state and state agencies are required to place their funds in the bank, local governments are not required to do so. Previously, all public corporations in the state were also required to deposit their funds in the bank, but an initiative measure in 1919 eliminated that requirement[citation needed]. Other entities may also open accounts at the Bank; however, BND offers fewer retail services than other institutions, and has only one office, limiting its competitiveness in consumer banking. Instead, BND has taken a role more akin to a central bank, and has many functions, such as check clearing, that might be expected from a branch office of the Federal Reserve. The Bank does have an account with the Federal Reserve Bank, but deposits are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, instead being guaranteed by the general fund of the State of North Dakota itself and the taxpayers of the State. BND also guarantees student loans (through its Student Loans of North Dakota division), business development loans, and state and municipal bonds. Though initially conceived by Non-Partisan League populists as a credit union-style institution to free the farmers of the state from predatory lenders, the Bank's functions were largely neutered by the time of its inception by the business-backed Independent Voters Association. The recall of NPL Governor Lynn Frazier effectively ended the initial plan, with BND taking a more conservative central banking role in state finance. The current president and CEO is Eric Hardmeyer, however the bank is managed by the North Dakota Industrial Commission, which is composed of the Governor, Attorney General, and the Agriculture Commissioner(formerly the Agriculture and Labor Commissioner) of North Dakota[1]. The Bank of North Dakota is the only state-owned facility of its type in the United States other than the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_North_Dakota |
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
THE UNITED STATES IS A CORPORATION CHAPTER TITLE AND VERSE NORTH DAKOTA HAS IT'S OWN BANK OUTSIDE OF THE FED CATCHING ON!
The specific laws enacting the United States Corporation are spelled out from 1871. You are their chattel traded like a commodity.
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