Financial Education Center

Helpful Tips to Save Money While on Vacation

Lisa Blamy, Midwest Retail Director at First Bank provides tips to save money on your next vacation.

Tribute to Veterans

First Bank partnered with the Greater St. Louis Honor Flight (GSLHF) and the St. Louis Blues for to honor World War II and Korean War veterans.

Challenges to Growth

Ken Ziebart, Senior Vice President, Commercial Relationship and Group Manager at First Bank, discusses the challenges that business owners often face with new found growth.

Growing Your Small Business

As a leading small business lender in California, Illinois, and Missouri, First Bank can offer helpful advice on creating a business case and ironing out the details of the growth strategy for your business.

Starting Your Emergency Savings Fund

Having an emergency savings can help ease a negative financial impact from unexpected, urgent life events that occur like a layoff or car accident.

Understanding Your Net Worth and How to Increase It

The idea of personal net worth may seem like something reserved for the wealthy, but no matter your financial circumstances, it’s important to understand what net worth is about, and why it’s important to increase yours.