Salin Bank History

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• 1983. Chairman William N. Salin leads a small group of investors in purchasing controlling interest in Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Logansport (Cass County)
• 1984. Salin purchases controlling interest in Columbus Bank and Trust Company
• 1987. Salin purchases majority interest in Camden State Bank of Carroll County. First Bank of Carroll County merges with Camden State Bank to become the first Salin Bank giving the Bank its current presence in the Lafayette and Kokomo markets.
• 1995. Salin Bank merges with Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Logansport to form Salin Bank and Trust Company.
• 1996. Through a reverse buyout, the Salin family takes Salin Bank private, allowing it to remain one of the handful of family-owned community banks in the Midwest.
• 1997. Salin Bank announces its intent to enter the Fort Wayne/Allen County market opening in-store banking centers inside Kroger stores, and acquires an Edinburgh location from First Chicago NBD.
• 1998. The bank successfully bids on four locations in Marion/Grant County offered by Bank One
• 2001. Opened first stand alone banking center in downtown Ft. Wayne.
• 2002. Salin Bank celebrates 100 years of service in Logansport community.
• 2002. The bank builds a new office in downtown Kokomo and relocates.
• 2002. The bank successfully bids on Blue River Federal Savings Bank in Edinburgh and merges it into its Edinburgh banking center.
• 2003. The bank builds and opens a banking center in West Lafayette.
• 2006. The bank relocates the Jonesboro banking center to a newly remodeled building in Gas City.