Each month, Prairie Business Magazine speaks with regional leaders to learn more about a specific topic. This month we asked: What business initiative or project has your team completed over the past year that you’re most proud of?

Trent Sorbe

Executive Vice President, Chief Payments Officer

First International Bank & Trust and Kotapay

Sioux Falls, S.D.

In 2025, Kotapay proudly launched Kavinu: A cloud-native, open API platform that’s quietly transforming how funds move at scale. Designed to integrate seamlessly with First International Bank & Trust (FIBT), Kavinu acts as a proprietary gateway to multiple payment rails, including ACH, card networks, and now, real-time payments. It’s a natural evolution of Kotapay’s legacy in payroll payments, which moved over $103 billion in 2024. Wit

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