MUNSTER – In an effort to do its part as a community bank, American Savings FSB is taking part in the U.S. Treasury’s Small Business Lending Fund. The fund is a dedicated investment fund that encourages lending to small businesses by providing capital to qualified community banks. “This program is a win-win for the community […]
SOUTH BEND – 1st Source Bank has been recognized by the Small Business Administration for closing more SBA loans in the state of Indiana than any other mid-size bank. Gail Gesell, district director of the Indiana Small Business Administration presented the award to Carrie Kosac, SBA Manager at 1st Source Bank at the SBA’s annual
MUNSTER – The NorthWest Indiana Bancorp, the parent company for People Bank, has announced a dividend of 19 cents a share, payable Jan. 4, 2013, to shareholders of record on Dec. 28. The NorthWest Indiana Bancorp’s common stock is trade on the OTC Bulletin Board under NWIN. Peoples Bank has offices in Crown Point, Dyer,
MUNSTER – Citizens Financial Bank has announced its net income for the third quarter was $1.3 million. Net interest income was $10.2 million, down 5 percent from one year ago. At the end of September, Citizens Financial has $1.1 billion of assets. The bank has 20 offices in Northwest Indiana and the Chicago suburbs.
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SOUTH BEND – 1ST Source Bank will donate $50,000 to support entrepreneurship and venture development in Northwest Indiana. The donation to Elevate Ventures, an Indiana venture development organization, will help provide rigorous business analysis and advisory service to area entrepreneurs. The banks donation will be matched by $3 million in investments from the Indiana Economic
MERRILLVILLE – Centier Bank has announced a 44 percent increase in its third quarter revenue to $72 million. President and CEO Mike Schrage said the bank has an active residential mortgage market in the quarter and that lower loan delinquencies helped the bank’s bottom line. Centier has assets of $2.13 billion. Schrage said Centier expects
SOUTH BEND – James Seitz has been named president of 1st Source Bank. Most recently he was executive vice president and was responsible for consumer and electronic banking, managing the regional presidents in Indiana and Michigan and consumer lending and mortgage, electronic and mobile banking, branch administration, deposit operations and corporate-wide marketing. He joined 1st
LAPORTE – First Trust Credit Union has broken ground on an expansion of its LaPorte office on J Street. The office will double in size from 1,700 square feet to 3,125 square feet. The project includes a new façade, additional office space, a larger lobby, an additional drive-through lane, safety deposit boxes and public restrooms.
MICHIGAN CITY – First Trust Credit Union has named Kim Kniola as president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. She has been with First Trust for 29 years and replaces Ronald Budzinski, who headed the credit union for 27 years. He is retiring at the end of the year. Kniola is a graduate of Ball State
MUNSTER – American Savings FSB has named Brian Specht as vice president of lending and credit manager. Specht has more than 20 years of banking experience. President Michael Mellon said, “We are excited to add Brian to our lending team. He’ll add new energy to our Lending Center. I expect many good things – for
