The First National Bank of Lacon (“FNBL”) is a community bank chartered in 1864, during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency. For more than 160 years, FNBL has served the farmers, producers, small businesses, and families of central Illinois with the relationship-driven service expected of a local community bank.
Under new ownership, FNBL is entering an important next chapter. The bank is investing in people, process, and technology to build a best-in-class agricultural lending program that honors its deep community roots while bringing modern tools, disciplined credit processes, and a forward-looking approach to portfolio management.
Agriculture is central to FNBL’s work. The bank is seeking a senior lender who can strengthen an established book of business, protect portfolio quality, deepen long-standing borrower relationships, and help create the infrastructure required for sustainable agricultural lending growth.
The Opportunity
This is a meaningful opportunity to shape the future of agricultural lending at one of central Illinois’ oldest community banks. FNBL is newly under ownership that is actively investing in people, process, and technology, and this role will have direct visibility to the Bank President and real influence over how the ag lending program is run.
For the right lender, the opportunity is not defined by sales quotas or short-term origination targets. It is defined by portfolio quality, trusted borrower relationships, sound credit standards, and the ability to build a program that is disciplined, modern, and deeply connected to the agricultural community FNBL has served since 1864.
The SVP, Agriculture Lender will help strengthen long-term stability for the bank, its borrowers, and the communities it serves.
