The holiday season is upon us, which means a higher potential for fraud.
FirstOak Bank provides fraud monitoring credit cards but there are some proactive measures you can use to protect against fraud.
If you’re even concerned about credit card fraud, contact customer service!
Meet Shanda – Sr. VP at our Main Bank! Shanda is grateful for her health and is inspired by her family’s legacy – in fact her dad was a banker for 37 years. Shanda loves to organize and decorate and completing tasks gives her a sense of responsibility.
How do you like to start your day?
Devotions / Quiet Time
Who has influenced you the most when it comes to your work ethic?
My Parents
What drives you to work hard
The satisfaction of completing something and my sense of responsibility
What inspires you at work?
family legacy
What drove you down this career path?
My Dad, he was a banker for 37 years
What’s your biggest pet peeve at work?
Not respecting a closed door
If you could add one thing to the workspace, what would it be?
A heater
If you could pick a superpower, what would you choose?
Photographic memory
Name one dead celebrity you would like to have dinner with!
Carol Burnett
If you were an animal, what would you be?
Golden doodle
What is the coolest thing about your job?
The people I work with
Imagine you could step in a teleport for a day and go to any place and time in history. Where and when would you travel to?
New York City in the 1920’s
What is the best gift you ever received?
My kids
What is the nerdiest thing you do in your free time?
Organizing and Decorating
What is the soundtrack to your life? Describe?
You Say by Lauren Daigle
Whats one thing you are grateful for today?
Good health
When you grew up, you hoped to become a…
Fashion Merchandiser
The most courageous or embarrassing moment you remember while at school?
Wearing Headgear and braces
Name one of your guilty pleasures
Chocolate!
Meet Sandra – Customer Service Representative / New Accounts in Fredonia. Sandra likes to start her day with a shower and says her biggest pet peeve is negativity. She’d love to have dinner with Elvis and says the theme song to her life is, “Maniac.”
How do you like to start your day?
Shower to wake up
Who has influenced you the most when it comes to your work ethic?
My Mom
What drives you to work hard
My Checkbook
What inspires you at work?
my customers
What drove you down this career path?
I needed a job
What’s your biggest pet peeve at work?
negativity
If you could add one thing to the workspace, what would it be?
add furniture
If you could pick a superpower, what would you choose?
think where you want to go, close your eyes and poof you are there
Name one dead celebrity you would like to have dinner with!
Elvis!
If you were an animal, what would you be?
a dog!
What is the coolest thing about your job?
Being able to give Brad crap! but also work in the AC
Imagine you could step in a teleport for a day and go to any place and time in history. Where and when would you travel to?
No reason but I would like to go to Destin, FL to just sit on the beach
What is the best gift you ever received?
My brother surprised me coming home from the Navy
What is the nerdiest thing you do in your free time?
Crochet
What is the soundtrack to your life? Describe?
Maniac, grandkids
Whats one thing you are grateful for today?
Job, healthy family, kids, grandkids, my 2 labs
When you grew up, you hoped to become a…
photographer
The most courageous or embarrassing moment you remember while at school?
OMG – trying out for cheerleader in middle school. Dumbest thing I ever did
Name one of your guilty pleasures
Strawberry white claw seltzer and Almond M&Ms
Meet Shawn, Operations Assistant in Independence. Shawn starts his day with a cup of coffee and says he’s most influenced by his dad and wife. His biggest pet peeve at work is the phone ringing and if he could have anything at work it would be a “designated phone answerer.” Shawn says he’s inspired to continue learning and the best gift he’s ever received is his kids
How do you like to start your day?
Cup of coffee
Who has influenced you the most when it comes to your work ethic?
My Dad and Wife
What drives you to work hard
My kids
What inspires you at work?
To continue learning
What drove you down this career path?
Opportunity
What’s your biggest pet peeve at work?
Phone ringing
If you could add one thing to the workspace, what would it be?
A Designated Phone Answerer
If you could pick a superpower, what would you choose?
I always wanted to be able to shoot lasers from my eyes like superman, but I would like to be able to fly as well!
Name one dead celebrity you would like to have dinner with!
Chester Bennington
Imagine you could step in a teleport for a day and go to any place and time in history. Where and when would you travel to?
I would go back to September 6 1995 to the game when Cal Ripken Jr. broke the record for consecutive games plays
What is the best gift you ever received?
My kids
What is the nerdiest thing you do in your free time?
watch documentaries
When you grew up, you hoped to become a …
Baseball Player
Christy, Vice President / Retail Banking Manager starts her day talking to her puppy! Christy says her work ethic has been influenced by her parents and is inspired by the employees she works with. Her biggest pet peeve is cludder and say the coolest thing about her job is that it is relaxed and she feels like she can be herself at work.
