Beginning Saturday, November 21, 2020, Peoples Bank will be closing our lobbies to transactional walk-in customers.

We are trying to do our part in protecting our employees, our customers, and our community. We also realize that our customers still rely on our services. We want to do everything we can to continue to provide those services so that our customers can still manage their money, pay their bills, run their businesses, and go about their day to day business. So, we are still here even though it looks a little different.

If you have a transaction that would usually require a visit to the teller line then you can still see our tellers in the drive through window at each branch. You can also utilize our online banking and mobile app where you can transfer money, make mobile deposits, and manage your account.

If you need a loan officer or need to open an account, you can still schedule an appointment for anything that cannot be done over the phone. Social distancing and masks are still required, we still have our barriers on all of our desks, and everyone who enters our building (visitors and employees) gets a temperature check and answers exposure questions.

Thank you for cooperating and working with us! We appreciate your business and are here to do whatever we can to help! Our goal is to serve you as best and as safely as we can!

Peoples Bank employees have been very excited to be involved in the arrival of the Republic Air P-47 Thunderbolt Tarheel Hal to the Evansville Wartime Museum. During WWII, Evansville became a wartime manufacturing hub. The city produced many different product for the war, including LST ships, .40 cal ammunition, and over 6,000 P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes.

The P-47 Thunderbolt flew it’s first mission in March 1943 in a fighter sweep over France. With it’s powerful engine, strong weaponry, and sturdy frame, the Thunderbolt was used in combat over Europe and the Pacific and quickly became the USAAF’s primary fighter-bomber. It racked up 3,752 air to air kills and destroyed over 150,000 rail cars, locomotive, armored vehicles, and trucks.

The Evansville P-47 Foundation formed in February 2020 in order to bring a P-47 back to Evansville. Different groups over the years have had a similar goal, but the foundation found and was able to secure the Tarheel Hal, a P-47 that was built in Evansville in May of 1945.

On September 17th, the Tarheel Hal flew home from Houston, TX to the Evansville Wartime Museum. Celebrated by hundreds as it flew over Evansville and Dress Plaza, it landed at the airport just across the street from where it was manufactured. The tristate is proud of the legacy the Tarheel Hal represents. Hard working people who came together to support their country in times of struggle.

Peoples Bank was, and is, proud to be involved with the organizations that brought the Tarheel Hal home. Dan Hendrickson, Director of Marketing and Business Development, serves on the board of directors for the Evansville P-47 Foundation. David Arthur, Marketing Manager, served on the marketing committee for the foundation and flew with P-47 in the chase plane to photograph the Tarheel Hal’s flight. Kyler McReynolds, Assistant Branch Manager at our Paradise branch, serves on the board for the Evansville Wartime Museum.

To see the Tarheel Hal, make a reservation to tour the Evansville Wartime Museum at www.evansvillewartimemuseum.org. You can also support the continued fundraising efforts for the plane at www.bringevansvillep47home.org.

We’re excited to announce that after serving the Warrick County community for the last 125 years, we are expanding into Vanderburgh County in 2021!

Construction is underway for our new location at 2201 North Green River Road in Evansville. We’ve partnered with LA+D and Arc Construction to build a facility that brings a modern vision to our century old bank. There will be an open floor plan, modern amenities, and new technology in the Evansville branch without forgetting the personal, hometown feel of familiar faces and strong customer service that is already found in our other locations.

“This new facility will allow us to bring our friendly, hometown approach of banking to the Evansville market” said Dan Hendrickson, Director of Marketing and Business Development. “We are eager to establish this modern physical presence to more conveniently serve our Vanderburgh County customer base.”

The new location is expected to open in the Spring of 2021. For more information about our accounts or loan options, please contact Aaron Garrison, Business Development Officer for the new Evansville branch.