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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.

In a current text scam, fraudsters send text messages or make phone calls to customers claiming to be from First Merchants. Fraudsters may try to create panic by claiming to alert customers to fraudulent activity.

Second Quarter 2026 Highlights: Net income available to common stockholders was $43.5 million, or $0.70 per diluted common share, compared to $27.7 million, or $0.45 per diluted common share, in the first quarter of 2026. On an adjusted basis1, net income totaled $46.4 million, or $0.74 per diluted common share, compared to $63.1 million, or $1.03 per diluted common share in the prior quarter.