First Western Bank on Your Credit Report
In short: From its Booneville, Arkansas headquarters, First Western Bank operates as a state-chartered commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System. The FDIC lists it under certificate 13083, established April 18, 1910 — a charter granted in the era that produced federal deposit insurance, so its reporting history spans the entire modern credit-file system. Its 06/30/2026 call report shows $793 million in total assets across 11 reported offices. Because First Western Bank lends on its own balance sheet rather than servicing another lender's paper, it is the furnisher of record on its own tradelines, which gives you a direct FCRA §623 dispute route to the bank alongside the §611 route through the three bureaus. Information that is inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable can be disputed under the FCRA. Outcomes depend on what the furnisher can verify, and results vary.
Who First Western Bank actually is
Charter details above are from the FDIC BankFind public database.
What makes this creditor different
First Western Bank holds FDIC certificate 13083, chartered April 18, 1910 in Booneville, Arkansas (116 years old), and reported $793 million in total assets across 11 offices on the 06/30/2026 call report.
How First Western Bank appears on your credit report
Handling a First Western Bank entry differs from disputing a national issuer's tradeline. A bank in this size range typically runs reporting through a small operations team, which is why a letter identifying one specific field usually outperforms a general demand. Pin the account down by last four digits and open date, state precisely which field is inaccurate, and mirror the dispute to all three bureaus so the §611 and §623 tracks proceed together. What results depends entirely on the bank's verification, and results vary.
Names it may report under
Products that commonly show up
- ◆Retail lending products spread across its full branch footprint
- ◆Home-equity and mortgage lending secured by Arkansas property
- ◆Consumer accounts originated across its 11 Arkansas offices
Grounds to dispute a First Western Bank entry
Each of these is a reason a First Western Bank tradeline may be inaccurate or unverifiable. None of them assures removal — they are the angles worth checking on your own report.
- ◆Arkansas mortgage paid at closing but still showing a balance with First Western Bank
- ◆Charge-off reported by First Western Bank after the account was settled in full
- ◆Fed-member reporting cycle posting a balance out of step with the statement date
- ◆Account balance or credit limit reported incorrectly
- ◆Payment reported late when it was made inside the grace period
- ◆Date of first delinquency re-aged to extend how long it can report
- ◆Account still reporting as open after it was closed, or vice versa
- ◆Duplicate tradeline for the same account after an internal transfer
- ◆Account belongs to someone else with a similar name, or is the result of identity theft
Disputing an original creditor is not the same as disputing a collector
First Western Bank is an original creditor — the institution whose name was on the account when it was opened. That matters for two reasons. First, the FDCPA, which governs debt collectors, generally does not apply to a creditor collecting its own debt in its own name, so the “debt validation” request that works against a collection agency is not the right tool here. Second, as the furnisher of the tradeline, First Western Bank has direct obligations under FCRA §623 to investigate a dispute you send it and to correct or delete information it cannot verify as accurate.
Dispute with the bureaus — FCRA §611
File with Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. They must generally investigate within 30 days and tell the furnisher. Free, and you can do it yourself.
Dispute with the furnisher — FCRA §623
Send First Western Bank a direct written dispute. It must investigate and must not continue reporting information it knows is inaccurate. Keep copies and proof of delivery.
First Western Bank questions, answered
Is First Western Bank FDIC-insured, and what is its certificate number?
Yes. First Western Bank holds FDIC certificate 13083. The FDIC record shows a charter established April 18, 1910, headquarters in Booneville, AR, and 11 FDIC-reported offices with $793 million in total assets as of the 06/30/2026 call report. It is a state-chartered commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System, supervised by the FDIC and its state regulator.
Who regulates First Western Bank, and where do I escalate if a dispute fails?
First Western Bank is a state-chartered commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System, so its primary federal oversight runs through the Federal Reserve and its state banking regulator. If a dispute with the bank and the bureaus does not resolve an inaccuracy, you can file a complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and you retain a private right of action under FCRA §§616–617. Escalating does not require a third party — you can do all of it yourself at no cost.
How many credit-card complaints does the CFPB show against First Western Bank?
We do not publish a figure for First Western Bank. A 11-office community bank is rarely a distinct company in the CFPB's credit-card complaint data, and we do not publish counts matched by partial name, because similar names belong to unrelated companies and attributing another firm's complaints to First Western Bank would be inaccurate. You can search the database yourself at consumerfinance.gov.
How long can a First Western Bank charge-off stay on my credit report?
A charged-off First Western Bank account can generally report for up to seven years from the date of first delinquency — the original missed payment that was never brought current, not the date First Western Bank charged it off and not the date it was sold to a collector. If that date has been moved forward, the re-aging is itself a reportable FCRA inaccuracy.
What is the difference between disputing with First Western Bank and disputing with a collector?
First Western Bank is the original creditor, so it furnishes the original tradeline and holds the underlying records — application, statements, payment postings. A collector reports a separate tradeline built from data handed to it. A §623 dispute to First Western Bank reaches the party holding the documents, which is why these often resolve on evidence a collector never had.
Does First Western Bank report to all three credit bureaus?
Furnishing is voluntary under the FCRA, so this depends on First Western Bank's own arrangements. A lender with 11 offices and $793 million in assets may report to only one or two bureaus, each on its own cycle. Pull all three before deciding a First Western Bank account is missing or misreported — a balance that differs between bureaus is usually just a timing artifact, whereas a mismatch in payment history, account status or date of first delinquency is worth a dispute.
First Western Bank was acquired or changed names — why does my report show two accounts?
Mergers and rebrands routinely cause this: a converted First Western Bank account can appear under both the old and new furnisher name at once. Only one tradeline should survive, and the duplicate needs to be deleted rather than marked closed, since a duplicate still inflates your utilization and account count. For a charter of this era, a mid-century conversion is the usual cause. Identify both versions by last four digits and open date when you dispute.
Can I dispute First Western Bank reporting myself, without paying anyone?
You can, free of charge. The FCRA gives you the dispute right personally; it is not something that has to be purchased. Send First Western Bank a written dispute identifying the inaccurate field, and send the same to the bureaus. What changes depends on the bank's verification, and no honest party will promise you a number.
What should I check first on First Western Bank reporting?
Three fields decide how long an item lasts and how heavily it weighs: date of first delinquency, account status, and high balance or credit limit. On a charter of this vintage, decades-old conversions are the common source of stale status codes. Compare each against your own statements before writing, because a dispute that names one provably wrong field resolves far more often than a general request to remove the account.
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This page is general information about consumer rights, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Crowned Credit is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by First Western Bank; company names are used only to identify the institution a consumer may see on a credit report. Crowned Credit does not promise any particular outcome; results vary by individual circumstances and by what a furnisher is able to verify. Accurate, verifiable information generally cannot be removed from a credit report. You have the right to dispute inaccurate information yourself, for free, directly with the credit bureaus and with the furnisher.
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