First Merchants Bank

About Us

First Merchants Corporation is the largest financial services holding company located in Central Indiana. We provide our customers with broad financial services delivered locally by bankers who are known and trusted in their communities. We offer personal banking, business banking, mortgage lending, treasury management services, and wealth management.

We are focused on building deep, lifelong client relationships and providing maximum shareholder value. We provide an environment where customers can bank with their neighbors, realizing that our business begins and ends with people.

Our Mission

To be the most responsive, knowledgeable and high-performing financial organization for our clients, teammates and shareholders.

Our Culture

We are a team of associates who support and expect superior results from our company and ourselves. Accountability and execution is the foundation of our success.

Core Values

Client Satisfaction: Focus on the client in all that we do.
Teamwork: Teams make better decisions.
Local Decisions: Make decisions locally…stay close to the client.
Integrity: Maintain the highest standards with clients, associates, communities and stakeholders.
Quality: Provide predictably superior execution.
People: Respect and value people as our competitive advantage.
Financial Performance: We operate profitable lines of business to benefit our stakeholders.
Balanced Risk: Balance value creation with value preservation.
Credit: Manage the credit we extend.