is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . january 2012 first security bank type private industry finance founded 1919 as security bank and trust headquarters bozeman montana usa key people steve wheeler president products commercial and consumer loans real estate financing checking and savings products online banking online business cash management mobile banking estatements investments through first security financial services and insurance through first security insurance . number of employees over 150 website http www.ourbank.com first security bank montana first security bank is a privately held bank based in bozeman montana and is the area s largest locally owned bank in deposit market share and number of locations . first security serves gallatin chouteau and surrounding counties . the bank has branches in bozeman belgrade three forks big sky west yellowstone fort benton and a loan production offices in chester and havre . first security bank is one of the top private employers in gallatin county and was recognized as montana s employer of choice over 25 employees in 2013 by the montana state employer s council msec . contents 1 company history 2 locations 3 references 4 external links company history edit first security bank opened on bozeman s main street in 1919 with four employees under the name security bank and trust . thanks to the investment of local businessmen the bank survived the great depression and continued to grow . eventually expanded staff moved to a new building just east of the original location in 1957 . this building was financed by robert bradford and george dieruf owners of the powderhorn . a holding company was created for shareholders in 1966 with an eye towards retaining local ownership in perpetuity . inter mountain bancorp inc. remains the sole shareholder of first security bank today . in the 1970s the banks s name was changed to the current first security bank which better reflected the focus on loans and deposits versus trust services . the late 1990s through 2006 was a time of significant physical expansion for first security . in 1994 a second bozeman location was completed near the montana state university campus . first security bank of belgrade an affiliate bank chartered by inter mountain bancorp inc. opened april 1 1997 . it became a branch of first security bank in december 1998 . in 2000 the branch in three forks formerly security bank of three forks was added . in 2001 the merger of first security bank of west yellowstone was completed . the merger of first state bank of fort benton occurred in 2002 . a branch built in big sky opened in december 2005 . the newest branch in bozeman at the corner of cottonwood and huffine opened in may 2006 . the bozeman home office location completed a significant remodel in 2011 . the new facade was designed to be more cohesive with the community s historic downtown . first security bank and its employees serve local communities through a variety of non profit activities . locations edit bozeman mt ; belgrade mt ; three forks mt ; big sky mt ; west yellowstone mt ; fort benton mt references edit small towns big thinking 1 bank deposits hit records in gallatin county 2 history of current bank location 3 banking industry booms 4 intermountain bancorp to merge with teton banshares 5 6 http www.explorebigsky.com newspost small towns big thinking http www.bozemandailychronicle.com news economy article 9446bcb6 f747 11df 8a2e 001cc4c03286.html http www.mtbusiness.com profiles a conversation with mitch bradley heebs grocery of bozeman.html http www.bozemandailychronicle.com news article de156220 5909 51e7 9612 709546 c032f8.html http www.bozemandailychronicle.com news economy intermountain bancorp to merge with teton bancshares article 1c1adec9 7369 5758 956 a 79a6baacdd3d.html http www.choteauacantha.com news article 1f0c02e8 c2b9 11e4 a5b2 6f93180eee3b.html external links edit http www.ourbank.com http www.fdic.gov retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title first security bank montana & oldid 715727877 categories banks based in montanahidden categories orphaned articles from january 2012all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 april 2016 at 16 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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