First Financial Bank: email security grade A

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First Financial Bank, El Dorado, Arkansas, is the 582nd largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets ($2bn). On 4 November 2026 the public email records of ffb1.com 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 ffb1.com

Check	Result	What was published
MX	Pass	`10 d250056a.ess.barracudanetworks.com`, `15 d250056b.ess.barracudanetworks.com`. Mail handled by Barracuda
SPF	Pass	v=spf1 ip4:69.169.238.10 ip4:69.169.238.11 ip4:69.169.238.12 ip4:69.169.238.13 ip4:69.169.238.14 ip4:69.169.238.15 ip4:69.169.238.16 ip4:54.240.43.228 ip4:54.240.43.229 ip4:54.240.43.230 ip4:54.240.43.231 ip4:54.240.43.232 ip4:54.240.43.233 ip4:54.240.43.234 ip4:128.136.104.0/24 ip4:44.214.246.148 ip4:67.14.214.52 ip4:12.42.81.2 ip4:209.34.255.0/24 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf.ess.barracudanetworks.com include:spf-us.emailsignatures365.com include:gateways.firstdata.com include:spfref.jackhenry.com -all. DNS lookups: 5 of 10 allowed; ends -all
DMARC	Pass	`v=DMARC1; p=reject; fo=1; rua=mailto:dmarc@ffb1.com; ruf=mailto:dmarc@ffb1.com; pct=100;`. Policy p=reject, applied to 100% of mail; reports collected (rua= set)
DKIM	Pass, not graded	Key found on selectors selector1, selector2, default (of 10 common selectors tried)

Where First Financial Bank ranks

First Financial Bank is the 582nd largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets, at $2bn as reported to the FDIC (certificate 28905; El Dorado, Arkansas). Among the 999 graded banks, First Financial Bank ranks 394th by grade (ties broken by assets, larger first). In its asset band, $1bn to $10bn, it ranks 279th of 846; among the 23 graded banks in Arkansas, 7th. 66% of its band and 65.2% 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: about 5 of the 10 allowed. This count is an estimate.
DMARC, pass: Policy p=reject: receivers are asked to refuse mail that fails.
DMARC, info: Reports go to dmarc@ffb1.com.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at selector1._domainkey.ffb1.com, about 1024-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at selector2._domainkey.ffb1.com, about 1024-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at default._domainkey.ffb1.com, about 4096-bit RSA.

What this means if you sell to First Financial Bank

First Financial Bank 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 ffb1.com now for today's result. The FDIC's record of the bank is at BankFind, certificate 28905.

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

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