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FIRST UNITED BANK & TRUST PROMOTES DENISE D. PHELPS TO MARKET PRESIDENT FOR BERKELEY COUNTY
Carissa L. Rodeheaver, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of First United Bank & Trust and Robin E. Murray, Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Banking announce the promotion of Denise D. Phelps as Berkeley County Market...
FIRST UNITED BANK & TRUST ANNOUNCES JASON D. WALLS AS NEW SENIOR WEALTH ADVISOR & TEAM LEADER
Carissa L. Rodeheaver, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of First United Bank & Trust and Keith R. Sanders, Senior Vice President and Senior Trust Officer, announce that Jason D. Walls has joined the First United team as Senior Wealth...
FIRST UNITED BANK & TRUST PROMOTES SARENA L. RODEHEAVER TO VICE PRESIDENT
Robin E. Murray, Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Banking and Philip L. Rodeheaver, Market President for Garrett/Allegany/Mineral Counties announce the promotion of Sarena L. Rodeheaver to Vice President and Community Relationship Manager for the Deep...
The Equifax Data Breach: What We Know
Who is Equifax? Equifax is a credit bureau, not a bank. - Equifax is one of three major credit reporting agencies and handles the data of 820 million consumers and more than 91 million businesses worldwide. On Sept. 7, Equifax announced that the records...
The Equifax Data Breach: What to Do
September 8, 2017 by Seena Gressin, Attorney, Division of Consumer & Business Education, FTC If you have a credit report, there’s a good chance that you’re one of the 143 million American consumers whose sensitive personal information was exposed in a...
First United Bank and Trust’s Blake S. Walker – Maryland Banking School Award Winner
The Maryland Banking School recently announced that Blake S. Walker, Commercial Relationship Manager for First United Bank & Trust, was awarded the Lilian T. Moffat Award for the 2017 session. The Moffat award was created in honor of Lilian Moffat, a longtime MBA...
FIRST UNITED BANK & TRUST PROMOTES SHELLEY D. FRIEND TO VICE PRESIDENT
Robin E. Murray, Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Banking and Philip L. Rodeheaver, Market President for Garrett/Allegany/Mineral Counties announce the promotion of Shelley D. Friend to Vice President and Community Relationship Manager. Shelley has 26...
FIRST UNITED BANK & TRUST PROMOTES LAURA C. LOWRY TO VICE PRESIDENT
Carissa L. Rodeheaver, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer at First United and Patricia E. Young, Market President for Washington County, announce the promotion of Laura C. Lowry to Vice President and Community Relationship Manager. Lowry has...
First United Bank and Trust’s Diane M. Emory Promoted to Vice President
Carissa L. Rodeheaver, CEO, Chairman of the Board and President of First United Bank & Trust, and Tonya K. Sturm, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer announce the promotion of Diane M. Emory to Vice President and Controller. Diane has over 20 years...
FIRST UNITED BANK & TRUST PROMOTES MARY M. BOND TO VICE PRESIDENT
Robin E. Murray, Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Banking and Philip L. Rodeheaver, Market President for Garrett & Allegany Counties, Maryland and Mineral County, West Virginia announce the promotion of Mary M. Bond to Vice President and Community...
FIRST UNITED BANK & TRUST PROMOTES ALLEN SHAPIRO TO VICE PRESIDENT
Robin E. Murray, Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Banking and Philip L. Rodeheaver, Market President for Allegany, Garrett and Mineral counties announce the promotion of Allen Shapiro to Vice President and Community Relationship Manager. Allen joined First...
FIRST UNITED BANK & TRUST PROMOTES DONNA J. CREEGAN TO VICE PRESIDENT
Robin E. Murray, Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Banking and Philip L. Rodeheaver, Market President for Garrett/Allegany/Mineral Counties announce the promotion of Donna J. Creegan to Vice President and Community Relationship Manager. Donna has almost 31...
