Our bank began in Joliet, Illinois. From there we've grown to serve many Chicago suburbs, downstate Illinois and the Quad Cities area on the Illinois and Iowa border. Our headquarters are located in Itasca, just west of O'Hare Airport.

Our service tends to reflect our roots. Friendly. Warm. Personal. We prefer names to ID numbers and try to get to know as many of our customers as possible. In fact, each one of our customers gets his or her own personal banker.

What really sets us apart, however, is our commitment to the communities we serve. We're the bank behind scores of local school districts, hospitals and libraries. We're also one of the state's leading banks for small business, the lifeblood of a strong community as far as we're concerned.

First Midwest is the premier relationship-based banking franchise in the growing Chicagoland banking markets. As one of the Chicago metropolitan area’s largest independent bank holding companies, First Midwest provides the full range of both business and retail banking and trust and investment management services through 101 offices across Illinois, Northwest Indiana and Eastern Iowa. First Midwest is the 2004 recipient of the Illinois Bank Community Service Award and was honored by Chicago magazine in its September 2004 issue as one of the 25 best places to work in Chicago, the only bank to be so honored.