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By Tom Cleary, Vice President Chebanse Facility Small business owners understand the need to profitably grow their business.  However, many times they are too close… Read More »The Benefits of a Good Business Banker

by Andrea K Eldert, Senior Mortgage Underwriter In recent years, potential home-buyers have turned increasingly to pre-qualification for a mortgage as a first step in the… Read More »Pre-Qualification – A Good First Step in Buying a Home

By Craig Gocken, Vice President Onarga Facility Making sure that the relationship between you and your lender is a good fit can be crucial to… Read More »The Value of a Good Ag Lender

By Matt Clark, President Federated Bank As our kids settle back into school life, it’s important to remember that teaching our youth about financial literacy… Read More »Make Financial Literacy Part of Your Child’s Education

By Mary Lukow, Assistant Manager, Chebanse Facility Young adults make up the largest percentage of the population affected by identity theft. College students are especially… Read More »Protecting Your Identity at College

By Cindy Cabbage, Assistant Vice President/Loan Officer – Loda Facility Almost 95% of all U.S. banks are community banks.  Community banks, like Federated Bank, provide… Read More »Serving Customers Means Serving the Community

By Tom Cleary Home equity loans allow you to borrow against the value of your home to make discretionary purchases or pay off debt.  Like… Read More »Why a Home Equity Line of Credit May Be Right for You

By Matt Clark, President Federated Bank As President and CEO of Federated Bank, there is no doubt in my mind that Federated Bank serves some… Read More »What It Means to be a Community Bank

By Mary Lukow, Assistant Manager, Chebanse Facility Our general policy is to allow you to withdraw funds deposited in your account on the first business… Read More »Funds Availability Policy