Midwest BankCentre Opens Illinois Loan Office in O’Fallon

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ST. LOUIS (Sept. 30, 2020) –Midwest BankCentre, St. Louis’ second largest locally

owned community bank, recently opened a loan office in O’Fallon, Ill., to provide a

convenient local presence to clients living and working in the region’s Metro East

communities.

“Our strategic direction is rooted in ensuring all people in our region have access to

mainstream banking and credit at competitive prices. This exciting expansion affirms our

commitment to serving businesses, nonprofits, families and individuals living and working in

the Metro East as we seek to expand our community impact,” said Orvin T. Kimbrough,

chairman and CEO of Midwest BankCentre. “Our move is consistent with our high-touch and

high-tech approach to delivering banking services. We meet our customers where they want

to do business.”

The new office serves both commercial and mortgage loan customers. The bank has

helped hundreds of families purchase homes in Illinois this year, and local mortgages

continue to be a bank focus. In addition, Midwest BankCentre serves the lending needs of

businesses and nonprofits in Southern Illinois, including dozens that received Paycheck

Protection Program (PPP) loans through the bank earlier in 2020.

Working with both Alex Fennoy, executive vice president-community and economic

development, and Rebecca Walker, senior vice president of mortgage services, key staff

members include Franklin Shelton, vice president-community and economic

development; Joseph Lochmann, senior loan officer; and Alisa Vaughn and Thomas M.

Hensiek, mortgage originators. All are residents of St. Clair and Madison counties.

Due to the current pandemic, the office is currently open Monday through Friday by

appointment only. Its location at 920 Talon Drive is easily accessible to I-64 in O’Fallon, Ill.

The phone number is (618) 622-9801.

Midwest BankCentre’s current assets exceed $2 billion and deposits total more than

$1.5 billion. A mainstay of the greater St. Louis community banking scene since 1906, the

bank employs a staff of about 280 working at 18 bank locations in the City of St. Louis, St.

Louis, Jefferson and St. Charles counties in Missouri and St. Clair County in Illinois. It works

to empower people, enable business and energize neighborhoods through the strength of

its financial services, including personalized consumer and business banking, business cash

management, mortgage lending, home equity loans, financial planning and investments,

insurance and digital banking.

The bank is a local leader in the St. Louis Regional Financial Empowerment Coalition

(formerly the St. Louis Regional Unbanked Task Force) and its Bank-On Save-Up St. Louis

initiative. Since 2001, Midwest BankCentre has consecutively achieved the Bauer Financial 5-

Star Superior financial rating each quarter. It has been recognized for its success in bringing

mainstream financial services to unbanked and underbanked citizens in the region and

other diversity and inclusion contributions with the 2019 Community Commitment Award

from the American Bankers Association Foundation and the 2018 National Community Bank

Service Award from the Independent Community Bankers of America

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Staff members of Midwest BankCentre’s first Illinois location include (from left) Alex Fennoy,

executive vice president-community and economic development, and mortgage loan originators

Alisa Vaughn and Thomas M. Hensiek. Not pictured: Rebecca Walker, senior vice president of

mortgage service; Franklin Shelton, vice president-community and economic development; and

Joseph Lochmann, senior loan officer. The office is located at 920 Talon Drive near I-64 in

O’Fallon, Ill. 62269.