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First Merchants Corporation

ir.firstmerchants.com

What Do They Do?

Provides commercial and consumer banking, residential mortgage, and wealth management services to businesses, consumers, and personal wealth clients.

How Do They Make Money?

Borrowers pay interest on loans, and the bank earns interest from securities. Customers pay fees for deposit accounts, wealth services, and card transactions; deposit fees are charged as transactions occur or monthly, wealth fees are generally assessed monthly or quarterly, and card fees arise as transactions are processed.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Service charges on deposit accounts
36%
FY2022: 34%
Fiduciary and wealth management fees
38%
FY2022: 36%
Card payment fees
Usage-based
21%
FY2022: 24%
Derivative hedge fees
3.6%
FY2022: 4.1%
Other customer fees
1.6%
FY2022: 2.3%

Who Are Their Customers?

Commercial and consumer customers use the bank’s business, deposit, lending, and mortgage services; wealth clients use personal wealth management. Customers can access services through banking locations and electronic and mobile channels.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 24 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2025.

Net income, FY2025
24% of revenue
▲ +12% vs FY2024 ($201.4M, 21%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2026, the three months to Jun 30, 2026
Revenue
▲ +14%
vs $229.7M in Q2 FY2025
Net income
▼ −23%
vs $56.8M in Q2 FY2025
Fiduciary and wealth management fees share of other income vs 37.5% in Q2 FY2025

Growing. Revenue grew 2.1x in 4 years, from $446.6M in FY2021 to $924.8M in FY2025, about 20% a year.

Revenue over time
Service charges on deposit accounts Fiduciary and wealth management fees Card payment fees Derivative hedge fees Other customer fees
$100M$50M$0

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