First Merchants Company Culture

First Merchants Mission, Vision & Values

Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility at First Merchants

We are driven about attentively enhancing the financial wellness of the diverse communities we serve in an authentically collaborative way. We are looking for people who passionately share that mindset who will help us live our corporate Vision and Mission.

At First Merchants Bank, we work to enhance the financial wellness of the diverse communities we serve. This is much more than a responsibility - it is our passion. Our community impact is deeply connected to who we are. We strengthen our team and our communities by encouraging and enabling our employees to become involved in meaningful volunteer opportunities. Our teammates actively engage with our communities by serving on the boards of nonprofits, conducting financial wellness workshops, and volunteering.

By offering substantial college tuition reimbursement, ongoing training, and professional development opportunities, we further invest in our employees' education and personal growth.

Our Culture
We are a team of associates who support and expect superior results from our company and ourselves. Accountability and execution is the foundation of our success.

Our Core Values
Client Satisfaction: Focus on the client in all that we do.
Teamwork: Teams make better decisions.
Local Decisions: Make decisions locally…stay close to the client.
Integrity: Maintain the highest standards with clients, associates, communities and stakeholders.
Quality: Provide predictably superior execution.
People: Respect and value people as our competitive advantage.
Financial Performance: We operate profitable lines of business to benefit our stakeholders.
Balanced Risk: Balance value creation with value preservation.
Credit: Manage the credit we extend.

We're committed to our communities.
At First Merchants, community commitment has been our philosophy since day one. It’s more than words; it’s how we do business. We are bankers working with customers in the cities, towns and communities in which they live, and we support and encourage our employees’ active involvement.

Our First Merchants Serves program encourages volunteer efforts with a unified message of service. The company offers paid time off Community Days for our team to use on organized Community Day programs. Dozens of employees participate each year, serving organizations like the Animal Rescue Fund, First Choice for Women, Read to Succeed, Salvation Army's Distribution Cheer, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Operation Feed, Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Little Red Door Cancer Agency, and more.