Stillman Bank’s Kathy Yocum Named 2025 Illinois Bankers Association Woman of the Year Stillman Bank is proud to announce that Kathy Yocum, Vice President and Director of Retail Banking, has been named the 2025 Woman of the Year by the Illinois Bankers Association (IBA). This prestigious award honors a woman in banking who not only… Read More
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Scam of the Week | This Free Gift Has a High Cost In this week’s scam, you get an email that looks like it’s from a trusted brand, such as Costco or AAA. The email promises a free gift if you fill out a short survey and pay a small shipping fee so that the… Read More
Mortgage Rates Are Falling: 5 Smart Moves You Can Make Now Where Rates Have Been Back in January 2021, 30-year mortgage rates were at historic lows, hovering around 3%. However, that did not last. In 2022, rates surged past 5% on average. By the end of 2023, they crept up to just under 7%. In… Read More
Jacob Davenport Joins Stillman Bank as Trust Investment Officer Stillman Bank is pleased to welcome Jacob Davenport, CFA, CFP®, as Trust Investment Officer, announced Thomas R. Hughes, President & CEO. In his position, Jacob will work within the bank’s Trust and Wealth Management Department. He will be located primarily in the bank’s Rockford office, 8492… Read More
What Rocks in Rockford Voting 2025 As a local, independent community bank, we are honored to be nominated in FOUR categories in this year’s Rockford Register Star’s “What Rocks” Community’s Choice Awards contest! ✔️ Best Bank ✔️ Best Financial Planning Services ✔️ Best Mortgage Lending Company ✔️ Top Employer (101-500 employees) Please take a moment to click the… Read More
Books of Interest Part 13: 2025 Summer/Fall Reading Recommendations For the past few years, we have curated a list of our employees’ favorite reads. In celebration of National Book Lovers Day (August 9), we are excited to be back again with Part Thirteen of our “Books of Interest.” If you are looking to be captivated… Read More
Scam of the Week | Keeping Your Passwords Squeaky Clean Did you know that the average person uses the same three to seven passwords to log in to over 170 online accounts? In addition to being reused, these passwords are often weak and can be easily guessed by cybercriminals. If cybercriminals guess these passwords, they… Read More
Back-to-School Supply Drive We are excited to partner with Remedies Renewing Lives again this year and host a Back-to-School Supply Drive! The drive will run from Monday, July 21 through Friday, August 8! 🎒✏️🖍️📒 Remedies Renewing Lives is the only domestic violence shelter in Winnebago and Boone counties. Each year, they provide a variety of domestic violence… Read More
Scam of the Week | A Fine Way to Get Scammed In this week’s scam, you receive a text message that appears to be from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). The text states that you must pay a traffic fine by a certain date. If you don’t pay on time, your vehicle registration will… Read More
Stillman Bank’s Community Food Drive A Huge Success In conjunction with Stillman Bank’s 143rd anniversary, the bank held a food drive to benefit area families this summer. Nearly 1,000 non-perishable food items were collected during the one-and-a-half-week event. The Community Food Drive kicked off at all Stillman Bank locations on Monday, June 9 and continued… Read More