Text Banking Service with FirstMobile Banking

With the Text Banking feature offered through FirstMobile Banking you can access your accounts even when you don’t have Internet access with your mobile phone! When you enroll for Text Banking you can send a simple text message to:

Message and data rates may apply.

Text Banking is available to anyone with a mobile phone that receives text messages. It does not need be a smart phone.

Enroll in Text Banking Now

Our FirstMobile Banking Text Banking feature is available to anyone enrolled in FirstLink Online Banking. If you are not enrolled with FirstLink Online Banking, please speak to a branch representative or enroll for free online at www.fnbli.com.

If you are already enrolled, follow these simple steps:

  1. Log into FirstLink Online Banking using your desktop computer, and select “mobile” in the top right hand corner of the page. Review and click the box on the bottom left to accept the Terms & Conditions, then press “Continue.”
  2. On the right hand side of the screen, select “Text Banking” to enroll in this services on the right hand side (and any other services you’d like to enroll in).
  3. Chose the eligible accounts you’d like to enroll for Text Banking and give them short, but identifiable nicknames, for example, “CHK” for your Checking Account or “SAV” for Savings Account.
  4. Continue to follow the prompts, enter your mobile phone number to receive the “Activation Code” via text which you will then enter to confirm you want to have these alerts sent to that specific phone.
  5. Once you enter the code and press “Activate” you will be set-up for Text Banking! Use the drop down menu in “Manage Mobile Banking Devices” to set-up account alerts and to explore other features of our FirstMobile Banking services!

Shortcode Prompts for FirstMobile Banking Text Services

Text the following commands to “39872” to receive information about your enrolled accounts or to find your nearest First National Bank of Long Island Branch or ATM.

Information Text Command
  Account Balances   BAL + Account Nickname
  Transaction History   HIST + Account Nickname
  Nearest Branch   ATM + Street or Zip Code
  Nearest ATM   Branch + Street or Zip Code