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First Merchants CEO: Attractive market, retail branches key to Cooper State Bank deal

First Merchants Corp. executives were looking in Central Ohio for at least three years before striking a deal with Dublin-based Cooper State Bank. First Merchants Corp. executives were looking in ...
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First Merchants Corporation

First Merchants Corporation is the largest financial services holding company in Central Indiana, headquartered in Muncie, Indiana. The Corporation has one full-service bank charter, First Merchants ...
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First Merchants Corporation and First Savings Financial Group, Inc. Announce Signing of Definitive Merger Agreement

MUNCIE, Ind. and JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Merchants Corporation (FRME) (“First Merchants”) and First Savings Financial Group ...
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Old Second Bancorp, Inc. and First Merchants Corporation Announce Transaction Involving Chicagoland Branch Operations

CHICAGO, Aug. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Old Second Bancorp, Inc. (OSBC), the parent company of Old Second National Bank (“Old Second”), and First Merchants Corporation (FRME), the parent company of ...