In This Issue :
- It's hard to believe we've been open for almost 15 years....../ more
- To celebrate our 10th Anniversary in Winnetka, First Bank & Trust is doing a major renovation on our office at 100 Green Bay Road..../ 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
- We're pleased to let you know that the FDIC has officially extended the date of its increased coverage. .../ 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 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
- 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
- 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
- Have you signed up for your online statements yet?.../ 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
- 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
- On October 3, 2008, the basic limit on Federal Deposit Insurance was raised to $250,000 per depositor. As an FDIC insured Institution, our customers are fully protected by this Insurance..../ 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
- 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
- First Bank & Trust has been studying the opportunities to increase our position as a “green bank.”.../ 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
- 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
- What was recently considered cutting edge technology, used only by a few daring souls, has become widely accepted among business customers in our area..../ more