Business Banking
Manage cash flow, mitigate risk, and strategically invest with business banking solutions encompassing both traditional commercial banking and alternative specialty finance options.
Commercial Banking
Treasury Management
Commercial Lending
Company Retirement Plans
SBA Lending
Specialty Finance
Equipment Finance
Asset-Based Lending
Accounts Receivable Financing
Floorplan Financing
Private Wealth
Protect the long-term health of your family’s financial future.
Financial Planning Services
Investment Management
Trust & Estate Administration
Private Banking
Brokerage Services
Consulting For Banks
Make strategic investment and asset liability decisions with a partner that knows how to ask the right questions.
Investment Portfolio Services
Asset Liability Management (ALM)
ALM Process Validation

About / Team

Laura Garcia

Chief Risk Officer

First Business Financial Services, Inc.
parent company of First Business Bank

847-493-8307

About Laura

Laura Garcia is the Chief Risk Officer at First Business Bank, with oversight accountabilities for risk management, legal, compliance, audit and loan review. Laura has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, centered in commercial banking, credit, compliance and risk management, most recently with BMO. She also has valuable experience in sales and training and has led the development and implementation of business advisory sales programs and credit training programs. She has a passion for mentoring through which she developed bank mentoring programs and has volunteered with various organizations to mentor college students and young professionals on personal finance and career development. Laura has worked on many large projects over her career including bank integration initiatives and led the BMO’s commercial banking PPP program.

She has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a minor in International Studies and resides with her husband and family in Lisle, IL.