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June 2023 by Jacob VanArsdale
I love my bank. The lady's are always nice and pretty fast...
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June 2023 by Jay Vee
I love my bank. The lady's are always nice and pretty fast...
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February 2023 by Angie Stoner
We have done business with 1st Merchants Bank for many years!!! Very personal, helpful, friendly, international transaction, plus we are happy to do business with them. Very good service, if I do say so.:-)
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December 2022 by william atkinson
First Merchants in Plainfield is a number one branch . I am extremely happy with the service we get from the tellersand Kelly — Relationship BankerHer dedication to clients is excellent.I am a retiree from First Merchants and I liked the team effort.
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June 2022 by Shawn P. St.Swithers
Went in person to close my account completely and they tell me I have an outstanding balance I said ok I can pay it and then I want to close the account. She told me to wait until the next day to make sure the pending balance clears. So what, are they going to charge me ANOTHER OVERDRAFT FEE?! I CAN'T AFFORD IT! WORSE BANK EVER! THEY MAKE IT HARD TO CLOSE AN ACCOUNT. I've banked with First Merchants bank for the last 21 years now and I'm over it! Moving to CHIME!
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September 2021 by Adam
I have nothing against this specific location. But making me open a checking to use their online content... It makes it far harder to keep up with my payments. It's my only payment like this. And it's annoying.This location though is generally quick and friendly. So I have nothing against the people there. Just, requiring you to sign up for something you don't need in order to have access to an essential service (online) is pretty annoying.
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May 2021 by Adam Cummings
I have nothing against this specific location. But making me open a checking to use their online content... It makes it far harder to keep up with my payments. It's my only payment like this. And it's annoying.This location though is generally quick and friendly. So I have nothing against the people there. Just, requiring you to sign up for something you don't need in order to have access to an essential service (online) is pretty annoying.
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February 2021 by Matthew R.
We've used first merchants Bank for many years. Jason takes care of us and our accounts with a very personal touch. It's a throwback to excellent service.
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April 2020 by Lance L.
I'm 43 yrs old , starting banking at age of 15, with a small town bank , I'm still with. Still hold account with them as well as 2 other banks, first Merchant is the worst bank , I've ever delbt with, ATMs never work at various locations , can not give change back correctly and give up on calling their 800 number, it's on their time. DO NOT BANK HERE, TRUST ME ....HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE
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February 2019 by Crystal M.
I cannot stress enough...Do not use this company for your mortgage. I bought 3 homes through First Merchant last year. They kept one loan and sold the other three. I sent my first, Dec 2018, payment for the one loan they kept with the loan number on the check and the payment coupon. In early January, I had still not received any statements or documents from First Merchants regarding this loan. I called customer service to find our where we make the January payment because I hadn't received anything from them via mail. She notified me that everything was mailed to the property. I told her that I had bought all three homes non-owner occupied and that they should have been sending the statement to my mailing address. She corrected the address and emailed the statements a day or two later. When I received the PDF I saw that there were delinquency notices and notice of foreclosure. Customer Service never told me about any of this on my initial call. I immediately checked my checking account to see if the payment I sent was cashed. It was. I saved a copy of the cashed check showing the date and emailed it to my loan officer Charrise. Charisse passed me back off to customer service. Customer service later responds via email (see photo). We accidentally applied your payment to one of the other accounts that we sold to Citizens and sent it to them, we'll get it from them and get back to you. I then asked, was a 30 day late submitted to the credit agencies? She says that it was and that they would delete that and the late fees. I get no word on the status for over a week and call customer service again and after going through multiple people finish with Jacob. Jacob reviews everything and says he will handle it. The next day, on a recorded line, he tells me that everything was absolutely First Merchants fault and that they would take care of it. I confirmed that he meant that the account was now considered to be up to date and that nothing further was owed. He said yes and that he'd call me by Wed to let me know it was all settled. Monday 2/4 comes around and I received ANOTHER notice in the mail saying my account is past due. I call and speak to Shea in the credit department who says she will reach out to Jacob in customer service to find out what happened. I call and leave a message for Jacob to call me, the customer service rep who I talked to told me that Jacob was working on it as we spoke and would get back to me by 5:00 pm PST that day. As of this morning I still had not heard from Jacob. Shea in the credit department just called to tell me that "There is nothing we can do" the other company wont give back the payment we sent them, so you need to make another payment to bring your account current. I asked for contact information for the VP in charge of lending and was denied. I asked for a manager and was sent to voicemail. Its almost 30 days later and no one has helped me, they have ruined my credit (from a 720 to a 613) and cost me more than they know. During all of this I was in the middle of trying to get financing and with the credit delinquency I was denied. No one has been proactive in getting this done. I was told that my account was current and the only reason I found it wasn't AGAIN is because I called again. My loan officer was completely hands off. Im not one to post, but I truly believe that I should share the overall incompetency and the complete lack of customer service from this company. I fully plan on copying and pasting this everywhere possible until someone resolves this.. Its really sad that it has to come down to me publicly blasting them!!!
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September 2018 by Jacob Green
I love this bank! ALL of the staff here are friendly, and willing to help with anything you may need. Every staff member remembers your name and says hi when you walk in the door.
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August 2018 by James M.
Recently sold a house where First Merchants was the mortgage lender. The closing company confirmed wiring them the money, however they have continued to bill me and indicate they have no record of receiving the payment. While I'm sure this is just grievous incompetence and not a literally criminal Wells Fargo style attempt to blatantly steal money from a customer, and will probably be resolved without me having to resort to actual legal threats, I'm still gonna go with 1 star for having to spend hours on the phone with this bank talking to person after person who could not verify whether on not they received a federally insured wire transfer and who refused to just cancel auto pay on the mortgage that should no longer exist. Update: 72 hours and they have confirmed that they received $172000 to pay off the mortgage but refuse to confirm to me that they have closed the loan, still have not confirmed that they have stopped the automatic billing, and still have not refunded me the $1900 that they charged after the loan was paid off. I retract my certainty that this is all just incompetence. They may just be very intentionally stealing money from customers. Stay away. Update: 1 week, still haven't returned my money.
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July 2018 by Craig Newkirk
Social Security checks never hit on time. No it's not Social Security's fault it's this bank. Also ATM is very outdated and slow and filthy. Going to window is worse, Make sure you have plenty of gas and take your lunch.
