INDIANAPOLIS – Patrick Raftery of Indianapolis has joined Centier Bank as vice president of business banking. He will be responsible for businesses in Indianapolis and central Indiana.

            Raftery has 28 years of banking experience. He is a graduate of Indiana University and received his MBA from Butler University. He spent 11 years in the Navy and has been a Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Financial Literacy instructor.

            Centier is owned by the Schrage Family since 1895 and has $2.1 billion in assets with branches in Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Marshall and Tippecanoe counties, and serves businesses in Indianapolis, central Indiana, Fort Wayne and Mishawaka.