{"id":4039,"date":"2011-03-03T00:08:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T05:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=4039"},"modified":"2011-03-03T00:08:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T05:08:38","slug":"fbb-again-top-performing-indiana-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/03\/03\/fbb-again-top-performing-indiana-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"FBB again top performing Indiana bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERNE, Ind. \u2013 Just announced by Financial Management Consulting Group, First Bank of Berne has once again been ranked the No. 1 best performing bank in the state of Indiana and was awarded first place honor for the year of 2010.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4040\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/First-Bank-of-Berne-VW-office-exterior-3-2011.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4040 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/First-Bank-of-Berne-VW-office-exterior-3-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shown is the exterior of the Van Wert office of First Bank of Berne. (FBB photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recently publicized, the quarterly report is a study that analyzes all Indiana banks on nine various financial factors such as interest margin, efficiency, asset quality (loans) and profits. First Bank of Berne had the best overall average ranking for all of 2010, and also held the title for 2009.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur employee owners are very loyal people trained to do what is right for their customers,\u201d said First Bank of Berne president Kent Liechty. \u201cAs owners, they are driven to succeed and they take special pride in their work to help our customers find the products that best fit their needs. We put our employees first, and they in turn put their customers first. As a result, we have done very well. People know they can trust us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Safe, strong, secure, and well-capitalized best describes the area\u2019s traditionally conservative bank. With some of the best technology and products, FBB offers the latest in online banking, text alerts and mobile banking, as well as conventional hometown banking.<\/p>\n<p>With assets of over $425 million, First Bank of Berne operates a total of eight offices in Berne, Decatur, Bluffton and Portland, Ind., and here in Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BERNE, Ind. \u2013 Just announced by Financial Management Consulting Group, First Bank of Berne has once again been ranked the No. 1 best performing bank in the state of Indiana and was awarded first place honor for the year of 2010. Recently publicized, the quarterly report is a study that analyzes all Indiana banks on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 16:06:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}