Bank First: email security grade A

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Bank First, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, is the 245th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets ($5.9bn). On 4 November 2026 the public email records of bankfirst.com graded A: MX pass, SPF pass, DMARC p=reject, mail handled by Proofpoint.

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 bankfirst.com

Check	Result	What was published
MX	Pass	`15 mx2-us1.ppe-hosted.com`, `15 mx1-us1.ppe-hosted.com`. Mail handled by Proofpoint
SPF	Pass	`v=spf1 include:_u.bankfirst.com._spf.smart.ondmarc.com ~all`. DNS lookups: 8 of 10 allowed; ends ~all
DMARC	Pass	`v=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100; sp=reject; rua=mailto:69cb18e3@inbox.ondmarc.com,mailto:fkmhj2yz@ag.us.dmarcian.com; ruf=mailto:69cb18e3@inbox.ondmarc.com,mailto:fkmhj2yz@fr.us.dmarcian.com; adkim=r; aspf=r; fo=1; rf=afrf; ri=3600`. Policy p=reject, subdomains sp=reject, applied to 100% of mail; reports collected (rua= set)
DKIM	Pass, not graded	Key found on selector selector1 (of 10 common selectors tried)

Where Bank First ranks

Bank First is the 245th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets, at $5.9bn as reported to the FDIC (certificate 5304; Manitowoc, Wisconsin). Among the 999 graded banks, Bank First ranks 181st by grade (ties broken by assets, larger first). In its asset band, $1bn to $10bn, it ranks 66th of 846; among the 29 graded banks in Wisconsin, 3rd. 66% 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 (softfail): mail from a server that is not on the list is treated as suspect.
SPF, info: DNS lookups: about 8 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 69cb18e3@inbox.ondmarc.com, fkmhj2yz@ag.us.dmarcian.com.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at selector1._domainkey.bankfirst.com, about 2048-bit RSA.

What this means if you sell to Bank First

Bank First routes inbound mail through Proofpoint, 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 bankfirst.com now for today's result. The FDIC's record of the bank is at BankFind, certificate 5304.

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

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