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Full-service office · FDIC office no. 274817

First Merchants Bank
2121 East Columbus Drive, East Chicago, IN 46312

Last reported 2016

$27.3M
peak deposits
1934
established
—
rank in county
6
names on the sign

This office filed its last FDIC deposit report in 2016. It is missing from every report since, which usually means it closed. The FDIC record doesn't give a reason. Lake County has 126 offices open today, listed below.

This office's passbook1994–2016
DateBank on the signDepositsChange
Jun 30 2026NOT REPORTED missing from the 2026 report (and every year since 2017)
Jun 30 2016First Merchants BankNEW NAME$20.1M−2%
Jun 30 2015First Merchants Bank National Association$20.5M+2%
Jun 30 2014First Merchants Bank National AssociationNEW NAME$20.0M+1%
Jun 30 2013Citizens Financial Bank$19.9M−5%
Jun 30 2012Citizens Financial Bank$20.9M+15%
Jun 30 2011Citizens Financial Bank$18.3M0%
Jun 30 2010Citizens Financial Bank$18.3M0%
Jun 30 2009Citizens Financial Bank$18.2M−7%
Jun 30 2008Citizens Financial Bank$19.7M−10%
Jun 30 2007Citizens Financial Bank$21.9M0%
Jun 30 2006Citizens Financial BankNEW NAME$21.8M+1%
Jun 30 2005Citizens Financial Services, F.S.B.$21.6M−11%
Jun 30 2004Citizens Financial Services, F.S.B.$24.2M−11%
Jun 30 2003Citizens Financial Services, F.S.B.$27.1M−1%
Jun 30 2002Citizens Financial Services, F.S.B.$27.3M+1%
Jun 30 2001Citizens Financial Services, F.S.B.$27.1M+1%
Jun 30 2000Citizens Financial Services, F.S.B.$26.9M+4%
Jun 30 1999Citizens Financial Services, F.S.B.NEW NAME$25.8M+12%
Jun 30 1998Citizens Financial Services, FSB$23.0M+8%
Jun 30 1997Citizens Financial Services, FSB$21.4M+2%
Jun 30 1996Citizens Financial Services, FSB$20.9M+6%
Jun 30 1995Citizens Financial Services, FSBNEW NAME$19.8M−3%
Jun 30 1994Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association$20.4M
1934-01-01Office established (FDIC record) — 60 years before this passbook begins

Nearest open offices in Lake County

  1. 0.2 miBMO Bank National Association · 2409 E 141st St, East Chicago
  2. 1.8 miCentier Bank · 720 W 145th St, East Chicago
  3. 1.9 miPNC Bank, National Association · 4715 Indianapolis Blvd, East Chicago
  4. 2.0 miFirst Merchants Bank · 4740 Indianapolis Blvd, East Chicago
  5. 2.0 miPeoples Bank · 4901 Indianapolis Blvd, East Chicago
  6. 3.3 miOld National Bank · 6611 Kennedy Ave, Hammond
  7. 3.3 miJPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association · 4204 Calumet Ave, Hammond
  8. 3.6 miFirst Financial Bank · 2705 169th St, Hammond

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Names on the sign

1994–1994Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association1995–1998Citizens Financial Services, FSB1999–2005Citizens Financial Services, F.S.B.2006–2013Citizens Financial Bank2014–2015First Merchants Bank National Association2016–2016First Merchants Bank

The FDIC office number stays with the building when banks merge or rename, so the same office appears under each owner. Follow an earlier name to see what became of that bank.

Deposits are the balances the bank assigned to this office on June 30 of each year, in nominal dollars. Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits, office (UNINUMBR) 274817.