Finward Bancorp announced that on January 28, 2022, Edward J. Furticella notified the board of directors of the company of his intent to retire from the Board and not to stand for re-election as a Class I director of Finward upon the expiration of his current term, which expires at company's 2022 annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Furticella's retirement will become effective as of the date of company's 2022 annual meeting of shareholders.