FDIC Cert #17470 · Highland Park, Illinois · Est. 1955

First Bank Chicago - FDIC Bank Health Profile

This profile flags real pressure points from the bank's own quarterly Call Report, read past the headline grade before drawing conclusions.

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$2.2B
Total assets
D
Health grade · Weak
0.23%
Return on assets
9.4%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

First Bank Chicago earns a PlainBankData health grade of D (45/100), with 9.39% Tier 1 capital, 0.23% ROA, 85% efficiency ratio.

#557
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
87th
percentile by asset size, nationally
9.39%
Tier 1 ratio - below the 10% well-capitalized line
9th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

A weak grade is PlainBankData's own read of the Call Report data, not an official FDIC rating, and it does not change your insurance coverage: every dollar stays protected to $250,000 per depositor, per category.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 17470 · IL D · 45/100

GRADE-D · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-ADEQ · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-THIN · SIZE-REGIONAL · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-D D (45/100)
  • BOTTOM-DECILE #4180/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ascend Bank · CT
  • TIER1-ADEQ 9.4% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 3.0% Texas
  • ROA-THIN 0.23% ROA
  • SIZE-REGIONAL $1–10B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Illinois: Ascend Bank, CT (±0 health pts)

Instrument codes from this bank’s FDIC Call Report sheet: grade band, health peer rank, photo-finish gap, Tier 1, Texas Ratio, ROA, size band, and book completeness. Not an official FDIC rating.

Health-score neighbourhood around First Bank Chicago

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest scored peers outside Illinois, not a full FDIC corpus board reprint.

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Ascend Bank · CT · near45/100First Bank Chicago · IL · th…45/100Kennett Trust Bank · MO · ne…45/100Rochelle State Bank · GA · n…45/100Southern Bank · GA · near45/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around First Bank Chicago · July 2026

Call Report read for First Bank Chicago in a high-failure state

First Bank Chicago (FDIC Cert #17470) carries a PlainBankData health grade of D at 45/100, built only from this bank's own Call Report Tier 1 capital, ROA, Texas Ratio, and efficiency inputs. On the scored corpus it sits at health rank #4,180 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 9.39%, missing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 3.01%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 0.23%. Balance-sheet scale is $2.2B, 557th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Ascend Bank (CT), tied on the composite. These are instrument codes from the Call Report sheet, not an official FDIC CAMELS rating, and insured deposits stay protected to $250,000 per depositor per ownership category regardless of grade. Compare the plate stamps against the score breakdown and the health-score neighbourhood before treating any single ratio as decisive.

State failure history around First Bank Chicago

71 FAILURE resolutions in Illinois since 2000, heavy vs the state corpus

First Bank Chicago sits in one of the heavier post-2000 FAILURE states (71 resolutions; latest year 2026). The list below is state history from the Failed Bank List, not a claim about First Bank Chicago's current Call Report.

  • METROPOLITAN CAPITAL B&T CHICAGO, IL 2026 → FIRST INDEPENDENCE BANK
  • PULASKI SAVINGS BANK CHICAGO, IL 2025 → MILLENNIUM BANK
  • FAYETTE COUNTY BANK SAINT ELMO, IL 2017 → UNITED FIDELITY BANK, FSB

Source: FDIC Failed Bank List (resolution_type=FAILURE only; ASSISTANCE excluded). See the depositor failures guide and Illinois banks.

How First Bank Chicago's 45/100 score adds up

Each factor is scored from this bank's own FDIC Call Report figures, then summed to the composite health score.

0/100100/100National avg77/10045/100
First Bank Chicago's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (9.39%) 18/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (0.23%) 7/25
Texas Ratio (3.01%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (84.58%) 0/15

45 of 100 points earned across four weighted factors. See our methodology for the full scoring formula.

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$2.2B

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$1.7B

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$1.5B

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$5M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 7.99% 9.39% 10.79%
Basel III capital ratios - First Bank Chicago

Where First Bank Chicago ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. First Bank Chicago's score of 45/100 falls in the highlighted band.

First Bank Chicago: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

45 3rd percentile higher than 3% of 4,307 FDIC-insured banks

0–10: 3 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 10–20: 6 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 20–30: 26 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 36 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 98 FDIC-insured banks (2%). This entry sits in this band. 50–60: 279 FDIC-insured banks (6%). Above this entry. 60–70: 777 FDIC-insured banks (18%). Above this entry. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). Above this entry. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). Above this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. First Bank Chicago 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more FDIC-insured banks. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

First Bank Chicago's size among FDIC-insured banks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with reported assets, bucketed by total-asset scale (note the buckets are powers of 10, most banks cluster in the $100M-$1B range). First Bank Chicago's $2.2B falls in the highlighted band.

Capital & credit buffers at First Bank Chicago

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

9.39% of risk-weighted assets - below the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
9.39%
Texas Ratio
3.01%
Equity Capital
$196M

What these ratios mean →

Profitability metrics: First Bank Chicago

Return on Assets (ROA)
9th percentile nationally
0.23%
Return on Equity (ROE)
2.52%
Efficiency Ratio
84.58%

What these mean →

Income & expense at First Bank Chicago

$99M
Interest Income
$3M
Non-Interest Income
$35M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. First Bank Chicago reports a Texas Ratio of 3.01% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

3.01% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

What to watch at First Bank Chicago

First Bank Chicago's grade of D reflects specific pressure points in the FDIC Call Report. Its Tier 1 capital ratio of 9.39% is below the 10% "well-capitalized" benchmark.

Your deposits are still protected. Regardless of grade, FDIC insurance covers every dollar on deposit at First Bank Chicago up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category. A weak grade signals institutional financial stress for analysts, it is not a prediction of failure, and it does not affect insured-deposit safety.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View First Bank Chicago on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Illinois by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Illinois
  1. 1
    BMO Bank $252.1B

    Chicago, IL · Grade A

  2. 2
    The Northern Trust Company $176.4B

    Chicago, IL · Grade B

  3. 3
    CIBC Bank USA $64.0B

    Chicago, IL · Grade A

  4. 4
    Busey Bank $18.1B

    Champaign, IL · Grade A

  5. 5
    Byline Bank $9.6B

    Chicago, IL · Grade A

Top 5 banks in Illinois ranked by total assets · FDIC Call Report Q4 2025.

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($2.2B here), outside Illinois so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Falcon International Bank $2.2B · TX Think Mutual Bank $2.2B · MN Security First Bank $2.2B · NE Maspeth Federal Savings and Loan Asso… $2.2B · NY

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) First Bank Chicago (FDIC Cert #17470) - Tier 1 capital ratio, total assets, deposits, ROA/ROE · 2025 FDIC Call Reports filed quarterly; latest publicly-available vintage shown. Health grades are PlainBankData's interpretation of regulatory filings and are not official FDIC ratings.

First Bank Chicago Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · Illinois FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

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BMO Bank National AssociationChicago $252.1B A 0.95%
The Northern Trust CompanyChicago $176.4B B 1.02%
CIBC Bank USAChicago $64.0B A 1.47%
Busey BankChampaign $18.1B A 0.92%
Byline BankChicago $9.6B A 1.47%
Wintrust Bank, National AssociationChicago $9.6B A 1.88%
Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company, National AssociationLake Forest $9.4B A 2.20%
First American BankElk Grove Village $8.1B A 1.72%