First Western Trust Bank: email security grade B

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First Western Trust Bank, Denver, Colorado, is the 384th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets ($3.2bn). On 4 November 2026 the public email records of myfw.com graded B: MX pass, SPF pass, DMARC p=none, mail handled by Barracuda.

Grade B. One setting does less than it seems to. Read by DNS on 4 November 2026; the records are shown as published.

What was found on myfw.com

Check	Result	What was published
MX	Pass	`10 d279408a.ess.barracudanetworks.com`, `20 d279408b.ess.barracudanetworks.com`. Mail handled by Barracuda
SPF	Pass	v=spf1 include:spf.ess.barracudanetworks.com mx include:spfhost.messageprovider.com include:_spf.optimalblue.com include:468003.spf08.hubspotemail.net include:mg-spf.greenhouse.io include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:autotask.net include:spf.digitalinsight.com ip4:69.169.238.0/27 ip4:54.240.43.224/28 ip4:199.189.124.10 ip4:199.189.126.10 ip4:40.114.245.178 ip4:162.213.47.252 ip4:162.213.47.253 ip4:87.253.232.0/21 ip4:185.189.236.0/22 ip4:185.211.120.0/22 ip4:185.250.236.0/22 ip4:216.116.87.142 ip4:74.200.60.34 ip4:52.128.98.34 ip4:52.128.98.35 ip4:52.128.98.36 -all. DNS lookups: 10 or more of 10 allowed; ends -all
DMARC	Warn	`v=DMARC1; p=none; fo=1; rua=mailto:alerts@coreitx.com,mailto:rua+myfw.com@dmarc.barracudanetworks.com; ruf=mailto:ruf+myfw.com@dmarc.barracudanetworks.com`. Policy p=none; reports collected (rua= set)
DKIM	Pass, not graded	Key found on selectors selector1, selector2, k1, s1, s2 (of 10 common selectors tried)

Where First Western Trust Bank ranks

First Western Trust Bank is the 384th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets, at $3.2bn as reported to the FDIC (certificate 57607; Denver, Colorado). Among the 999 graded banks, First Western Trust Bank ranks 752nd by grade (ties broken by assets, larger first). In its asset band, $1bn to $10bn, it ranks 611th of 846; among the 8 graded banks in Colorado, 6th. 66% of its band and 50% 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, warn: Policy p=none: receivers are asked to do nothing with mail that fails. Reports are on, so you can see what fails.
DMARC, info: Reports go to alerts@coreitx.com, rua+myfw.com@dmarc.barracudanetworks.com.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at selector1._domainkey.myfw.com, about 2048-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at selector2._domainkey.myfw.com, about 2048-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at k1._domainkey.myfw.com, about 1024-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at s1._domainkey.myfw.com, about 2048-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at s2._domainkey.myfw.com, about 2048-bit RSA.

What this means if you sell to First Western Trust Bank

First Western Trust 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 myfw.com now for today's result. The FDIC's record of the bank is at BankFind, certificate 57607.

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

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