---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-038180"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNWD"
cik: "0000919864"
company_name: "Finward Bancorp"
filed_at: "2024-12-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T23:59:13.468337+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Finward Bancorp declares $0.12 quarterly dividend, payable Feb 3, 2025

## Summary
- Dividend of $0.12 per share declared on Dec 20, 2024; payable Feb 3, 2025 to holders of record Jan 21, 2025.
- Peoples Bank operates under a consent order and MOU with FDIC/DFI that restricts cash dividends without prior regulatory approval.
- Quarterly dividend rate unchanged from prior periods; no mention of increase or decrease.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-038180
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNWD
- cik: 0000919864
- company_name: Finward Bancorp
- filed_at: 2024-12-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000143774924038180/0001437749-24-038180-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000143774924038180/fnwd20241220_8k.htm

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