Michael E. Schrage, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Centier Bank, is pleased to welcome Valerie Andreson as a Mortgage Loan Officer, based out of the bank’s Valparaiso East Branch, located at 2707 LaPorte Avenue.Anderson joins...

Michael E. Schrage, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Centier Bank, was honored by the Indiana Bankers Association at its annual Leaders in Banking Excellence Awards ceremony, which took place Aug. 4 in Indianapolis. This award...

Michael E. Schrage, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Centier Bank, is pleased to welcome Tanya Leetz as Director of Deposit Operations, serving out of the bank’s Corporate Centre in Merrillville, Ind.Leetz joins Centier with...

Billinero, an app-based savings account that awards cash prizes in monthly and quarterly drawings to select users, has named Adam Minskey of St. John and Jack Weber of Crown Point as the quarterly and monthly drawing winners. Minskey said he began...

Billinero, an app-based savings account that awards cash prizes in monthly and quarterly drawings to select users, has named Jameka Williams of Merrillville, Ind. as the monthly $1,000 prize winner.  Williams, who works as an accounts payable team...

Michael E. Schrage, CEO and Chairman of Centier Bank, is pleased to announce Forbes® has recognized Centier Bank as a top-rated bank in the state of Indiana for the fifth consecutive year. Out of five Indiana banks mentioned Centier ranked as the #3...

Michael E. Schrage, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Centier Bank, is pleased to announce the Bank’s plans to begin construction on a new Centier Bank branch in Cedar Lake, Ind. The new branch, which will be located at 9720 W. 133rd St....

Centier Bank hosted a company-wide Summer Backpack Food Drive, donating 359 lbs. of food as well as $1,905 to the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana. In total, donations from the food drive were able to fill approximately 250 backpacks this summer for...

Centier Bank recently presented a $1,000 community donation to the Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana for providing STEM summer education to underserved communities. The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana, located at 2300...

Michael E. Schrage, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Centier Bank, is pleased to announce Anthony Contrucci has been named President of First Bancshares Inc., the bank’s holding company.Contrucci, who is married to Schrage’s...