First Federal Bank of Louisiana: email security grade A

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First Federal Bank of Louisiana, Lake Charles, Louisiana, is the 909th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets ($1.1bn). On 4 November 2026 the public email records of ffbla.bank graded A: MX pass, SPF pass, DMARC p=reject, mail handled by Barracuda.

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 ffbla.bank

Check	Result	What was published
MX	Pass	`5 d344411a.ess.barracudanetworks.com`, `10 d344411b.ess.barracudanetworks.com`. Mail handled by Barracuda
SPF	Pass	`v=spf1 mx ip4:149.72.249.133 ip4:149.72.28.49 ip4:149.72.28.198 ip4:50.31.35.233 ip4:66.76.162.232 ip4:12.216.240.200 ip4:12.39.37.39 ip4:167.89.11.238 ip4:12.216.240.195 include:servers.mcsv.net include:spf.cashedge.com include:gateways.firstdata.com include:vertifi.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf.ess.barracudanetworks.com -all`. DNS lookups: 10 or more of 10 allowed; ends -all
DMARC	Pass	`v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:postmaster@ffbla.bank`. Policy p=reject; reports collected (rua= set)
DKIM	Pass, not graded	Key found on selectors selector1, k1, s1, s2 (of 10 common selectors tried)

Where First Federal Bank of Louisiana ranks

First Federal Bank of Louisiana is the 909th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets, at $1.1bn as reported to the FDIC (certificate 30441; Lake Charles, Louisiana). Among the 999 graded banks, First Federal Bank of Louisiana ranks 607th by grade (ties broken by assets, larger first). In its asset band, $1bn to $10bn, it ranks 492nd of 846; among the 19 graded banks in Louisiana, 10th. 66% of its band and 68.4% 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 10 of the 10 allowed. One more sending service could push it over. 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 postmaster@ffbla.bank.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at selector1._domainkey.ffbla.bank, about 2048-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at k1._domainkey.ffbla.bank, about 1024-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at s1._domainkey.ffbla.bank, about 2048-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at s2._domainkey.ffbla.bank, about 2048-bit RSA.

What this means if you sell to First Federal Bank of Louisiana

First Federal Bank of Louisiana routes inbound mail through Barracuda, 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 ffbla.bank now for today's result. The FDIC's record of the bank is at BankFind, certificate 30441.

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

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