{{Short description|American commercial bank}} {{Infobox company | name = FB&T {{!}} First Bank & Trust | native_name = | native_name_lang = <!-- Use ISO 639-1 code, e.g. "fr" for French. For multiple names in different languages, use {{lang|[code]|[name]}}. --> | logo = First Bank & Trust logo.svg | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_padding = | image = | image_alt = | image_caption = | founder = | area_served = Chicago metropolitan area | industry = Commercial banking<br>Financial services | products = Banking<br />Trust company | brands = | services = | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | ratio = <!-- for BANKS ONLY --> | rating = <!-- for BANKS ONLY --> | website = {{url |https://www.firstbt.com/}} | former_name = }}'''First Bank & Trust''' (FB&T) was a community and commercial bank founded in Evanston, Illinois, that was legally acquired by Chicago's Byline Bank<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171127/NEWS01/171129922/chicago-s-byline-bank-buys-leading-evanston-community-bank-first-bank-trust|title=Chicago's Byline Bank buys leading Evanston community bank|website=Crain's Chicago Business|date=27 November 2017|language=en|access-date=2018-09-29}}</ref> in 2018 after the company filed for bankruptcy in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/palatine-illinois-bank-to-be-sold-through-chapter-11-reorganization-plan?context=search&index=217|title= Palatine, Illinois Bank to Be Sold Through Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan|date=2015-04-30|access-date=2026-02-09|website=Bloomberg Law|language=en}}</ref> FB&T was originally founded in 1995 by Robert Yohanan, Howard Kain and James Lytle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-jay-honor-tl-0924-20150922-story.html|title=Former Evanston mayor James Lytle honored at special ceremony|last=Tribune|first=Chicago|website=Chicago Tribune |date=22 September 2015 |access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref>
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