First Financial Bank completes acquisition of Westfield Bank; branches to be renamed

Cincinnati-based First Financial Bank has completed its acquisition of Westfield Bank, making way for branches to become ...

First Financial completes acquisition of $2.2 billion Northeast Ohio bank

One of the largest banks in Cincinnati completed its acquisition of a Northeast Ohio bank.

Cincinnati's 52 largest banks by market share of deposits

As of June 30, 2025, 25 banks hold 99.98% of the market share of deposits in the Cincinnati area, with​in the counties of Brown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties in Ohio; Boone, Bracken, ...

Major bank merger to create one of the largest banks in US in $10.9B deal

Two notable banks are merging, creating one of the largest banks in the United States. Fifth Third Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio, ...
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First Financial completes $325 million Westfield Bank acquisition

First Financial Bancorp (Nasdaq: FFBC), the Cincinnati-based parent of First Financial Bank, said on Monday, Nov. 3, that it ...
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Bank M&A activity is heating up. Here's what it could look like in Ohio

“M&A activity was reasonably robust in 2019,” said Fred Cummings, president and founder of Elizabeth Park Capital Management, ...