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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INDIANA BANKERS ASSOCIATION

Vol 109 2025 No. 4

Accelerating Growth: 2025 Mega Conference Recap

The Indiana Bankers Association’s annual Mega Conference equipped Hoosier bankers with the tools, insights and strategies to embrace innovation, harness emerging technologies and drive sustainable success. This year’s theme, “Accelerating Growth,” underscored the need to evolve in a world where agility, innovation and leadership define the path forward. Attendees for 2025 held steady at more than 1,200, including an increase in two-day/full-conference registrations.

The conference teed off later than normal on Tuesday, May 27, the day after Memorial Day, with an afternoon golf tournament at The Fort Golf Resort at Fort Harrison State Park on the northeast side of the city. That evening, the IBA hosted its annual Associate Member Appreciation Reception at the JW Marriott in recognition of the many associate members who make Mega possible each year. Bankers and associate members enjoyed drinks and hors d’oeuvres while networking with one another. The evening concluded with the popular hospitality suite in the Presidential Suite at the JW.

On Wednesday, the conference schedule began in earnest with two morning and two afternoon rounds of educational breakout sessions, with six sessions to choose from in each slot. Wednesday morning also featured the return of the popular Fintech Showcase, sponsored by Profit Resources Inc. The showcase featured live pitches from emerging companies displaying their new technologies and opportunities to implement innovative solutions specifically designed for community banks and their customers.

Between the morning and afternoon sessions was a lunch keynote featuring David Atkins, who discussed how to break through fear and adversity to achieve success. The luncheon also featured the presentation of 2025 Diamond Associate Member awards and recognition of 2024’s Five-Star Bank members.

After the day’s educational sessions wrapped up, bankers returned to the exhibit hall for the Mega Celebration, where they mingled with one another and associate members over food and drinks. That evening, the IBA Future Leadership Division gathered for a casual networking event at Social Cantina, just a short walk from the convention center. All conference attendees were then invited back to the hospitality suite for another evening of fun, conversation, food and drinks.

Thursday brought another four rounds of education sessions, again with six options each. At lunch, one of the IBA’s most popular keynote speakers, Lindsay Boccardo, dug into the differences between generations and how to build a winning workforce amid those differences.

The luncheon also featured the announcement of this year’s Commitment to Community Award winners. The program is designed to showcase exceptional community outreach by banks in the state. Congratulations to Home Bank, Martinsville, for winning the category for banks with under $750 million in assets; Community First Bank of Indiana, Kokomo, for winning the category for banks with between $750 million and $3 billion in assets; and 1st Source Bank, South Bend, for winning the category for banks with more than $3 billion in assets. Learn more about all of this year’s nominees.

Thank you to all who attended, and many thanks to our generous sponsors. We hope to see you at next year’s Mega Conference, scheduled for May 19-21, 2026, at the Indiana Convention Center.

Commitment To Community Awards

Thank you to the 22 IBA-member banks that submitted nominations for the 2024 C2C Awards. The stories of all nominating banks are highlighted on pages 10-15 in this issue, as well as in IBA social media using the hashtag #C2CAwards.

Nominations are now open for the 2025 C2C Awards, to be presented at the 2026 Mega Conference. For more information, visit indiana.bank/Commitment-Community-Award, or contact Emily Brooks at EBrooks@indiana.bank.

