Ascend Bank: email security grade A

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Ascend Bank, Guilford, Connecticut, is the 728th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets ($1.5bn). On 4 November 2026 the public email records of ascend.bank graded A: MX pass, SPF pass, DMARC p=reject, mail handled by Microsoft 365.

Grade A. Nothing in the records will stop mail. Read by DNS on 4 November 2026; the records are shown as published.

What was found on ascend.bank

Check	Result	What was published
MX	Pass	`0 ascend-bank.mail.protection.outlook.com`. Mail handled by Microsoft 365
SPF	Pass	`v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:ascend-bank.spf.smtp25.com include:spf.zixport.com include:spf.meridianlink.com include:spfref.jackhenry.com include:mailgun.org ip4:149.72.140.73 ip4:147.160.167.0/26 ip4:23.21.109.197 ip4:23.21.109.212 -all`. DNS lookups: 10 of 10 allowed; ends -all
DMARC	Pass	`v=DMARC1; p=reject; sp=reject; rua=mailto:3o8i8ndzzt@rua.powerdmarc.com; ruf=mailto:3o8i8ndzzt@ruf.powerdmarc.com; fo=1`. Policy p=reject, subdomains sp=reject; reports collected (rua= set)
DKIM	Pass, not graded	Key found on selectors selector1, selector2 (of 10 common selectors tried)

Where Ascend Bank ranks

Ascend Bank is the 728th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets, at $1.5bn as reported to the FDIC (certificate 18194; Guilford, Connecticut). Among the 999 graded banks, Ascend Bank ranks 494th by grade (ties broken by assets, larger first). In its asset band, $1bn to $10bn, it ranks 379th of 846; among the 14 graded banks in Connecticut, 7th. 66% of its band and 57.1% of its state graded A.

What this means for the bank

The checker's own notes on each record:

MX, pass: 1 MX record. Replies have somewhere to land. Mail is handled by Microsoft 365.
SPF, pass: One SPF record, ending in -all (fail): mail from a server that is not on the list should be rejected.
SPF, info: DNS lookups: about 10 of the 10 allowed. One more sending service could push it over. This count is an estimate.
DMARC, pass: Policy p=reject: receivers are asked to refuse mail that fails.
DMARC, info: Reports go to 3o8i8ndzzt@rua.powerdmarc.com.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at selector1._domainkey.ascend.bank, about 2048-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at selector2._domainkey.ascend.bank, about 2048-bit RSA.

What this means if you sell to Ascend Bank

Ascend Bank receives mail through Microsoft 365, whose Exchange Online Protection checks every inbound message's SPF, DKIM and DMARC and scores the sender's reputation. A clean, warmed sending domain is the minimum; a failed check lands in junk or is dropped. Before you send, run your own domain through the email setup checker and publish a policy with the DMARC record generator. For how a bank buys, see the selling to banks playbook.

Check it live

The records above are from 4 November 2026. Run the same check on ascend.bank now for today's result. The FDIC's record of the bank is at BankFind, certificate 18194.

This page is one of 1,000 in the Bank Email Readiness Index Q4 2026, published 4 November 2026 and re-read every quarter; the next edition is due 2 February 2027. If you work at Ascend Bank and the records have changed, email moe@roimaxi.com and we will re-check and update this page.

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