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July 29, 2019
First Federal Lakewood, the largest independent, depositor-owned bank headquartered in Ohio, expanded its Northeast Ohio footprint to 19 full-service branches by opening its first branch within a grocery store at 1929 E 61st St. Cleveland, Ohio 44103, inside the newly opened Dave’s MidTown Market & eatery.
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July 08, 2019
First Federal Lakewood, the largest independent depositor-owned bank headquartered in Ohio, has launched SimplyMortgage, a new digital application that provides a faster, easier mortgage experience.
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January 24, 2019
The community we serve is important to us, and we are committed to our community and our customers under every circumstance. That’s why we want to do our part to help our customers who are experiencing the financial impact of being furloughed during the U.S. government shutdown.
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September 10, 2018
First Federal Lakewood, the largest independent depositor-owned bank headquartered in Ohio, today announced the appointment of Charles J. Dolezal to its board of directors. Dolezal most recently oversaw Ohio’s banking industry as the superintendent of the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Financial Institutions.
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September 07, 2018
First Federal Lakewood, the largest independent depositor-owned bank headquartered in Ohio, today announced the appointment of Mike Lamping as Senior Vice President, Columbus Market President, and Bill Daily as Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager. These leadership additions align with First Federal Lakewood’s strategy to drive revenue through new business and market expansion by focusing on enhancing the bank’s strong history, presence and product delivery in the Columbus, Ohio marke
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June 25, 2018
First Federal Lakewood, the largest independent depositor-owned bank headquartered in Ohio, today announced the appointment of Timothy E. Phillips as president & CEO. Phillips succeeds Thomas J. Fraser, who will now focus exclusively on his role as CEO of First Mutual Holding Co., the largest member-owned mutual holding company of its kind in the Midwest, with affiliates that include First Federal Lakewood and First Mutual Bank.
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April 05, 2018
First Federal Lakewood, the largest independent depositor-owned bank headquartered in Ohio with assets of $1.7 billion, announces that Anne Bingham has been named Vice President, Director of Private Banking Services.
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February 14, 2018
First Federal Lakewood, the largest independent depositor-owned bank headquartered in Ohio with assets of $1.7 billion, today announces the promotion of Jeffrey (Jeff) S. Bechtel from Chief Lending Officer to the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer.
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February 14, 2018
First Federal Lakewood, the largest independent depositor-owned bank headquartered in Ohio with assets of $1.7 billion, today announces several organizational appointments. Kurt Kappa has joined the bank as Senior Vice President, Chief Lending Officer, Richard “Rig” Goss has been promoted to the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Commercial Real Estate and Loan Operations, and Kurt Raicevich assumes the role of Senior Vice President, Retail Banking.
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October 13, 2017
First Federal Lakewood is pleased to introduce CardValet®, a mobile card management application that helps reduce fraud by allowing cardholders to monitor and manage accounts with their smartphone and control how, when, and where their debit card is used.
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