Alliance Bank, Francesville, and First Savings Bank, Jeffersonville, have been honored with the Indiana Bankers Association C2C (Commitment to Community) Awards in their respective asset sizes for outstanding community service performed during 2019. Alliance Bank won in the category of banks with assets below $500 million. First Savings Bank won in the category of banks with assets of $500 million and above. The award announcements were made on Nov. 17 during the Association’s Mega Reimagined conference. The event was held virtually for more than 700 participants.
Alliance Bank President Shane Pilarski and Board Chair Jim Schoen share the Commitment to Community Award with the Rensselaer team.
The Indiana Bankers Association (IBA) created the C2C Awards in 2018 to celebrate exceptional bank outreach and to raise public awareness of the diverse ways that banks support the communities they serve. Twenty-five banks submitted nominations for the 2019 C2C awards, providing a sampling of statewide community service performed by the 120+ member banks of the IBA:
- A summary of all nominations is shown in a special report: indiana.bank/sites/iba/files/C2C-Nominations-2019.pdf
- Nominations stories are posted on IBA social media under hashtag #C2CAwards
- Videos showcasing finalists and winners are available at:
- Banks with assets below $500 million: youtu.be/r8KhnZENZZI
- Banks with assets of $500 million and above: youtu.be/rCIEj-4cKuM
The following banks submitted nominations for the 2019 IBA Commitment to Community Awards:
Asset Size: Under $500 Million
- Alliance Bank, Francesville – winner
- Bath State Bank
- Bedford Federal Savings Bank – finalist
- Bippus State Bank, Huntington
- Community First Bank of Indiana, Kokomo – finalist
- First Federal Savings Bank, Huntington
- First Vincennes Savings Bank
- Home Bank, Martinsville
- Kentland Bank
- The Peoples Bank, Brownstown
- Riddell National Bank, Brazil
- Wayne Bank and Trust Company, Cambridge City
Asset Size: $500 Million or More
- Centier Bank, Merrillville
- First Bank Richmond
- First Farmers Bank & Trust Company, Converse
- First Harrison Bank, Corydon
- First Savings Bank, Jeffersonville – winner
- First State Bank of Middlebury
- German American Bank, Jasper
- Greenfield Banking Company
- Horizon Bank, Michigan City
- Merchants Bank of Indiana, Carmel – finalist
- The National Bank of Indianapolis
- Peoples Bank, Munster – finalist
- STAR Bank, Fort Wayne
IBA President and CEO Amber Van Til said: “The Indiana Bankers Association applauds all of the banks that submitted nominations for the 2019 C2C Awards. These nominations share the story of banks’ helping to build better communities.”