How do you like to start your day?
Talking to my puppy
Who has influenced you the most when it comes to your work ethic?
Both of my parents
What drives you to work hard?
I always want to do my very best!
What inspires you at work?
The employees. I want to be the best supervisor I can for them. So I hope I lead by example
What drove you down this career path?
I have never thought about banking but had just moved back to town and they took a chance on me!
What’s your biggest pet peeve at work?
Cludder
If you could add one thing to the workspace, what would it be?
Fridays off
If you could pick a superpower, what would you choose?
Fly
Name one dead celebrity you would like to have dinner with!
Robin Williams
If you were an animal, what would you be?
Dog
Imagine you could step in a teleport for a day and go to any place and time in history. Where and when would you travel to?
WoodStock
What’s the coolest thing about your job?
It is a relaxed enviorment where you can be yourself
What is the best gift you ever received?
My kids
What is the nerdiest thing you do in your free time?
Binge watch silly comedy series’
That one song that’s the soundtrack to your life? Describe.
Hold My Hand – Lady Gaga
What’s the one thing you’re grateful for today?
My family
When you grew up, you hoped to become a …
Dancer
The most courageous or embarrassing moment you remember while at school?
Courageous – Speaking in front of my classmates.
Embarrassing – Getting in trouble and getting paddled in front of the class.
Name one of your guilty pleasures
Pepsi
Meet Chad, Market President at Fredonia. Chad likes to start his day early and says his dad influenced him the most when it comes to work ethic. Chad says he’s driven to be the best banker in town and has always had an interest in banking. The best gift he’s received is his two daughters and when not at the bank, he enjoys smoking cigars and playing video games.
How do you like to start your day?
Early. Getting in the bank early and enjoying the peace and quiet for a couple hours
Who has influenced you the most when it comes to your work ethic?
My father
What drives you to work hard
Motivation to be the best bank and banker in town
What inspires you at work?
My family
What drove you down this career path?
Myself. I have always had an interest in banking since I graduated college
If you could add one thing to the workspace, what would it be?
Driving Range
If you could pick a superpower, what would you choose?
Be able to fly
Name one dead celebrity you would like to have dinner with!
Larry Hagman
If you were an animal, what would you be?
Great White Shark
Where and when would you travel to?
March of 1994, to snow ski with my Grandpa again
What’s the coolest thing about your job?
Professional relationships with my customers
What is the best gift you ever received?
My two daughters
What is the nerdiest thing you do in your free time?
Play video games
That one song that’s the soundtrack to your life?
I don’t have a particular song. I love all music. My library ranges from Sinatra to Zombie.
What’s the one thing you’re grateful for today?
My family
When you grew up, you hoped to become a …
Quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys
The most courageous or embarrassing moment you remember while at school?
Was never courageous and never embarrassed 🙂
Name one of your guilty pleasures
Smoking Cigars
Do you know an older person who is isolated, home-bound, female, and / or deteriorating health? They might be at greater risk for Elder Financial Abuse.
Who typically commits elder abuse:
Perpetrators may pretend:
Why do people commit Elder Abuse:
If you think an older person in your life is being abused, look for the warning signs like:
If you notice changes like these, don’t wait, take action immediately to keep your older friend safe!
How to protect your older friend:
Spot scams before they happen! With Holiday scamming on the rise through email, phone, text message and mobile payments apps, we need to be more vigilant than ever to avoid scammers. Here’s a could quick ways to reduce your chances of being scammed.
FirstOak Bank in Fredonia is looking to add a Teller to our staff. We are looking for an outgoing, friendly applicant with strong interpersonal and customer service skills. Responsibilities include providing exceptional customer service and processing teller transactions. Cash handling experience is preferred, banking experience would be beneficial but is not required. We are a community bank that values both our customers and employees.
We are committed to outstanding customer service. We are looking for a reliable teller to process all transactions accurately and efficiently in accordance with established policies and procedures while providing the level of service we strive to achieve. You must be comfortable offering excellent customer service, making dozens of transactions daily, communicating with different clients and promoting the bank’s products/services.
Responsibilities:
Skills:
Qualifications:
Benefits:
Vishing is fraudulent phone calls and / or leaving convincing voicemails acting as a reputable company or agency to convince victims to reveal personal information such as banking, credit card numbers, passwords and more.
Here’s more:
Like Phishing or smishing, vishing relies on technology to convince victims they are doing the right thing by revealing their information. Many times, the fraudster portrays an urgent need for the victim to give up their information quickly. Cyber criminals use threats and presuasive language to make victims feel like they have no other choice. A common tactic is that fraudsters may leave threatening voice mails that the recipient must call back immediately or they risk accounts being frozen, arrest or worse.
Here’s how you can protect yourself!