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5.3.2024 / Gateway Awards

Gateway Named to Top Mortgage Lenders by Mortgage Executive Magazine

TULSA, Okla., May 3, 2024 – Gateway Mortgage, a division of Gateway First Bank, is proud to announce that it has been named to the Top 50 Mortgage Companies in America 2023, published by Mortgage Executive Magazine. Gateway ranks number 30 based on total yearly mortgage volume. This list is considered one of the most comprehensive lists of the nation’s top 100 closely held mortgage companies and publicly traded banks, ranked by their total yearly mortgage volume. Mortgage Executive Magazine seeks to recognize and celebrate the service, dedication, and hard work that mortgage originators, managers, and executives put into building their companies and serving their clients.

4.23.2024 / Gateway Announcements

Gateway First Bank Receives National Certification by Banking Advocates as Offering a Safe, Affordable Personal Checking Account

Tulsa, Okla., April 22, 2024 – The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund) has officially certified the Personal Checking Account offered to customers by Gateway First Bank as meeting the Bank On National Account Standards (2023 - 2024). The national safe account Standards designate 25 features for safe and affordable consumer transaction accounts that ensure low cost, high functionality, and consumer safety. The Standards were co-created by consumer advocates, leading national nonprofit organizations, civic leaders, and other financial institutions.

4.23.2024 / Gateway Announcements

Gateway Appoints Jonathan Wallace as Chief Financial Officer

Tulsa, Okla., Apr. 22, 2024—Gateway First Bank has appointed Jonathan Wallace as Chief Financial Officer. Jonathan brings an expansive financial services background with over 24 years of experience and has served in several financial functions spanning multiple companies.

4.10.2024 / Gateway Announcements

Gateway Expands Private Wealth Division

Tulsa, Okla., April X, 2024 – Gateway First Bank, one of the largest banking operations in Oklahoma, recently expanded Gateway Private Wealth services through a relationship with LPL Financial, a wealth management firm. Led by Managing Director Josh Randolph, services provided will include financial planning, estate, legacy, and philanthropic planning, investment management, and tax planning.

4.10.2024 / Gateway Awards

Gateway Team Members Named to the 2024 Scotsman Guide Top Originators List

Tulsa, Okla., April 10, 2024– Gateway Mortgage, a division of Gateway First Bank, is proud to announce that 32 team members have been named Top Originators by the Scotsman Guide. The list is the industry's most comprehensive and verified ranking of the nation's top-producing residential mortgage brokers, originators, loan officers, and bankers.

4.5.2024 / Gateway in the News

Gateway First Bank to Display Quilts During Annual Tonkawa Film Festival

Tonkawa, Okla., April 5, 2024—In support of the annual Tonkawa Film Festival, Gateway First Bank will display film-themed quilts crafted by local residents. The festival, hosted by the Tonkawa Chamber of Commerce, showcases short independent films from April 15 to 19.

3.28.2024 / Gateway Announcements

Gateway Welcomes Taylor Turner-Arndt as Northwest Oklahoma Market President

Tulsa, Okla., March 28, 2024 – Gateway First Bank, one of the largest banking operations in Oklahoma, has announced that Taylor Turner-Arndt has been promoted as the Northwest Oklahoma Market President. In this role, she will oversee all retail and commercial banking activities.

3.18.2024 / Gateway in the News

Keeping Home Ownership Within Reach

With the American populace undergoing immense generational changes, MortgagePoint examines how the industry can work to provide the bedrock of generational wealth that is responsible homeownership to as many as possible.