First Farmers Financial Corporation·Financial Services

Converse, Indiana, March 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Farmers Financial Corp. (OTCQX Banks; FFMR), the parent company of First Farmers Bank & Trust Co., announced that on March 17, 2026, the Board of Directors approved a record quarterly cash dividend of $0.52 per share, payable on April 15, 2026, to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2026. This quarterly dividend represents a 6.1% increase over the $0.49 dividend declared in March 2025.

Converse, Indiana, Feb. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Farmers Financial Corp. (OTCQX:FFMR), announced that the Board of Directors has approved a new stock repurchase program permitting the Company to buy back up to $4 million of its outstanding common stock on the open market. This repurchase program replaces the April 2025 authorization, under which the Company successfully repurchased 59,173 shares for an aggregate $3.95 million over a ten-month period.

COLUMBIA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Farmers and Merchants Corporation (OTCID: FFMH), the holding company for First Farmers and Merchants Bank, today announced record financial results for the 2025 fiscal year, delivering strong performance marked by double-digit annual growth in net income and the eighth consecutive quarter of net interest margin expansion. “I am incredibly proud of our team for delivering these strong results and achieving a truly historic year for First Farmers,” stated B.
First Farmers Financial Corporation operates as the financial holding company for First Farmers Bank & Trust that provides banking products and services to individuals, families, and businesses. The company offers checking and savings accounts, health savings accounts, youth accounts, business accounts, deposit and government accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts, as well as account management services; and mortgages and construction loans, first time home buyers loan, home equity loans, auto loans, collateral loans, and debit and credit cards. It also provides lines of credit, term loans, real estate financing and construction loan, equipment financing, enhancement loans, letters of credit, inventory loans, livestock lending, and vehicle financing, as well as leasing, and mobile and online banking services. The company has offices throughout Carroll, Cass, Clay, Grant, Hamilton, Howard, Huntington, Madison, Marshall, Miami, Starke, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Vigo, and Wabash counties in Indiana; and offices in Coles, Edgar, and Vermilion counties in Illinois. First Farmers Financial Corporation was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Converse, Indiana.