First Financial Bancshares takes $3.76M in TARP - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The Topeka-based bank holdintg company ownsand . Overall, the holding company’s bankas had about $103.5 million in assetes as of March 31. First Financial acquiredr Great American Bank onJuly 31, 2008. It has one brancbh in De Soto. In January First Financial acquiredLawrence Bank, which has two locationes in Lawrence. The banks were both consideredr well capitalizedby regulators, accordin g to first-quarter numbers, though theitr problem loans were rising compared with the fourthj quarter. “First Financial Bancshares Inc. believes that additional (TARP) capital will alloaw for planned growth and increased lendinb opportunities in their the company said ina release.
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