May 18, 2013
Greg AndrewsFirst Merchants Corp. CEO Michael Rechin thinks a wave of bank mergers is coming—driven by financial institutions’
quest to increase profits in an environment where super-low interest rates continue to squeeze margins.
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April 23, 2013
Scott OlsonAfter zooming higher in the last decade, the number of bank branches in Indiana slipped to 2,056 in 2011, the lowest level
since 2006.
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April 19, 2013
IBJ StaffThe Indianapolis-based bank's commercial loan portfolio grew to $109.1 million, a rise of 62 percent compared with the first
quarter of 2012. Commercial real estate loans rose 46 percent.
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April 10, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe bankruptcy of Bank of Indiana's parent and the planned sale of its branches bring to a close management's quest
to turn around an institution that was buffeted by borrower defaults during the financial crisis.
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February 25, 2013
Old National Bank is suing the operator of charter school that closed last summer in Indianapolis, claiming it failed to pay
off the $1.8 million balance on its mortgage.
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February 22, 2013
Shares of the Indianapolis-based bank finished their first day on the NASDAQ exchange at $28.50, a 75-cent drop from their
opening price. The stock had been listed on the thinly traded over-the-counter market.
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February 19, 2013
Scott OlsonThe $4.3 million expansion will go toward purchasing and refurbishing a building near Interstate 69 and 116th Street that
formerly housed the St. Vincent Health medical center.
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January 28, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinOld National Bancorp's earnings rose 26 percent in 2012, to $91.7 million, its greatest since 2002, the Evansville-based
company announced Monday morning.
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January 9, 2013
Bloomberg NewsBank of America Corp. plans to sell 24 branches in northern Indiana and southwest Michigan with about $779 million in deposits
to Old National Bancorp.
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December 28, 2012
Scott OlsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed Christopher White's 2009 conviction, resulting from a $500,000 bad check he wrote as
he tried to save his real estate development firm.
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December 5, 2012
Scott OlsonThe Indianapolis-based company said it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to make the move from the over-the-counter
board to the more active NASDAQ exchange.
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October 13, 2012
IBJ StaffBMO Harris and PNC lost some deposits, but the biggest local banks by market share remained the same.
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October 6, 2012
Greg AndrewsA judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Irwin Financial Corp.'s bankruptcy trustee, saying the only party with the right
to bring suit was the bank’s receiver, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. It didn't do so by last month's deadline.
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October 6, 2012
Part of former Borders bookstore space is marketing opportunity for Greensburg-based bank. The other half could be turned
into lobby for Barnes & Thornburg.
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August 16, 2012
J.K. WallEvansville-based Old National Bank will close nine Indianapolis-area branches near the end of the year and consolidate them
into nearby branches in a move to streamline its operations.
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July 30, 2012
Loan growth in the consumer and real estate sectors helped Evansville-based Old National Bancorp report higher profit and
revenue in the second quarter, the company said Monday morning.
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July 28, 2012
Banks now have until October to avoid having preferred shares auctioned by federal government.
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July 14, 2012
Event organizers say Wall Street isn't the only place to drum up interest in stocks.
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July 9, 2012
Associated PressOld National Bancorp has appointed former Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard to its board of directors.
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July 7, 2012
The deal, effective July 17, will give the Michigan City bank its first presence in Central Indiana.
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April 14, 2012
Greg AndrewsA fast-growing Indianapolis bank that became one of the biggest U.S. Small Business Administration lenders in the state has
returned to profitability after a harrowing stretch of massive losses from borrower defaults that nearly led to its failure.
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April 13, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressFormer Fifth Third Bank president Mike Alley will take over as the state's revenue commissioner. He'll replace John Eckart,
who resigned last week amid controversy over misplaced local option income taxes.
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February 13, 2012
Scott OlsonMuncie-based First Merchants Bank, which on Friday acquired significant loans and deposits held by SCB Bank in Shelbyville,
declined to bring the failed bank's CEO into the new ownership.
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February 10, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinHorizon Bancorp of Michigan City announced Friday that it has agreed to acquire Heartland Community Bank of Franklin for about
$14 million, or $9.72 per share.
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February 4, 2012
Greg AndrewsJohn Keach Jr., the third generation of his family to lead Indiana Bank & Trust, looked into the future and wondered how—given
the lackluster economy and increasing costs for everything from employee benefits to regulatory compliance—it would
generate robust earnings growth.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.