First Federal Savings Bank, FFSB
Todd Van Sickel has extensive work experience in the banking industry. Todd started their career at Monroe County Bank as an AVP from 1986 to 1988. Todd then served as the SVP Director of Operations/Technology at First National Bank & Trust in Kokomo, Indiana from 1988 to 2003. Following this, they worked at Lafayette Savings Bank as the Vice President and Director of Operations/Technology from 2003 to 2014. Todd then joined Luther Burbank Savings as the First Vice President and Chief Information Officer from 2014 to 2016. Currently, they hold the position of Executive Vice President - Operations/Technology at First Federal Savings Bank (FFSB) since 2016. Todd Van Sickel also played a pivotal role in the Fiserv Cleartouch Strategic Planning Council as the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from 2009 to 2021.
Todd Van Sickel obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Finance, General from Indiana University Bloomington, which they pursued from 1978 to 1982. Later, they pursued a Graduate School of Banking program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in Banking, from 1993 to 1996.
First Federal Savings Bank, FFSB
You can’t talk about First Federal Savings Bank without talking about its founder, Richard E. Belcher. Around Rochester, many locals simply refer to First Federal as “Dick’s Bank”. It takes vision to start a financial institution in the back room of a neighborhood grocery store, but that was how Dick Belcher introduced First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Fulton County to Rochester, Indiana. On Jan. 3, 1966, he and one other employee greeted their very first customer ten minutes after the door opened. First Federal was founded to fulfill a public need. Providing quality customer service has been First Federal’s focus from the beginning. “It has been said that to survive as a small community bank today, one must have a niche in the market,” Dick said. “Mortgage banking is and has been the niche that has worked well for us.” Customers could expect personalized service from the start. Dick often refers to the staff as the “First Federal Family”, and the relaxed working atmosphere is behind First Federal’s success. “Our staff through the years has helped make First Federal the fine bank it is today,” Dick said. “Our mission statement says it very well: First Federal’s mission is to serve our customers with the newest, competitively priced products delivered to them with state-of-the-art technology; to provide to all First Federal Family members a favorable working environment with reasonable compensation and benefits; and to treat all customers and First Federal Family members in the manner that all would like to be treated.” “We don’t want to be the biggest bank,” he said, “just the best.”