In This Issue :

Over the years, we have filled the newsletter with information on fraudulent schemes aimed at consumers....../ more

Just because we’re the community bank with a user-friendly staff and great people answering the telephones....../ more

First Bank & Trust is excited to announce the opening of our 7th branch..../ more

Over the last couple of years we have been updating the landscaping at our Skokie Branch at 8047 Skokie Boulevard..../ more

For the last few years First Bank & Trust has offered quarterly shredding opportunities to the communities we serve..../ more

When we redesigned our website last year, one of our hopes was that the Community Calendar would be embraced....../ more

We’re multi-lingual!.../ more

With the public’s increased awareness of safety issues within the financial system and the recent changes in FDIC coverage....../ more

We have been recognized for our landscaping efforts by the Beautification & Improvement Commission.../ more

It's hard to believe we've been open for almost 15 years....../ more

With banks and the economy in the news so much lately, most people are thinking about the safety of their money..../ more

Once again, First Bank & Trust has been chosen to exemplify the positive image of what a Community Bank is and should be. .../ more

Our thanks to the Evanston Roundtable to recognizing our contributions to Community Banking. With their permission, we reprint part of the article below..../ more

What if you could make deposits from your office and skip the trips to the bank? Particularly on these cold days. (Okay, we know you’d miss us!).../ more

We are now recycling ALL of our used paper, and because of a serious effort not to print everything or, at least to print on both sides of the paper, we have dramatically reduced the amount of paper we use..../ more

Where does all that paper come from? We’re not talking about the average run of the mill newspapers and magazines—those can be recycled..../ more

We didn’t want you to miss this statement, previously seen as a letter to the editor in the Evanston Review and the Evanston Roundtable and cited in Robert Reed’s blog in Huffington Post.../ more

When the media talks to individuals about nothing but financial insecurity, job insecurity and general economic malaise, it makes us all take a look at our personal budgets in a very different way..../ more

FirstBank Express offers the capability of viewing balances and account activity, transferring funds between accounts, placing stop payments, and paying bills. All this for absolutely NO CHARGE!.../ more

The VERIBANC® Blue Ribbon Safety & Soundness Award.../ more

Big banks have landed on the front pages of business sections with billion dollar writedowns and losses, while fears at smaller banks like IndyMac have also caused problems. So, given the current banking environment, does size really matter?.../ more

Are you tired of waiting for your statement to arrive in the mail?.../ more

First Bank & Trust is pleased to offer a variety of Certificates of Deposit and Savings Accounts for your IRA investments—come see us before April 15th and start saving for your future!.../ more

First Bank & Trust has been studying the opportunities to increase our position as a “green bank.”.../ more

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank Scott Melnick, longtime First Bank & Trust customer and editor of Modern Steel Construction magazine for the very nice mention of us in the magazine..../ more

We no longer charge you for ATM usage regardless of which network you’re using and we refund up to 8 surcharges each monthly statement period!.../ more

Would you like to stop telemarketing calls? That junk mail?.../ more

Federal Reserve rate cuts may not directly affect mortgage rates since those cuts really apply to “short-term” credit whereas mortgages are considered “long-term” credit..../ more

Given the considerable recent press coverage concerning the subprime crisis, we thought you might like to know that First Bank & Trust was not affected in any direct way by the problems stemming from this crisis..../ more

The lovely photographs at our Skokie location (8047 Skokie Boulevard-just north of Oakton) are the works of noted prairiescape photographer, Larry Kanfer..../ more