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Creating Company Policies

Set company policies to control access to accounts and permission settings. Please call support at 866-435-7208 to discuss activating this functionality if you do not have it as part of your account.

Step 1:
Log in to online banking.

When you enrolled in First Bank digital banking, you created a Login ID and Password. Enter that information in the corresponding screens and then click the “Log In” button. Next, you will be asked to enter your password, then click “Continue.”

First Bank homepage with login area highlighted. First Bank Online Banking password screen.

Step 2:
Navigate to Company Policy.

From the menu on the left, click “Commercial” to see the dropdown and choose “Company Policy.”

First Bank online banking screen highlighting the Commercial menu item. First Bank online banking screen highlighting the Company Policy menu item.

Step 3:
Select transactions.

Click on the “Transactions” tab, then click on the type of transaction you want to set a policy for, such as “ACH Collection.”

Fill in the maximum amounts and maximum counts for each approval limit.

First Bank online banking screen highlighting the ACH Collections items and associated fields.

Step 4:
Add allowed actions.

Click on the “Allowed Actions” tab, then filter by Accounts or Subsidiaries, or search by name.

Once you’ve made your selections, click “Add Allowed Action.”

First Bank online banking screen highlighting the Allowed Actions tab. First Bank online banking screen showing the Filter By options.

Step 5:
Set features.

For each category, select the permissions under Rights, Transactions, Custom Features, ACH, General Transaction, or Corporate by clicking the “X” to change it to a checkmark. You can click “Save” or navigate to other tabs and save later.

First Bank online banking screen highlighting the various options under the Features tab.

Step 6:
Select accounts.

Click on the “Accounts” tab, then check the box for any of the accounts you want to allow access to.

Click “Save.”

First Bank online banking screen highlighting the Accounts tab. First Bank online banking screen highlighting the Save button.

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Have questions or unsure where to start?

Contact your Treasury Services rep, or one of our support teams below, for help or to schedule personalized demos.

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