First Financial Bancshares takes $3.76M in TARP - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The Topeka-based bank holding company ownsand . the holding company’s banks had about $103.56 million in assets as of Marchj 31. First Financial acquiredd Great American Bank onJuly 31, 2008. It has one brancgh in De Soto. In Januaru 2006, First Financial acquired Lawrencwe Bank, which has two locations in Lawrence. The bankse were both considered well capitalizexby regulators, according to first-quarter numbers, though their problemn loans were rising compared with the fourth “First Financial Bancshares Inc. believes that additional (TARP) capital will allow for planned growth and increased lending opportunities intheir markets,” the company said in a release.
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