{"id":326,"date":"2020-09-16T07:18:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T14:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstamericanbanknm.com\/wph\/workarea\/?page_id=326"},"modified":"2025-06-23T17:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:40:30","slug":"largest-independent-community-bank","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.firstamericanbanknm.com\/wph\/workarea\/our-community\/about-our-community\/largest-independent-community-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Message to our Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-ncr-blocks-promo-band band content-fullwidth\"><div class=\"zone\"><div class=\"feature-wrap feature-wrap-promos-v007\"><div class=\"feature ncr-custom-block ncr-bio-unit\"><div class=\"feature-padding\"><div class=\"feature-image cover-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstamericanbanknm.com\/wph\/workarea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img-community-GregMarrs-2.png\" alt=\"image of greg marrs, president, CEO and chairman of First American Bank\"\/><\/div><div class=\"feature-content\"><div class=\"feature-content-text\"><h2 class=\"promo-line-1\">Greg Marrs<\/h2><h3 class=\"promo-line-2\">Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"feature-cta promo-band-links\"> <p>Dear customers and friends,<\/p>    <p>First American Bank was founded in Artesia, New Mexico in 1903 and is the largest independent community bank in New Mexico. We have reached a milestone few companies in this country can celebrate &#8211; our 122nd year anniversary.<\/p>    <p>We achieved our longevity with a strong commitment to our customers as the guiding principle of our success. We strive to be transformational from the simplest of transactions to the most complex of projects. Ultimately, it&#8217;s our goal to help our customers and the communities we serve reach a high-level of success.<\/p>    <p>Across the organization, our employees are united by their dedication to delivering unparalleled value and building long-term relationships based on trust and loyalty that only a local independent community bank can offer.<\/p> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>    <div class=\"wp-block-ncr-blocks-button button button-align-left\"><a class=\"ncr-btn btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstamericanbanknm.com\/wph\/workarea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/First-American-Bank-2024-Annual-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Annual Statement of Condition<\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"wp-block-ncr-blocks-image-credit imageCredit-wrapper band band-image-credits is-style-default\"><div class=\"band-cta\"><p class=\"output-field1\"><\/p><p class=\"output-field2\"><\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2>Messages to Our Customers<\/h2>\n\n<h3>Customer Announcement<\/h3>\n\n<p>Our bank lobbies are open reg&#8230;","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4360,"parent":43,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-326","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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