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A Budget‑Friendly Spring Break: Simple Ways to Make Home the Best Destination

Summary Looking for budget-friendly spring break ideas you can enjoy at home? Skip the airports and long car rides – this family‑focused guide shares staycation activities that make home the best destination. From exploring your own city and getting outside to crafting, trying new hobbies and volunteering, these simple ideas make it easy to create…

A Fresh Look, A Smarter Experience: A New FIRSTIB.COM Is Here

We’re excited to announce the launch of a new firstib.com, coming your way January 22, 2026! At First Internet Bank, we’ve always believed banking should be as forward-thinking as our customers. That’s why we reimagined the site to deliver a better, more advanced user experience. What’s New? Our new website isn’t just a facelift –…

Finding Funding: tips to access business capital

One of the greatest challenges small business owners face is having the necessary capital to succeed. Unlike large corporations, they lack the option of selling stocks or bonds to raise funds. This can place them at a competitive disadvantage: for example, it can limit access to higher volume purchasing or restrict the ability to negotiate…

Cybersecurity: Stay Online, Stay Safe

Protecting your personal and financial information online can be a challenge. Criminals are constantly deploying an ever-changing variety of scams meant to uncover users’ Social Security numbers, credit card information, bank account credentials or any other personal financial data they can find. Once they’ve acquired it, the outcome is seldom positive: fraudulent credit card charges, stolen cash from…

Money Management Tips for the Holiday Season

It’s easy to get carried away during the holidays. But even amidst the fun and excitement of the season, it’s important to keep an eye on your budget so you’re not faced with a financial shortfall later. How can you resist the urge to overspend on gifts and celebrating with family and friends? Consider these…

Business Budgeting for Success

When you are totally engrossed in day-to-day operations, it’s easy to overlook some very important fundamentals – like budgeting. A budget helps you understand where your money is going and determine the income you’ll need to maintain operations. And, it’s vitally important to both short and long-range planning  Here are some basic tips for new…

Buying a business? Here’s how to speed up the SBA process

Have you been considering financing to purchase a business or perhaps to grow your present one? A lot goes into securing a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan. However, approved borrowers can get their financing faster by taking a few proactive steps: Have your historical and current financials ready – along with your seller’s – and…

Skimming is Scamming: how to protect yourself

Most of us use a credit or debit card multiple times a day for business or personal reasons. That makes it vitally important to be aware of what “skimming” is and how you can protect yourself from fraud. Card skimmers gather data from your card’s magnetic strip when you insert or swipe it at point-of-purchase…

Platform banking…and how it enhances financial services

Platform banking: What it is: banks integrating services from other providers, primarily fintechs, in order to offer the bank’s customers a broader (or more specialized) range of financial services. How it works: depending on the type of set-up, the fintech’s services are usually fully integrated into the bank’s app/webpage via application programming interface (API), a connection…