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First Merchants Ranked Top Big Bank Two Years in a Row.

Newsweek has released the 2022 America’s Best Banks rankings, and First Merchants Bank holds the top big bank spot for the second year in a row.

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First Merchants Bank Welcomes Level One Bank

We're growing! We plan to welcome Level One Bank to the First Merchants family.

First Merchants is exited to extend our presence further into Michigan with the planned addition of Level One Bank as a member of the First Merchants family.

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