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

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The Topeka-based bank holding compan y ownsand . Overall, the holdinv company’s banks had about $103.5 million in assets as of Marchb 31. First Financial acquired Great American Bank onJuly 31, 2008. It has one brancj in De Soto. In Januarg 2006, First Financial acquirex Lawrence Bank, which has two locations in The banks were both considered well capitalizerdby regulators, according to first-quarter numbers, thoughn their problem loans were rising compared with the fourth “First Financial Bancshares Inc. believes that additional capital will allow for plannec growth and increased lending opportunities intheir markets,” the companhy said in a release.
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