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First International Bank was chartered by the Texas Department of Banking on October 25, 1991 when it purchased the First National Bank of Bedford from the FDIC.

First International Bank started with approximately $18 million in Total Assets and with one location. Over the last Sixteen and a half years, First International Bank has grown to nine banking centers (7 Texas locations, and 2 Nevada locations) with Total Assets of over 340 million.

First International Bank is 100% minority owned, with all of the shareholders being originally from Hong Kong, who are now all US citizens. Many of the shareholders are active members of the Board of Directors and well known throughout the local Asian community. First International Bank Board members include; a Professor of Banking at Southern Methodist University; owners of the oldest Dallas Chinese Newspaper; and owners and partners in one of the largest Chinese CPA firm in Texas.

First International Bank is a multicultural bank that caters to all customers from every walk of life. The bank currently has employees that fluently speak, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Vietnamese, and English.

First International Bank offers all of the traditional banking services: Checking Accounts, Certificates of Deposits, Savings Accounts, IRA’s, NOW Accounts, Money Market Accounts, Merchant Capture (e-deposit), Consumer Loans, Commercial Real Estate Loans, Small Business Administration Loans, First International Bank is also a SBA Nationwide Preferred Lender.