Hoosier Banker 21 3. Enroll in FinEdLink. This is a relatively new service from the foundation that allows us to pair banks with community groups or schools that are interested in having a banker present on ageappropriate personal finance topics, including senior fraud prevention. Paul Witte, senior vice president, commercial lending manager for First Bank Richmond, has been named chairman of the board of the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce. He previously served as treasurer and vice chair. Witte began his financial services career in 1996; was named president and CEO of First Federal Leasing, a division of First Bank Richmond, in 2006; and assumed his current bank role in 2014. A graduate of Ball State University, Witte attended the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin and completed the GSB Financial Managers School. Mark Hardwick, executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of First Merchants Corporation, Muncie, has been appointed to the Ball State University board of trustees. He joined First Merchants Bank in 1997 and was promoted to vice president in 2000, CFO in 2002 and COO in 2016. A graduate of Ball State University, Hardwick played basketball for the Cardinals. Kyle Raugh, security officer at First Bank of Berne, has been awarded the certified fraud examiner credential by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Brianne Marshall, financial advisory group operations specialist at Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company, French Lick, has earned certification as an accredited trust operations professional. Marshall joined the bank in 2015 as an eBanking specialist and the financial advisory group in 2017. Merchants Bank of Indiana, Carmel, was honored in December with the OneZone Business of the Year award in the category of large business. The bank was recognized for success in operating multiple lines of business, mortgage warehouse financing, retail and correspondent residential mortgage banking, agricultural lending and traditional community banking. The U.S. Small Business Administration honored local lenders in 2019 for their work with small businesses at the annual SBA Indiana Lenders Forum & Awards Luncheon last December. Awards were presented to the following members of the Indiana Bankers Association: 1st Source Bank – Community Lender Gold; Rural Lender Centier Bank – Community Lender Bronze Fifth Third Bank – Regional Lender Bronze First Merchants Bank – Community Lender Silver; Third Party Lender Huntington National Bank – Regional Lender Gold Indiana Statewide CDC – 504 CDC Lender of the Year (dollar volume of approved loans) All of these resources are free and available at aba.com/Seniors. Take advantage of these resources so that fewer crooks will take advantage of your customers. As one banker in our survey said, the older generation wants so badly to leave a legacy and remain self-sufficient, but they also are so trusting they don’t always see a scam for what it is. “That’s where our role as bankers is so critical as we … help them navigate these difficult situations to ensure their legacies and livelihoods are protected.” HB Premier Capital – 504 CDC Lender of the Year (number of approved loans) Several IBA-member banks and associate members were recognized as being among the top publicly traded banks in the United States, per the Forbes 2020 list of “America’s Best Banks” published in January. The selection is based on a series of metrics that include growth, profitability and asset quality: No. 5 – First Merchants Corporation, Muncie No. 7 – WesBanco Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia No. 32 – First Financial Bank, Cincinnati No. 43 – Chase Bank, New York No. 58 – Old National Bancorp, Evansville No. 61 – Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati No. 63 – U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis No. 72 – Bank of America, Chicago No. 74 – BOK Financial Institutional Advisors, Milwaukee No. 78 – Huntington National Bank, Columbus No. 86 – Flagstar Bancorp Inc., Troy, Michigan No. 87 – PNC Financial Services, Pittsburgh No. 88 – Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay, Wisconsin No. 89 – Wells Fargo, San Francisco No. 91 – Regions Financial Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama HB HONORABLE MENTIONS
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