The Republic

First Financial acquires Westfield Bancorp

First Financial Bancorp (“First Financial”) has agreed to acquire Westfield Bancorp, which has $2.2 billion in assets, the holding company of Westfield Bank, FSB. This expands First Financial’s ability to serve the geographically attractive ...
Crain's Cleveland Business

First Financial Bank acquires Westfield Bank for $325 million

First Financial Bancorp (Nasdaq: FFBC), a Cincinnati-based holding company for First Financial Bank, announced it is acquiring Westfield Bancorp, the parent company of Westfield Bank FSB, in a $325 million cash-and-stock transaction that grows the former ...
Crain's Chicago Business

BankFinancial to be acquired by Ohio bank in $142M deal

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. First Financial Bancorp agreed to acquire Burr Ridge-based BankFinancial in an all-stock transaction valued at $ ...
Chicago Tribune

BankFinancial and its 18 mostly suburban Chicago branches sold for $142 million to First Financial

Cincinnati-based First Financial has agreed to buy BankFinancial, a century-old Burr Ridge-based bank, in an all-stock deal valued at $142 million. BankFinancial, which opened its doors in 1924 as Oakley Federal Savings in Chicago, has 18 mostly suburban ...
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First Hawaiian Bank, Coastal Financial, 1st Source, Peoples Bancorp, and Columbia Banking System Stocks Trade Up, What You Need To Know

What Happened? A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after a cooler-than-expected inflation report fueled optimism for potential Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. The September Consumer Price Index (CPI) report indicated a 3.
American Banker

Four takeaways from the first week of bank earnings season

An apparent increase in large-scale borrower fraud and the hot environment for bank mergers were the key themes as banks discussed their third-quarter results.
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