In Brief: Car Lender 1st Merchants Hires a Banc One Exec

First Merchants Acceptance Corp., a national subprime auto lender, has appointed John R. Griggs executive vice president and chief operating officer of its dealer financial services division.

Mr. Griggs, 47, was a senior vice president and manager of national indirect operations at Banc One Credit Corp.

The appointment, effective immediately, is part of management realignment at First Merchants to support a diversification strategy.

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