Bank of North Dakota Bank of North Dakota The Bank of North Dakota (BND) is a state-owned-run financial institution, based in Bismarck, North Dakota. It is the only state-owned facility of its type in the United States other than the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank. Under state law, the bank is the State of North Dakota "doing business as" the Bank of North Dakota. The state and its agencies are required to place their funds in the bank, but local governments are not required to do so. Other entities may also open accounts at the Bank; however, BND offers fewer retail services than other
North Dakota State Capitol State Historical Society of North Dakota moved into the new North Dakota Heritage Center and in 1968, the North Dakota Department of Transportation occupied the building designed to provide it more office space. The Transportation Building is the last constructed on the campus to date, although a Judicial Wing was added onto the base of the capitol tower between 1977 and 1981. While the space needed by state government has increased since the original construction of the Capitol in the 1930s, the state's population has decreased. The state capitol grounds has six buildings: the capitol building, the Department of Transportation