First Internet Bank Designated a Best Place to Work in Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Internet Bank of Indiana (www.firstib.com), a premier provider of online retail and business banking services nationwide, today announced it has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Indiana” by an initiative dedicated to identifying and recognizing Indiana’s best employers.

“It is an honor to be recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana”

First Internet Bank is among 28 companies recognized in the medium-sized (75-249 employees) company category.

Companies from across the state entered the two-part process to determine the Best Places to Work in Indiana. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. This is the eighth year for the Best Places to Work in Indiana program and the first year the bank has participated. Eighty percent of the bank’s employees responded to the survey.

“It is an honor to be recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana,” said David Becker, Chairman and CEO. “Our employees are a valuable asset to the company. We want to be an employer of choice so we can continue to deliver the extraordinary service our customers have come to expect.”

About First Internet Bank

First Internet Bank of Indiana is the first state-chartered, FDIC-insured institution to operate solely via the Internet and has customers in all 50 states. Deposit services include checking accounts, regular and money market savings accounts with industry-leading interest rates, CDs and IRAs. First Internet Bank also offers consumer loans, conforming mortgages, jumbo mortgages, home equity loans and lines of credit, and commercial loans. The bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Internet Bancorp (NASDAQ: INBK).

About First Internet Bancorp

First Internet Bancorp is the parent company of First Internet Bank of Indiana. First Internet Bank opened for business in 1999. The Bancorp became the parent of the Bank effective March 21, 2006.

About Best Places to Work in Indiana

The Best Places awards program was created in 2006 and is a project of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, BizVoice®, Inside INdiana Business, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) - IN State Council, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and Best Companies Group. For more information on the survey process for the Best Places to Work in Indiana program, visit www.BestPlacestoWorkIN.com or contact Jackie Miller at 877-455-2159.

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