First Federal Bank Celebrates 15 Years at Columbia High School

April 18, 2023 by First Federal Bank

First Federal Bank celebrated the 15th anniversary of Tiger Bank, a bank branch located in Columbia High School in Lake City, FL. The celebration attendees included First Federal Bank staff, Thomas Hosford, School Principal, Matthew Greene, Tiger Bank teacher sponsor, and past and current interns. During the celebration, a plaque was unveiled...

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First Federal Bank Announces New Equipment Finance Business Line

April 11, 2023 by First Federal Bank

First Federal Bank announced the initiation of a Corporate Equipment Financing line of business, as the most recent addition to the Capital Solutions division. An elite team has been engaged to specialize in multimillion dollar equipment financing. First Federal Bank’s expanded offering will support customers in our community banking markets as...

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First Federal Bank Named Best Small Bank in Florida by Newsweek for the Third Year in a Row

February 15, 2023 by First Federal Bank

For the third year in a row, First Federal Bank was named in Newsweek’s America’s Best Banks 2023 as the Best Small Bank in Florida.

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First Federal Bank’s John Medina, President and CEO, to serve as North Central Florida Regional Chair for Florida Chamber of Commerce

November 30, 2022 by First Federal Bank

First Federal Bank is honored to announce that their President and CEO, John Medina, has accepted the role of North Central Florida Regional Chair of the Florida Chamber of Commerce for 2023. John has been active with the Florida Chamber for over 30 years and has served on their Board of Directors since 2010.

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Enhanced Banking for Veterans

November 11, 2022 by First Federal Bank

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First Federal Bank Voted as Best Bank

November 07, 2022 by First Federal Bank

First Federal Bank is honored to have received the 2022 recognition of “Best Bank” in 5 of its service areas; this is in addition to having been named by Newsweek as America’s the Best Small Bank in Florida for 2022. As a community-based mutual institution headquartered in Lake City, FL, the bank is owned by its customers rather than stockholders,...

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Scam Alert: Hurricane Ian Charity Fraud

September 28, 2022 by First Federal Bank

Heads-up! There are people exploiting the Hurricane Ian disaster. There are fake Facebook pages, tweets are going out with fake charity websites, and phishing emails are sent out asking for donations to #HurricaneIan Relief Funds that they keep for themselves. Avoid falling for any scams. If you want to make a donation, go to the website of the...

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First Federal Bank Serves More Customers with a Jacksonville Location

July 08, 2022 by First Federal Bank

First Federal Bank, a Florida-based bank, is celebrating the opening of new Interactive Teller Machines (ITM) at both 9700 Touchton Rd in Jacksonville, FL and in the Wildlight community, located at 40 Floco Ave in Yulee, FL. These new ITMs provide convenient, full-service drive-thru banking for consumers and businesses in Jacksonville beginning...

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First Federal Bank Accomplishes 60 Days of Giving

June 23, 2022 by First Federal Bank

First Federal Bank announced in February that it would donate to sixty non-profit organizations over a period of 60 days. Founded in 1962, 2022 marks First Federal Bank’s 60th anniversary of being a community bank. To celebrate, bank employees nominated local organizations and one winner was drawn each day for 60 days. $1000 was donated to each of...

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Florida Gateway College Names Building after Quinn & Keith Leibfried

May 03, 2022 by First Federal Bank

Lake City, Florida 

Florida Gateway College’s newest building will be named the Quinn & Keith Leibfried STEM Building by the locally headquartered First Federal Bank. Construction began on the college’s new STEM building in March of 2021. When finished, it will host numerous classrooms; chemistry, microbiology, physics, and botany labs; faculty...

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