Any bank or trust company organized under any statute of this state may amend its articles of incorporation in the manner prescribed in IC 28-13-14. Any bank or trust company electing to amend its articles of incorporation in such manner may, among other things, provide that such bank or trust company may continue as a corporation, under its corporate name, for the period limited in its articles of incorporation as amended, or, if the period is not so limited therein, then perpetually.
IC 28-3-4-2