United States · Financial institution
First Merchants Bank
First Merchants Bank is an Indiana state-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Muncie, Indiana. It was founded in 1893 as The Merchants National Bank of Muncie. It is wholly owned by First Merchants Corporation, a financial holding company whose shares trade on Nasdaq. The bank provides commercial, small business and consumer banking, mortgage lending and wealth management in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. It absorbed First Savings Bank after its parent acquired First Savings Financial Group on 1 February 2026.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- FMECUS33XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under FMECUS33 directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2014-09-06
- Last updated
- 2022-08-03
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% First Merchants Corporation
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as First Merchants
- Standing
- First Savings Bank of Jeffersonville, Indiana, merged into the bank after its parent's acquisition of First Savings Financial Group closed on 1 February 2026. The bank completed the systems conversion of First Savings in May 2026.
- Ownership
- First Merchants Corporation, a financial holding company listed on Nasdaq, holds 100% of the bank.
- Direct parent
- First Merchants Corporation ↗, United States 100%
- Head office
- 200 East Jackson Street, 47305 Muncie, United States
- Company register
- FDIC cert 4365 (Federal Reserve RSSD ID 17147)
- Former names
- First Merchants Bank, National Association · The Merchants National Bank of Muncie
Business lines
The bank focuses on commercial lending and treasury management and also offers consumer banking and mortgages. It runs its wealth management business as a division, First Merchants Private Wealth Advisors.
Online
- Websites & references
- firstmerchants.com ↗
ir.firstmerchants.com ↗ investor relations site of the parent, First Merchants Corporation
Wikipedia ↗ group article
Wikidata Q19572527 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · TikTok ↗
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- firstmerchants.com
- ir.firstmerchants.com/corporate-information/officers-directors
- firstmerchants.com/why-us/news/news-detail/2026/07/22/first-merchants-corporation-announces-second-quarter-2
- firstmerchants.com/commercial/treasury-management/payables/wire-transfer
- materials.proxyvote.com/Approved/320817/20260323/AR_628207/INDEX.HTML
- globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/02/02/3230222/0/en/First-Merchants-Corporation-Completes-Legal-Closing-
- globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/06/04/3307027/0/en/First-Merchants-Bank-Recognized-on-Forbes-World-s-Be
- firstmerchants.com/why-us/news/2024/05/08/first-merchants-corporation-announces-retirement-of-board-chair-ch
- firstmerchants.com/why-us/our-history
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Merchants_Corporation
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Mark K. Hardwick Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
- Jean L. Wojtowicz Chair of the Board
- Chief financial officer
- Michele M. Kawiecki Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Michael J. Stewart President
- Executive
- Eva Scurlock Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- United States
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Prudential supervisorAML supervisorResolution
- United States
- Indiana Department of Financial Institutions Prudential supervisorOther
- United States
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Conduct
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
First Merchants Corporation appointed Paul Fultz, a retired KPMG partner, to the boards of the corporation and the bank.
globenewswire.com ↗ -
Leadership
First Merchants Corporation appointed Larry Myers, former President and CEO of First Savings Bank, to its board of directors.
globenewswire.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
First Merchants Corporation completed its acquisition of First Savings Financial Group on 1 February 2026, and First Savings Bank merged into the bank.
globenewswire.com ↗ -
Leadership
Jean L. Wojtowicz became Chair of the corporation and the bank on 7 May 2024, succeeding the retiring Chair Charles E. Schalliol.
firstmerchants.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- FMECUS33XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- FMECBank
- USCountry · United States
- 33Location
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- S0Q3AHZRL5K6VQE35M07
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- United States · North America
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- First Merchants Corporation · United StatesTZTBT0OTGQ2FEK6XMX94 ↗
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- FIRST MERCHANTS BANK 200 E JACKSON ST MUNCIE 47308 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Operational address
- FIRST MERCHANTS BANK 200 E JACKSON ST MUNCIE,IN MUNCIE,IN 47308 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>FMECUS33XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>S0Q3AHZRL5K6VQE35M07</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>FMECUS33XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>S0Q3AHZRL5K6VQE35M07</LEI>
<Nm>FIRST MERCHANTS BANK</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>MUNCIE</TwnNm>
<Ctry>US</Ctry>
<AdrLine>FIRST MERCHANTS BANK 200 E JACKSON ST MUNCIE 47308</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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Sources & method
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- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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