Banks in Great Lakes, IL

Bank branch map: Great Lakes

Banks sit at the coordinates in their FDIC record; credit union offices at their NCUA address, located with the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder. Point at a marker for today's hours, tap it for the address, directions and the bank's site.

Short answer: 2 banks and credit unions operate 3 locations in Great Lakes, according to the FDIC and the NCUA. 3 of them have coordinates on record and are on the map. 2 publish opening hours.

Positions are the regulators' own coordinates, or the Census Geocoder's point for the address, and can sit a few hundred feet from the door. Streets, buildings and parks come from OpenStreetMap through OpenFreeMap, with every street named as you zoom in; if that map cannot load, a simpler map drawn from the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line files takes its place. ATMs will follow with the Overture Maps import.

All banks and credit unions in Great Lakes

Sorted by number of local branches. Each branch shows where its hours and phone number come from.

Short answer: Armed Forces Bank is the only bank with an office in Great Lakes. Open any bank to see each address, today's hours where the bank publishes them and the phone number.

Navy Federal Credit Union 2 offices · main office Vienna, VA Credit union · 2

Navy Federal Credit Union has 2 officees in Great Lakes, 5 across Illinois. It is based in Vienna, VA and $203.56 billion in assets on March 31, 2026, according to its NCUA call report. All 2 of its Great Lakes locations with published hours open on Saturday.

Who can join: see the credit union's site.

• Usn Recruit Command Il

  3301 Indiana St Mcpon Hall, Bldg 1313, 60088

  (888) 842-6328Today 8 am to 4 pm

  All hours

  Mon to Fri 8 am to 4 pm; Sat 8 am to 12 pm; Sun not published

  Hours: NCUA, March 31, 2026

  Directions
• Ns Great Lakes Il

  Naval Training Center Bldg 290 525 Clark Ave, 60088

  (888) 842-6328Today 9 am to 4:30 pm

  All hours

  Mon to Thu 9 am to 4:30 pm; Fri 9 am to 5 pm; Sat 9 am to 1 pm; Sun not published

  Hours: NCUA, March 31, 2026

  Directions

Navy Federal Credit Union: profile, branches and contacts

Armed Forces Bank 1 branch · main office Fort Leavenworth, KS Bank · 1

Armed Forces Bank has 1 branch in Great Lakes, 1 across Illinois and 15 nationwide. FDIC records list its main office in Fort Leavenworth, KS and show it operating since 1907. With $1.42 billion in total assets on June 30, 2026, it ranks No. 780 of 4,232 U.S. banks by total assets. The Great Lakes Branch at 26 Farragut Avenue dates to 1997 in FDIC branch records. It does not publish hours in the sources this page uses; check its site before you go.

• Great Lakes Branch

  26 Farragut Avenue, 60088

  Hours: see the bank's site
  DirectionsWebsite

Armed Forces Bank: profile, branches and contacts

Join a credit union in Great Lakes

1 credit union has 2 offices here: Navy Federal Credit Union. Each office is listed above with the phone and the hours it filed with the NCUA (call report as of March 31, 2026). Who can join each one is on its own site; the credit unions in Great Lakes page has every office in the state's directory.

Banking in Great Lakes: the local picture

Short answer: 1 bank runs 1 branch in Great Lakes according to the FDIC. A population estimate for this place is not available from the Census Bureau, so branches per resident are not shown.

Armed Forces Bank has its main office in Fort Leavenworth, KS, according to the FDIC.

The bank with the longest record here is Armed Forces Bank, operating since 1907 according to the FDIC.

The only credit union with an office here is Navy Federal Credit Union.

Of the 2 locations with published hours. 2 open on Saturday. 1 location has no published hours in these sources.

Credit unions open on Saturday in Great Lakes

Short answer: 2 of the 2 Great Lakes locations with published hours open on Saturday, run by 1 institution.

• Navy Federal Credit Union: 2 of 2 offices (3301 Indiana St Mcpon Hall, Bldg 1313: Saturday 8 am to 12 pm, and 1 more)

Credit union hours are the text each credit union filed with the NCUA, call report as of March 31, 2026; a day the filing does not mention is shown as not published, never as closed. Bank branches show hours only where the bank publishes them in a source this page uses; 1 of the 3 locations here have no published hours yet. The source and date sit under each office. Banks and credit unions often close on Federal Reserve holidays; call ahead.

Chase, Bank of America and other national banks

Which big national banks have branches in Great Lakes, and where the nearest one is if they do not.

Short answer: No branches in Great Lakes: Chase (nearest in Lake Bluff, 3 mi), Wells Fargo (nearest in Vernon Hills, 7 mi), Bank of America (nearest in Waukegan, 4 mi), PNC Bank (nearest in Waukegan, 3 mi), U.S. Bank (nearest in Vernon Hills, 8 mi), Truist, Fifth Third Bank (nearest in Waukegan, 5 mi), Huntington (nearest in Waukegan, 5 mi), Regions Bank (nearest in Bloomington, 139 mi), TD Bank, BMO (nearest in Lake Forest, 4 mi).

Branch counts from FDIC BankFind as of September 5, 2026. Distances are straight-line miles from the center of Great Lakes to the nearest branch in Illinois.

What your savings could earn

National benchmarks and the best published offers, from the Banrox Bank Rates tracker. Enter your own balance and rate to compare.

Short answer: At the national average savings rate of 0.38%, $10,000 kept in savings for a year earns about $38. The best published savings rate in the tracker, 3.75% at CIT Bank, earns about $375. The national average 12-month CD pays 1.71%.

Rates are the banks' published APYs as tracked on the Banrox Bank Rates page, with the date next to each benchmark; they are not offers from Banrox and can change daily. Interest is before tax. The best offers are mostly online banks and are open to Great Lakes residents like anyone else.

Banks near Great Lakes

Nearby cities with at least two banks, by straight-line distance. Counts from FDIC BankFind.

Short answer: The closest towns with more choice are Lake Bluff (3 miles) and Waukegan (4 miles). Gurnee, 7 miles away, has the most banks nearby: 11.

Bank branch openings and closings in Great Lakes

FDIC branch records, between September 5, 2025 and September 5, 2026.

Short answer: FDIC branch records show no bank branch openings in Great Lakes between September 5, 2025 and September 5, 2026. Closings and relocations are not tracked by the sources this page uses yet.

Largest banks in Great Lakes by total assets

Ranked by each bank's total assets on its FDIC balance sheet, which covers the whole bank, not only its Great Lakes offices.

Short answer: Armed Forces Bank is the largest bank with offices in Great Lakes, with $1.42 billion in total assets on June 30, 2026, No. 780 among U.S. banks by total assets. Local deposit shares will follow once the FDIC Summary of Deposits is imported.

Total assets and ranks from FDIC BankFind as of June 30, 2026. Rank is among active banks that report total assets to the FDIC.

Banks in Great Lakes: FAQ

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