Fortress Bank provides the community with sound financial solutions for business and personal use from our nine banking centers in Illinois and Iowa. If you're interested in learning how, please fill out this form and we'll be in touch.Need to make a payment? Fortress Bank understands and our website provides the tools to make the whole process that much easier. Under the Loan Information section, you will find a payoff request option that will take you to our payoff request form. A mortgage payoff statement can be a useful piece of documentation for some borrowers to request. This was the start of a tumultuous year for the banking sector and many banks found themselves facing unrealized losses in their security book.