Scholarships Available!

Attention High School Seniors!
We now have our scholarship application available online for you to print off and complete. Simply Click Here and you will be taken to our home page where the scholarship banner allows you to download the application. You can also pick up an application at any Reliabank location and many area High School counselors will have apps available also.

 • RELIABANK DAKOTA SCHOLARSHIP: Two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to two high school seniors attending any four-year accredited school in South Dakota. Given in conjunction with the South Dakota Bankers Association.

• RELIABANK HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIP: One $1000 scholarship will be awarded to a high school senior attending a four-year accredited school in state or out of state.

• RELIABANK LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP: One $500 scholarship will be awarded to a high school senior attending a four-year accredited school or a two-year technical school in state or out of state.

• RELIABANK PIONEER SCHOLARSHIP: Two $500 scholarships will be awarded to two high school seniors attending a four-year accredited school or two-year technical school in South Dakota. Given in conjunction with the South Dakota Bankers Association.

• RELIABANK LATI SCHOLARSHIP: One $500 scholarship will be awarded to a high school senior attending LATI in Watertown.

Good Luck Class of 2011!

Cut Back on Clutter with eStatements!

If your New Year's resolution is to get organized, (and become more green) we can help! Reliabank's eStatements are a no-cost option within Online Banking that lets you access your account statements with a few clicks of your mouse.

Convenience
With Reliabank eStatements, you have access to your account statements on any computer with internet access. Gone are the frustrating days of keeping track of old paper statements.
Anytime. Anywhere you have a computer.

Security
We use the highest level of data encryption available. Your statement information is secure. And because Reliabank eStatements are paperless, it is much harder for identity thieves to get their hands on your personal information. Not only are you doing your part to protect against financial fraud, but you also won't have to worry about shredding your old statements!

Speed
Reliabank's eStatements become available to online banking members the day statements are processed - giving our customer's statement information sometimes up to a week faster than the paper statements arriving via mail.

Go Green
Many customers like the environmentally friendly aspect of eStatements. No paper means no trees are being used!

So get rid of the clutter on your kitchen table! Get organized this year with eStatements from Reliabank. Simply log into your online banking, click on SERVICES and scroll down to Electronic Statement to select which accounts you want to receive paper statements for.

HAPPY 2011!

Our Family is Growing!

As you've probably already heard, our Reliabank family has grown by two new locations in the last week. On December 16 we acquired the Tea and Humboldt branches of Farmers State Bank Marion. Our whole staff needs to be commended on a great job of making sure this acquisition went seamlessly for us and for the new branches. Our conversion team worked endless hours to ensure that all customer data was transferred successfully.

We want to welcome the Tea and Humboldt communities to our family!

Watertown Farm Appreciation Banquet

Reliabank hosted the 2010 Farm Appreciation Banquet held in Watertown the evening of November 18. Over 900 people attended this event to honor our local farmers. Food was catered by the Wheel Inn and the entertainment was provided by "Diva's Through the Decades".

Commemorating our 90th Anniversary

Stop by our Watertown North Hwy 81 location and you will be greeted by a little boy and his dog. This statue "the Check Up" is to commemorate our 90th anniversary.

David W. Johnson, CEO, appreciates art of all kinds, especially originals. This was purchased at Sculpture Walk, which is a Sioux Falls annual art appreciation project where they bring sculptures and other forms of visual art to Phillips Ave to be on display for about 10 months. Dave decided that "Check Up" would have broad appeal to bank customers such as parents & grandparents, pet lovers, professionals like medical doctors and veterinarians, and just about anyone who appreciates a simple Norman Rockwell illustration.

We feel this statue represents to customers, how we as a community bank are here for all clients financial "check ups" now and for future generations.

Reliabank Makes Donation

During the month of October, if you stopped at any of our bank locations, you probably noticed the small orange pumpkins hanging around. Our front line staff sold these pumpkins as part of a fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Organization. Thank you to all who participated and donated to this great cause. Today we are sending off a check for $406 to CF!

We have the best customers and the best staff!

Great job!

Be Aware of Phishing Attempts

There has recently been a new phishing scheme targeting Internet Banking customers. Phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy business in an electronic communication. Phishing is typically carried out by e-mail or instant messaging, and it often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one.

The best plan of action is to be extra-cautious when online. If you are ever contacted about an account needing to be "verified" (or any other topic used by phishers), it is a sensible precaution to contact the company from which the e-mail apparently originates to check that the e-mail is legitimate. Alternatively, the address that you know is the company's genuine website can be typed into the address bar of the browser, rather than trusting any hyperlinks in the suspected phishing message.

Please keep in mind that Reliabank (including our Internet Banking system) will NEVER ask you to enter personal or account information during the login process or for any Internet Banking pages where the information requested is not relevant to the transaction. Customers should not enter sensitive data if they are prompted to do so. Also, always make sure when using Internet Banking that your anti-virus and anti-malware are installed and the software definitions are kept up-to-date.