To boost small business lending in select Missouri and Illinois counties, First Bank has invested $150,000 in the Justine Petersen micro-lending program.
Based in St. Louis, Justine Petersen wholly owns and operates a Community Development Financial Institution that provides loans and technical assistance to small businesses that don’t have access to commercial or conventional loans.
First Bank is one of the largest privately owned banks in the country with more than $6.23 billion in assets and 130 locations in Missouri, California, Florida, and Illinois.