1st Source Bank Expands Footprint to Lake County, IN with Dedicated Loan Production Office - 1st Source

South Bend, Ind. (March 26, 2024) – 1st Source Bank is pleased to announce the opening of a dedicated loan production office, located at 9800 Connecticut Dr., Crown Point, IN, 46307. This office will expand the 1st Source Bank footprint west into Lake County. Presently, the office is open by appointment only and serves community businesses with small business loans, deposit, treasury, and other commercial credit needs.

“We are excited about this opportunity to grow our presence and serve clients in a new market, introducing them to the services and people that make 1st Source special,” says Matt Vessely, West Region President at 1st Source Bank. This expansion rounds out our footprint to cover all of Northwest Indiana and opens up a robust market to our award-winning commercial banking offerings.”

A recent addition to the bank, Benjamin Brown, brings 25 years of banking experience, primarily in commercial lending and will focus on serving Lake County businesses in this new office.

“At 1st Source, we celebrate small business and strive to live out our mission to help each client achieve security, build wealth, and realize their dreams,” says Andrea Short, President and CEO of 1st Source Bank. “This strategic step of expanding into Lake County is exciting because we are not only growing our organization, but we are helping other businesses to grow too. We are looking forward to seeing the impact that our West Region team has on the community as they deliver outstanding client service to Lake County.”

1st Source Corporation, parent company of 1st Source Bank, has assets of $8.7 billion and is the largest locally controlled financial institution headquartered in the northern Indiana-southwestern Michigan area. The Corporation includes 78 banking centers, 18 1st Source Bank Specialty Finance Group locations nationwide, nine Trust and Wealth Advisory Services locations, 10 1st Source Insurance offices, and three loan production offices. For more than 160 years, 1st Source has been committed to our mission of helping our clients achieve security, build wealth and realize their dreams.