Odd security procedure, will drive up window for checks next time but found a handy and fast, polite, and well managed location for my first high school deposit ages ago! I wish they had better credit card rewards like the five percent! read more
First Merchants Bank was founded as the Merchants National Bank of Muncie, IN by Hardin Roads, a former successful wholesale grocer, together with a group of service-minded businessmen during the Panic of 1893. The enterprising men invested capital of $100,000.
Since then First Merchants Bank has been growing both organically and through mergers and acquisitions. The history and timeline of banks acquired includes:
1893 - Merchants National Bank
1988 - Pendleton Banking Company
1991 - First United Bank
1996 - Union County National Bank
1996 - The Randolph County Bank
1999 - First National Bank of Portland
1999 - Anderson Community Bank
2000 - Decatur Bank & Trust
2001 - Frances Slocum Bank & Trust
2002 - Lafayette Bank & Trust
2003 - Commerce National Bank
2008 - Lincoln Bank
2012 - Shelby County Bank
2013 - Citizens Financial Bank
2014 - Community Bank,
2015 - Cooper State Bank
2015 - Ameriana Bank
2017 - Arlington Bank
2017 - iAB Financial Bank