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Boston Private is a leading provider of fully integrated wealth management, trust and private banking services. For over 30 years, Boston Private has taken a highly personalized approach to serving the complex financial needs of individuals, families, business owners, private partnerships, nonprofits and community partners. Boston Private is also an active provider of financing for affordable housing, first-time homebuyers, economic development, social services, community revitalization and small businesses.
First Bank & Trust was founded in 1995 by Robert Yohanan, Howard Kain, and Jay Lytle. Chicagoland is their community. As a community bank, First Bank & Trust is focused on offering comprehensive financial products, online and mobile banking and highly-personalized service at competitive rates to individuals, owner-operated businesses, and nonprofit organizations throughout the Chicagoland area. Their community roots, commercial capabilities, financial strength, and personalized service make us the bank to trust for all your financial needs.
Southern Bancorp is a unique financial institution that was founded to help strengthen underserved communities through financial access and investment. By combining traditional banking and lending services with financial development tools ranging from credit counseling to public policy advocacy, Southern Bancorp helps underserved families and communities grow financially stronger – regardless of zip code. Southern Bancorp believes mission-driven banking is also values-based banking, which is why their core values are a critical component of the value they create for their stakeholders. Living their core values provides them with the foundation needed to pursue and achieve their vision, and their employees are rewarded for exhibiting these values.











