[2] Bell Bank, which employs more than 1,900 people,[3] has 27 full-service banking locations in North Dakota, Minnesota and Arizona,[4] and mortgage locations in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

[10] Richard Solberg, who was then the bank's president and CEO, had served on the board of directors for Northern Capital Trust since the company was established—16 years before the merger.

[10] Bell also started HealthcareBank, one of the largest health care savings account banks and a client of Discovery Benefits.

[10] In 2019, State Bankshares announced plans to sell Discovery Benefits for $425 million to Wex Inc., a South Portland, Maine-based payment processing and business solutions provider.

[15] Bell Bank Mortgage expanded its offices into Wisconsin and New Mexico in 2018,[16][17] Florida, Missouri and Tennessee in 2019,[18][19] and Kansas in 2020.

[20] Bell launched an equipment finance division in Minneapolis in 2018, to serve the manufacturing, transportation, construction and agriculture industries.

[22] Bell opened its first full-service bank branch in Arizona—in the city of Chandler, Arizona—in 2019,[23] and its second in Phoenix – Biltmore in 2020.

[24] In 2020, Bell expanded into Forest Lake, Minn.,[25] and Duluth, Minn., renovating and occupying the downtown Temple Opera Building.

[26] In 2021, Bell opened a branch in downtown Minneapolis' City Center[27] and announced its entrance into the Denver market.

[34] Thomas "Mickey" Snortland, who was also a longtime director of the bank, died in 2013 of an apparent heart attack.

[47] Several media outlets, including USA Today, People magazine and the BBC have written stories about Bell Bank's culture.

[68] Part of Bell Bank's culture is its Pay It Forward program, which Michael Solberg started in 2007.

[70] In 2022, Bell launched a “Big Blue Bus” that will bring banking, mortgage and financial planning resources into neighborhoods throughout the company’s geographic area.

[71] Bell has formed partnerships with athletes and other celebrities with North Dakota and Minnesota ties.