First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) and First Savings Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSFG) have finalized a merger of the two companies. Following regulatory approvals last month, the companies consummated their legal closing through a stock transaction effective February 1, 2026. As previously announced in late 2025, First Savings Bank will also merge with and into First Merchants Bank.
Headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana, directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky, First Savings Bank operated several banking centers within southern Indiana. First Savings Bank also has two national lending programs, including a single-tenant net lease commercial real estate program and an SBA lending program, with offices located throughout the Midwest. Since its founding in 1937, First Savings Bank grew into one of the largest community banks in southern Indiana with total assets of $2.4 billion, total loans of $1.9 billion, and total deposits of $1.7 billion as of December 31, 2025.