Associated Bank: email security grade A

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Associated Bank, Green Bay, Wisconsin, is the 48th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets ($52bn). On 4 November 2026 the public email records of associatedbank.com graded A: MX pass, SPF pass, DMARC p=reject, mail handled by Cisco Secure Email.

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 associatedbank.com

Check	Result	What was published
MX	Pass	`10 mx2.hc5396-88.iphmx.com`, `10 mx1.hc5396-88.iphmx.com`. Mail handled by Cisco Secure Email
SPF	Pass	`v=spf1 exists:%{i}._i.%{d}._d.espf.agari.com include:%{d}.40.spf-protect.agari.com -all`. DNS lookups: 2 or more of 10 allowed; ends -all
DMARC	Pass	`v=DMARC1; p=reject; sp=reject; fo=1; ri=3600; rua=mailto:associatedbank@rua.agari.com,mailto:mailauth-reports@associatedbank.com; ruf=mailto:associatedbank@ruf.agari.com`. Policy p=reject, subdomains sp=reject; reports collected (rua= set)
DKIM	Pass, not graded	Key found on selectors s1, s2 (of 10 common selectors tried)

Where Associated Bank ranks

Associated Bank is the 48th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets, at $52bn as reported to the FDIC (certificate 5296; Green Bay, Wisconsin). Among the 999 graded banks, Associated Bank ranks 41st by grade (ties broken by assets, larger first). In its asset band, $10bn to $100bn, it ranks 11th of 122; among the 29 graded banks in Wisconsin, 1st. 69.7% of its band and 72.4% of its state graded A.

What this means for the bank

The checker's own notes on each record:

MX, pass: 2 MX records. Replies have somewhere to land.
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: at least 2 of the 10 allowed. This count is an estimate.
SPF, info: The record uses SPF macros, which only resolve for a real message, so the lookup count is a floor.
DMARC, pass: Policy p=reject: receivers are asked to refuse mail that fails.
DMARC, info: Reports go to associatedbank@rua.agari.com, mailauth-reports@associatedbank.com.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at s1._domainkey.associatedbank.com, about 2048-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at s2._domainkey.associatedbank.com, about 2048-bit RSA.

What this means if you sell to Associated Bank

Associated Bank routes inbound mail through Cisco Secure Email, a filtering gateway. Expect strict inbound filtering: a message from a sender whose SPF, DKIM or DMARC fails, or whose domain has little sending history, is unlikely to reach a person. 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 associatedbank.com now for today's result. The FDIC's record of the bank is at BankFind, certificate 5296.

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 Associated Bank and the records have changed, email moe@roimaxi.com and we will re-check and update this page.

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