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MUNCIE, IN—October 1, 2026 – First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) today announced that CEO Mark Hardwick will retire at the end of the year after 29 years with the bank.

Imagine this, you’re a business owner who just received an email from a vendor—from an email that, at a glance, looks like the vendor’s usual email address ...

MUNCIE, IN—August 25, 2026 -- First Merchants Bank (NASDAQ: FRME) is helping pioneer a first-of-its-kind workforce development initiative for Indiana's banking industry through the Indiana Career Apprenticeship Pathway (INCAP), becoming one of the first banks in the state to employ high school students in a structured, two-year Retail Banker apprenticeship program.

You get inundated with mail and documents. How do you know if you need to hang onto something?

Imagine this: You get a text message from someone claiming to be from your bank’s Fraud Department, asking you to verify a potentially fraudulent purchase.