Asset size: Under $750 million

  • Home Bank, Martinsville – winner
  • Hoosier Heartland State Bank, Crawfordsville – finalist
  • Bath State Bank
  • The Bippus State Bank, Huntington
  • Citizens Bank, Mooresville
  • DeMotte State Bank
  • First Federal Savings Bank, Evansville
  • First Federal Savings Bank, Rochester
  • Logansport Savings Bank
  • Owen County State Bank

Asset size: $750 million-$3 billion

  • Community First Bank of Indiana, Kokomo – winner
  • Peoples Bank, Munster – finalist
  • First Bank Richmond
  • First Harrison Bank, Corydon
  • First Savings Bank, Jeffersonville
  • JCBank, Seymour
  • STAR Bank, Fort Wayne

Asset size: More than $3 billion

  • 1st Source Bank, South Bend – winner
  • Centier Bank, Merrillville – finalist
  • Lake City Bank, Warsaw
  • Merchants Bank, Carmel
  • Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company, Louisville, KY

Five Star Members

  • Alliance Bank, Francesville
  • Bank of Wolcott
  • The Bippus State Bank, Huntington
  • Citizens Bank, Mooresville
  • Citizens State Bank, New Castle
  • Community First Bank of Indiana, Kokomo
  • Crossroads Bank, Wabash
  • DeMotte State Bank
    F&M Bank, Archbold, OH
  • Farmers & Merchants Bank, Boswell
  • Farmers and Mechanics Federal, Bloomfield
  • Farmers and Merchants Bank, Laotto
  • The Farmers Bank, Frankfort
  • First Bank of Berne
  • First Bank Richmond
  • First Farmers Bank & Trust Co., Converse
  • First Federal Savings Bank, Huntington
  • First Federal Savings Bank, Rochester
  • First Federal Savings Bank of Washington
  • First Harrison Bank, Corydon
  • First Savings Bank, Jeffersonville
  • First State Bank of Middlebury
  • First State Bank of Porter
  • The Fountain Trust Company, Covington
  • GBC Bank, Greenfield
  • Hendricks County Bank & Trust Company, Brownsburg
  • Home Bank, Martinsville
  • Hoosier Heartland State Bank, Crawfordsville
  • JCBank, Seymour
  • Kentland Bank
  • Logansport Savings Bank
  • Mutual Savings Bank, Franklin
  • The Napoleon State Bank
  • North Salem State Bank
  • NWSB, Charlestown
  • The Peoples Bank, Brownstown
  • Riddell National Bank, Brazil
  • Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company, Jasper

Thank You Sponsors

  • 360Factors
  • Amundsen Davis LLC
  • The Baker Group
  • Baker Hill Corporation
  • Banc Card of America
  • BancMac/Community Banc Mortgage Corporation
  • Bankers’ Bank
  • BCC – Bank Compensation Consulting
  • Bridge Business Credit
  • Capitale Analytics
  • Check Printing Contract Consulting
  • Cherry Bekaert
  • Cinnaire Corporation
  • CLA
  • Clark Schaefer Hackett
  • DDI Technology
  • Dentons
  • Diebold Nixdorf
  • Executive Benefits Network
  • Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
  • Federated Hermes Inc.
  • Fiserv
  • Forvis Mazars
  • Graduate School of Banking
  • Green Sign Company
  • Hokanson Companies Inc.
  • IBA Group Insurance Trust
  • Independent Community Bankers of America
  • infotex
  • Investors Title Insurance Company
  • K4 Architecture + Design
  • The KeyState Companies
  • KlariVis
  • Krieg DeVault LLP
  • Ncontracts
  • NFP
  • Performance Trust Capital Partners
  • Plante Moran
  • Profit Resources Inc.
  • PULSE
  • QSI Inc.
  • Renninger & Associates LLC
  • Spry
  • TCA Compliance
  • TIB – The Independent Bankers’ Bank NA
  • Title Center of Indiana LLC
  • Travelers
  • TriAD CTV
  • United Bankers’ Bank
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • Virtual Innovation Inc.
  • Young & Associates Inc.

Diamond Associate members

  • Amundsen Davis LLC
  • The Baker Group
  • BancMac/Community Bank Mortgage Corp.
  • Bankers’ Bank
  • Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
  • K4 Architecture + Design
  • The KeyState Companies
  • Krieg DeVault LLP
  • Kroger, Gardis & Regas LLP
  • NFP
  • Renninger & Associates LLC

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