At Forte Bank so much of what we do is about how we’re giving back to the community — whether that’s in the form of employee volunteer hours, a financial contribution for a community project, or just our business philosophy and how we serve customers.
Our Community Center blog spotlights bank events, financial education and financial security topics that we think are important you know about, and activities going on in and around Washington County.
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Jen Novotny
| Jun 21, 2018
June is National Homeownership Month! Community banks like Forte Bank are relationship lenders and we are here to provide you guidance and support in the process of becoming a homeowner!
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Jen Novotny
| Jun 14, 2018
For many new graduates, trading in the school life for the working world can be a crash course in adulting. Establishing financial independence ranks up there as one of the most important new responsibilities. We want all of the young people in our community to feel well-prepared for their financial future.
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Jen Novotny
| Mar 30, 2018
April is Community Banking Month! Independent community banks like First National Bank have a cooperative relationship with the communities we serve. When you succeed, we succeed.
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Jen Novotny
| Jan 16, 2018
John Frey's family has a long-history with First National Bank, including being fifth-generation stockholders!
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Jen Novotny
| Jan 10, 2018
June Riess' father opened her savings account at First National Bank with $5 on the day she was born in 1936, and she has been a customer ever since!
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Jen Novotny
| Jan 05, 2018
Through the course of 45 years and several expansions, what started as a 3,200-square foot auto repair business became an auto and truck repair center, tire dealer and Mitsubishi Fuso dealership in a 10,000-square foot facility.
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Jen Novotny
| Oct 09, 2017
In order to create strong passwords they must be unique, long, a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and special characters, and not easily guessable. Remembering 90 passwords is not possible, so consider a password manager.
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Jen Novotny
| Sep 11, 2017
Credit reporting agency, Equifax, suffered a massive security breach that affects an estimated 143 million people. Learn more about how this affects you and what you can do about it.
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Jen Novotny
| Jul 06, 2017
First National Bank will be at the Washington County Fair and we want YOU to be there, too!
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Jen Novotny
| May 16, 2017
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