FIRST UNITED BANK & TRUST ANNOUNCES R. TROY LINTON AS NEW WEALTH ADVISOR
Keith R. Sanders, Senior Vice President and Senior Trust Officer and Jennifer L. Jones, Vice President & Senior Wealth Advisor and Team Leader announce that R. Troy Linton has joined the First United team as Wealth Advisor serving the Frederick County area. ...
FIRST UNITED BANK & TRUST ANNOUNCES AMBER M. SHOR AS NEW WEALTH ADVISOR
Keith R. Sanders, Senior Vice President and Senior Trust Officer announces that Amber M. Shor has joined the First United team as Wealth Advisor serving the Bridgeport, WV area. Shor will counsel her clients through investment management, long-term care concerns, and...
First United Bank & Trust Hosts 19th Annual Hot Dogs for Hospice
First United Bank & Trust will host its 19th Annual Hot Dogs for Hospice on Thursday, August 10 and Friday, August 11 in the parking lots of the Oakland Community Office at 19 S. Second Street and the Express & Operations Center at 12894 Garrett Highway,...
First United Corporation Recognized at 18th Annual Women in Technology Leadership Awards
On May 11, 2017, Women in Technology (WIT) held their 18th Annual Leadership Awards in Reston, Virginia. These awards showcase the talent among women in entrepreneurial, government and corporate roles across the Washington, D.C. region and celebrate the...
FIRST UNITED BANK & TRUST RECEIVES HEALTHIEST MARYLAND BUSINESSES WELLNESS AT WORK AWARD
First United Bank & Trust is pleased to receive the Gold Level Wellness Award for the second year in a row. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) presented the Healthiest Maryland Businesses Wellness at Work Awards at the 8th Annual Worksite...
First United Welcomes Gordon M. Cooley, Market President for Frederick County
Carissa L. Rodeheaver, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer at First United, along with Robin E. Murray, Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Banking announce the addition of Gordon M. Cooley, former Commissioner of Financial Regulation...
7 Financial Tips for Military Families
First United Bank & Trust commemorates Memorial Day with tips for service members As we honor our fallen military heroes this Memorial Day, we are reminded of the many sacrifices service members and their families make to protect our nation. First United Bank...
First United Bank & Trust Joins ‘Teach Children to Save’ Campaign
First United Bank & Trust is partnering with Brookhaven Elementary, Mason-Dixon Elementary, Cheat Lake Elementary and Morgantown Learning Academy to celebrate Teach Children to Save Day with savings education on April 28. More than 175 local students in Grades 3 –...
What should people know when planning for retirement?
The enormity of the task that is saving for retirement is often seen as a daunting one by even the most financially organized workers. They will likely need to save into the hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of decades, and anyone who has suffered...
When millennials should start saving for retirement
When it comes to retirement planning, the general rule is that you can never have enough savings. Certainly, financial advisors would say that they'd rather see their clients save more than they might have expected to need, rather than finding out too late that...
Are you saving enough for retirement?
In recent years, a large and growing number of baby boomers has reached retirement age, and a majority are choosing to stop working. But younger Americans these days seem to be less certain that this kind of option is even going to be available to them when they...
First United Bank & Trust Announces Shane M. Small as New Wealth Advisor
Keith R. Sanders, Senior Vice President and Senior Trust Officer and Jennifer L. Jones, Vice President & Senior Wealth Advisor and Team Leader announce that Shane M. Small has joined the First United team as Wealth Advisor serving the Washington County, MD &...
Security Tips to Remember
Security Tips to Remember It is a best practice to never give out personal information in response to an unsolicited call or email. There are fraudsters who will use our public information to try to attain personal information from you. Unless you initiate the contact...
Inspiring Office: First United Bank & Trust Finds New Office Space in a Former Cannery
In The City of Frederick, business spaces go beyond basics. Here, unique offices allow businesses to cultivate creativity, express their company's culture, and create a work environment that inspires. From industrial to classic, artsy to funky, historic to high tech,...
