54 HќќѠіђџȱ юћјђџ ђѐђњяђџȱ2016 Centier Bank, Northern Indiana Centier Bank is the largest privately owned independent bank ȱ ȱȱȱĴȱ to being owned and operated by the Schrage family. Since 1895, Centier Bank has provided worldclass service to generations of Indiana families and businesses, and continues this tradition with a growing network of 54 banking locations throughout Allen, Boone, Elkhart, Hamilton, Lake, LaPorte, Marion, Marshall, Porter, St. Joseph and Tippecanoe counties. Centier’s headquarters and call center are located in Indiana, with lending decisions made by local bankers who live and work in the communities served by the bank. Centier employs the best in banking, from world-class service tellers to its board of directors. The board consists of trusted leaders and community servants from throughout the bank’s region. Directors form an outstanding group of professionals with knowledgeable, diverse and driven leadership. This leadership, paired with Centier’s associates and clients, has built a phenomenal corporate culture that focuses on family values. ȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱĴȱ that the bank will not be for sale for any cost, making Centier unique in a world of merging bank corporations. With this “not for sale” promise, Centier is preserving community banking and remaining independently owned and operated for generations to come. Headquartered in Merrillville, Centier Bank is the largest privately owned independent bank in Indiana and remains committed to being owned and operated by the Schrage family for years to come. Continued from page 53. First Farmers Bank &Trust Company, Converse Founded in 1885 as Mark Tully’s Exchange Bank, First Farmers Bank & Trust Company has steadfast- ¢ȱĴȱȱȱȱ the traditions of rural banking and bringing that style of service to new markets. First Farmers Bank & Trust ȱȱ¢ȱȱęȱȱ dedicated to serving its communities with state-of-the-art banking products and old-fashioned service. In the ¢ȱ ȱȱęȱǰȱ First Farmers prides itself on retain- ȱ ȱĚȱȱ¢ȱ customer service, while providing innovative commercial lending and deposit products at competitive rates. First Farmers Bank & Trust serves over 50,000 clients throughout Indiana and has become one of the premier community banks in the Midwest. With almost 400 employees Associates of First Farmers Bank & Trust Company gather for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. and over $1.5 billion in assets, First Farmers Bank & Trust is now the largest agricultural bank east of the Mississippi River, as designated by the FDIC. First Farmers Bank & Trust is proud of its rich tradition as a solid ęȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ideals. As it faces the challenges of the next 125 years, it continues to focus on its strength of providing stateof-the-art banking with old-fashioned service. Alliance Bank, Francesville In May 1930, during an epidemic of bank failures in Northern Indiana, brought on mainly by depreciation in real estate values, the State Bank of Francesville failed to open its doors. In July 1930, the People’s State Bank of Francesville, which had been in the process of organization under the direction of the State Banking Department, opened its doors for business. It had secured its charter with 167 stockholders, representing a capital stock of $25,000 and a $5,000 surplus fund. Down the road was the $72 million State Bank of Oxford, with locations ȱ ¡ǰȱ Ĵȱȱ ǯȱ The bank had been chartered in 1902,
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