Dupage National Bank

Dupage National Bank looks like the sort of bank people use when they want checking, savings and loans from a local institution rather than a sprawling national brand. By our assessment, its real strength is that conventional community-bank mix: plain products, local lending, and a service style that tends to be less tangled than the big-bank version. The downside is equally plain, since a smaller bank rarely offers the breadth, perks or digital extras of a giant competitor. In practice it is the kind of place where the basics matter more than polish, and that can be exactly what a customer wants. It sits in the familiar middle ground between a credit union and a large commercial bank, and the appeal is in that measured scale.