Finward Bancorp

Finward Bancorp Common Stock represents the equity of Finward Bancorp, a financial holding company headquartered in Munster, Indiana. The company primarily operates through Peoples Bank, a regional commercial bank that provides personal banking, business banking, electronic banking, and wealth management services across Northwest Indiana and the Chicagoland area. Its banking activities include deposit products, residential mortgage lending, construction financing, commercial real estate loans, consumer credit, commercial business loans, and municipal lending. Through its wealth management group, Finward Bancorp also supports estate planning, retirement services, fiduciary accounts, trusts, and investment agency services. The common stock reflects ownership in a locally managed financial institution focused on community banking and relationship-based financial services in its core markets.