• Switching to .Bank
• Security and Trust
• Compliance and Risks
• How to Purchase
• Already own .Bank?
• Making the Switch
• Free Consultation

• The .Bank advantage: How restricted eligibility and mandatory security protocols protect your bank from phishing, spoofing, and impersonation attacks from the start.
• Real examples from .Bankers: Hear from banks that made the switch to .Bank and the measurable impact on security and customer confidence.
• Best practices for your switch: Strategic steps for a seamless migration, including internal alignment and customer-facing communication.
• Protecting your digital identity: How .Bank strengthens brand integrity across your website, email, and digital ecosystem.
• Actionable next steps: Practical steps to help your team plan, and secure your bank’s digital footprint.
• How CBAI can assist your team with an affordable hosting solutions; migrate existing .com website to a fully secure and compliant .Bank website; developing services; website hosting; and more.

• Craig Schwartz is president of fTLD Registry Services, the operator of the .Bank and .Insurance Top-Level Domains. He led the formation of fTLD in 2011 and continues to lead the team in achieving fTLD's mission of operating trusted, verified, more secure and easily identifiable online locations for financial companies and their customers. Previously, he was with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the regulator of the Internet's Domain Name System, serving as Chief gTLD Registry Liaison. Before joining ICANN, Schwartz was with Widmeyer Communications, a DC-based public relations and strategic communications firm, and most recently as vice president operations. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Maryland.
• Mark Field is president and chairman of the board of Liberty Bank in Liberty, IL. He joined the institution in May 1985 as a loan officer and climbed the ranks to become President in 1990 and Board Chairman in 1995. He has served on the State Banking Board of Illinois since 1997 having been appointed and reappointed by six consecutive governors (from Jim Edgar to JB Pritzker). Field is known for his advocacy for community banking, his legislative work regarding the banking industry, and his extensive involvement with the Community Bankers Association of Illinois (CBAI). He is active in the Independent Community Bankers of America, and serves his community in many roles; Rural Adams Development Corporation, Liberty Education Foundation Board, Liberty Lions Club, and various civic and charitable boards including serving the Finance Council of St. Brigid Church, and the Boy Scouts Executive Board. He holds a bachelor's from Southern Illinois University.
• Chad Holthaus joined 1NB Bank in Carlyle, IL, in 2004 and serves as the Chief Operations Officer (COO). In this executive role, Holthaus directs the bank's daily operations and strategic management. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Eastern Illinois University and completed his advanced professional training in 2025 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School of Banking. Alongside his corporate responsibilities, he has maintained an active role in civic leadership for over two decades. He has served as the city treasurer for Carlyle since 2006 and contributes to local community organizations, including the Knights of Columbus and his church parish council.

• Jenny Dial is the Senior Vice President and Hosting Services Administrator at the Community Bankers Association of Illinois (CBAI). Since joining CBAI in 1992, Dial has cross-functionally led various strategic initiatives. In 2000, she partnered with Mike Kelley, President of the Community Bankers Service Corporation (CBSC), to co-found CBAl's Web Hosting Services. The services were built from the ground up to solve the stringent security, privacy, and regulatory compliance requirements unique to community banks. Twenty-six years after its inception, the program has grown significantly and maintains a premier A+ security rating. Today, the AWSpowered, SOC2-certified infrastructure provides automated maintenance and robust security controls that keep bank web operations secure and compliant. This includes advanced deployment and specialized management for restricted .Bank domains.
• Kristen Rogers, owner of Kristen's Koncepts, is a full-stack web designer and developer with over 25 years of experience. She specializes in Linux and WordPress websites for community banks and has a focus on modernization, usability, compliance, and security for the web applications in the banking sector. She is dedicated to bringing enterprise services to community banks, and giving community banks a better presence, a better product, and a better way to do business. She develops compliant websites with the heightened security requirements for .bank domains, and converting .com websites to be compliant with .bank, allowing seamless transition from .com to .bank. She works hand-in-hand with CBAl's service providers and technicians to ensure these sites are fully secure, introducing many banks to a whole new level of security for their websites.

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