Case Study: Alaska's Northrim Bank achieves SBA Lender of the Year award and stronger fraud prevention with Qlik

Alaska’s Northrim Bank wins the SBA Lender of the Year award, using Qlik to target unique local needs

Northrim Bank is a community bank in Alaska that blends traditional customer service with digital innovation to serve remote, often road‑inaccessible communities. Facing common analytics problems—fragmented reporting, slow manual processes, and a need to demonstrate clear ROI—Northrim sought a way to make data accessible across the organization and support rapid, geographically informed decision‑making.

Working with Pomerol Partners to deploy Qlik Sense, Northrim quickly built a suite of analytics apps that replaced manual workflows and delivered executive‑level and drill‑down insights. Results included immediate C‑suite adoption of a balance‑sheet tool, rapid management of PPP loans (funding nearly a third of Alaska’s PPP credits and earning SBA Lender of the Year), daily fraud monitoring, geocoding‑led disaster outreach during Typhoon Merbok, and a growing user base of about 200 staff.

Alaska’s Northrim Bank

Nate Olmstead

Senior Vice President and Data Analytics Manager