Tips to Avoid Number Spoofing
Each year, consumers and businesses fall victim to all kinds of cybercrimes ranging from ID theft to skimming to computer hacking. The latest scam used by criminals is referred to as “number spoofing”. This is illegal. The criminal clones a phone number and makes...
The basics of smart money management
Everyone needs to be able to manage their finances well, regardless of how much money they make.
Safe online banking is easy to achieve
Online banking has become more or less ubiquitous among consumers nationwide in recent years, despite some trepidation early on that security would be an ongoing concern.
Consumers must do more to save for retirement
Since the recession hit, the concept of saving for retirement has been at the forefront of many people’s financial worries.
How to grow a business
Across the country, many small business owners might be thinking about the ways in which they can help their companies grow, and increase the foothold and recognition they have in their local markets.
Small businesses continue to see value in Facebook ads
Nationwide, millions of small businesses have joined Facebook as a means of connecting with a potentially massive amount of potential and past customers in their areas.
Small businesses face cybersecurity risks from hackers
Many small business owners across the country may have seen the hacking attacks in the last few years that exposed payment data and other sensitive information that was supposed to be protected by major organizations.
What do entrepreneurs see as their biggest hurdles for success?
In general, small business owners in the U.S. tend to be a fairly optimistic about their future chances for success even in the darkest of times.
Entrepreneurs make personal sacrifice to grow their small businesses
Every small business owner likely knows full well that it takes a significant amount of sacrifice to make their companies succeed, but many are so eager to help encourage that growth that they’re willing to make significant personal sacrifices to do so.
Small businesses boosted hiring in January
In recent months, many small business owners might have seen some of the difficulties being experienced in the broader economy and wondered what that meant for them.
Small businesses borrowed less last year
The economic recovery that followed the Great Recession has been ongoing for quite a while now, but toward the end of 2015 it started slowing down a little bit.
Small business owners more willing to go digital in 2016?
Since the recession came to an end and recovery has been slow but steady, optimism for the new year has become pretty common among small business owners nationwide.
Most owners expecting positive moves in 2016
When the new year begins, many polls come out asking small business owners what they think of their prospects for the next 12 months.
More health insurance changes for small businesses in 2016
The health insurance situation for individuals and small businesses alike has changed dramatically in the last several years, and may have led to some disquietude among entrepreneurs as a result.
Small businesses expecting muted growth for 2016
Over the past several years, the U.S. economy has improved slowly but steadily, and many small businesses have been able to reap the benefit of that.
New York set for major small business tax cuts
Many polls over the last several years have shown that when it comes to the overarching success of their small businesses, many entrepreneurs are concerned about the effects that the local, state, and even federal government has on their bottom lines.
Can small businesses adopt their own resolutions for 2016?
When a new year rolls around, many Americans take on resolutions about getting in shape, saving more money, or doing other things that can improve their lives considerably.
Michigan survey highlights likelihood of small business optimism
Over the last few years, the economy has taken some significant steps forward, albeit a little slowly.
How can small businesses prevent data breaches?
Many small business owners across the country may think that a data breach can be safely filed under “Things that will never happen to my company.”
Small business owners often targeted for scams
Many small business owners across the country are often diligent about many aspects of their companies, but one area where even the most observant can run into a little bit of trouble is when people are looking to rip them off.
Difficult third quarter wipes out growing small business optimism
Over the last several years, the improving economy has brought the small business community back to a strong standing.
Nation’s small business owners stuck waiting for Congress
It seems to happen every year at this point: Critical tax deductions on which millions of small businesses across the country rely every year end up being debated in Congress until extremely late in the calendar year.
Small business owners continue to see reason for optimism
While many polls over the course of the year illustrate how optimistic small business owners across the country may be about their chances for future success, one of the truest measures of this anecdotal data comes in the form of how they move financially.
Small businesses passing more health care costs onto employees
Businesses large and small have been struggling to make their health care costs work for them in the last several years, in part – but not entirely – due to the rules put in place by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.