First Internet Bancorp reports record-setting quarter
The Fishers-based bank launched a municipal lending department last quarter, which the company said helped boost its performance.
The Fishers-based bank launched a municipal lending department last quarter, which the company said helped boost its performance.
Fishers-based First Internet Bancorp on Thursday said it realized record earnings in the fourth quarter—the 10th time in 11 quarters it has seen rising earnings.
The Fishers-based online-only bank plans to use the new capital to support its growing loan business.
Fishers-based First Internet Bancorp on Thursday reported rising earnings for the ninth time in 10 quarters.
The bank said it plans to use the $23 million it raised to fund organic growth, possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes.
The Fishers-based parent of First Internet Bank said it earned $2.4 million in the first quarter and increased its loan portfolio beyond $1 billion.
Fishers-based First Internet Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for First Internet Bank of Indiana. The company provides online commercial and retail banking products and services through its website, firstib.com.
First Internet Bancorp, the parent of First Internet Bank, has seen its stock rise 91 percent since the beginning of the year.
People who know David Becker say he has long been a visionary. Still, they were a bit surprised when he launched First Internet. Now, it’s one of the area’s fastest growing banks.
It was the fourth straight quarter of earnings growth for First Internet, which passed the $1 billion mark in assets during the quarter.
First Internet Bank of Indiana, which was founded in 1999 as one of the nation’s first online-only banks, has exceeded $1 billion in assets, it announced Friday.
A slide in mortgage-banking income hurt earnings, but net-interest income, commercial loans, deposits and assets were all on the rise.
A big decline in income from mortgage banking, linked to the national slowdown in home refinancing, carved a chunk from earnings.
First Internet Bank raised eyebrows this month when it filed a $25 million secondary stock offering said to be for organic growth and “other general corporate purposes.”
Shares of the Indianapolis-based bank took a nosedive during trading Friday morning after it reported its third-quarter earnings.
Shares of First Internet Bancorp have more than doubled since December, when founder and CEO David Becker boosted the visibility of the stock by announcing it was shifting from the over-the-counter market to NASDAQ.
First Internet Bancorp shares are up 105 percent for the year. Founder David Becker said the Indianapolis-based bank has been careful to be geographically diversified in its real estate holdings.
Economic development leaders in Fishers are asking the Town Council to OK a six-year property tax abatement to help First Internet Bancorp construct as many as two office buildings.
Commercial real estate lending for First Internet jumped 64 percent, to $112.7 million, in the second quarter. And commercial and industrial lending nearly doubled, to $15.3 million.
The 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.