Mercantile Bank of Michigan is opening a commercial loan office in Troy, MI, which will be led by Violet Gintsis as community bank president.

“This is a great opportunity for Mercantile to bring our brand of customer-relationship focused banking to a new and growing market,” said Robert Kaminski, CEO of Mercantile Bank. “We are fortunate to have brought Violet Gintsis on board who will lead an experienced banking team to develop commercial relationships in the Southeast Michigan market area. Violet and her team bring decades of experience in the greater Detroit market, and we look forward to their success as part of Mercantile. In addition, we are working to expand our commercial lending operations to include a full service branch at this Troy location in the near future.”

Gintsis brings more than 35 years of commercial banking experience to Mercantile Bank, all in the Southeast Michigan market area.

Based in Grand Rapids, MI, Mercantile has assets of approximately $3 billion and operates 48 banking offices serving communities, primarily in central and western Michigan.