The company will also gain deposits and loans from its deal with Republic Bancorp.
There have now been a record 10 credit union-bank merger deals in 2019.
The West Virginia company will pay $15 million in cash for First National Bank of Jackson.
The Indiana company will pay $68 million for Citizens First.
The $128 million acquisition will provide First Financial with its first branches in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Stock Yards will remove a competitor in Louisville, Ky., and enter two markets outside of the city.
Banks were reluctant to offer services to an industry that had a hazy legal status. That’s about to change.
Bankers complain that the quasi-governmental system's new program designed to make more residential loans in four states goes well beyond its original mission.
The $45 million purchase will provide Peoples with eight branches and $244 million in deposits.
The West Virginia company will pay a total of $118 million for Poage Bankshares and Farmers Deposit Bancorp.
