Annual Great Rubber Duck Race October 28, 2013 Author: Kyle Recently, FirstBank was once again a supporter of The Summit Foundation’s annual Great River Duck Race. This was the 26th year that the annual race drew thousands of spectators to the Breckenridge Riverwalk Center. Originally established in 1984 by the Breckenridge Ski Corporation, The Summit Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of… Read More
Banking School October 25, 2013 Author: Christina Officers at FirstBank are not your typical bankers. Did you know that each officer at FirstBank is sent to Graduate Banking School? FirstBank knows and understands the importance of training and developing its employees so that they are able to better serve its customers. It’s for this reason that after roughly five years… Read More
How to 3D Print the next big thing October 23, 2013 Author: Brendan As a member of FirstBank’s Security team I often get to see and play with a lot of cool technology. It’s a personal thrill of mine to watch new technologies emerge and develop. I especially enjoy when something exciting comes out for every day consumers that changes how they interact with the world.… Read More
FirstBank VS Food October 22, 2013 Author: Trudy Yes, our loan officers challenge themselves to not only excellent customer service but also to food challenges. On October 16th, at our Jefferson branch located at Wadsworth & Colfax in Lakewood, Colorado. Two of our employees put themselves through the Jack & Grill 7lb Burrito challenge!! The burrito has 5 pounds of grilled potatoes,… Read More
Colorado Wildfires and FirstBank Construction Loans October 21, 2013 Author: Kyle I recently worked with a FirstBank customer that needed a construction loan. He was building his new primary residence here in Summit County. Unfortunately, his old home in Colorado Springs was completely destroyed in the Waldo Canyon Fire. Part of the money he was using to build the new home was from the… Read More
So You Want to be a Banker?? October 18, 2013 Author: Chris When I was in fifth grade, my social studies teacher had our class create a mock government. We had to learn how to run a city and we did it every day in class for a month. Everyone had a job and I got to be the banker. I loved it! Ever since… Read More
Learning about Life at Work: Five Life Lessons Learned from Working at FirstBank October 17, 2013 Author: Kate Learning stuff at work is par for the course, right? It’s obvious during the course of our careers we’re learning about our job and the expectations of our individual roles in the company. But how often is it that the things we’re learning to become great employees will help us become better people… Read More
24-Hour Banking Department October 16, 2013 Author: Kyle If you’re calling FirstBank to speak with a customer service representative, you are probably searching for important information such as your account balance, when your loan payment is due, or where the closest ATM is located. Maybe you’re having a really bad day and need to discuss an overdraft fee or you need… Read More
Password Security for Banking and Life October 15, 2013 Passwords are common place tool we use every day in life. They are designed to keep the bad guys out of our bank accounts, email addresses, computers, iPads, iPhones etc. In general password do a pretty good job of keeping your information secured, as long as we follow some best practices with them. Here… Read More
Through the Years October 14, 2013 Author: Rick When I was asked a few weeks ago by FirstBank to write a blog, I have to admit my initial reaction was similar to that of the 1980’s child TV star Gary Coleman when he said “What you talkin’ bout Willis?” (and the person asking me to write the… Read More