Hi there and happy New Year! Man, what a ride 2021 took us on. Reflecting back on the last year has left me with a lot of thoughts ings....

Akiptan is excited to introduce you to the newest members of our staff and board: Kole Fitzpatrick was recently hired on as a Loan...

Akiptan plans to meet more capital needs for Native ag producers. Akiptan is thrilled to announce our two new loan products designed to...

Akiptan raises loan limit to $250,000. Akiptan is excited to announce that we have raised the maximum amount of our loans from $100,000...

Grant award will support transformational ag lending models. This spring, Akiptan was awarded a Community Innovation Grant from the Bush...

A message from our Executive Director. Over the last couple of months, I have had the opportunity to raise awareness of our work, the...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing technical and financial assistance for drought recovery. Livestock Forage Disaster...

We're glad to be growing our team and the services we offer across Indian Country. Let's welcome our newest staff members - Kristi...

The news broke last week about Zach Ducheneaux's new appointment as the USDA's Administrator of the Farm Service Agency. Zach was...

January 4th, 2021 Greetings! I hope this letter finds you well and that you had a safe, healthy and happy holiday season! As we have now...

Akiptan is happy to announce the implementation of ProAg’s software. This program allows clients to create their own account on our...

Growing up I always heard: “Maybe next year’s prices will be better, maybe next year the weather will be better, maybe next year we can...

Recently, Akiptan has received some exciting news and we are happy to share this with you all. Akiptan is now a Certified Native CDFI....

\We have officially hit our one year anniversary of being open for business. What a great year it has been!

Akiptan is the Lakota word for “working together, in a cooperative effort.” At Akiptan we are always asked about what we do and how we do...

Things have been very busy here at Akiptan the last month and we've been making some big changes. Our biggest news is that we hired our...

Akiptan is seeking a Loan Officer in order to broaden the impact we are making in Indian Country and to better serve our producers.

AKIPTAN Akiptan is a Native American Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides loans and technical assistance to...