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   <description>&lt;p&gt;First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ: FFBC) reported Q2 EPS of $0.80, $0.02 better than the analyst estimate of $0.78.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For earnings history and earnings-related data on First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.streetinsider.com/ec_earnings.php?q=FFBC&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) has agreed to acquire Finward Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNWD), the holding company for Peoples Bank, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $208 million, the companies announced jointly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under the terms of the agreement, each Finward share will be converted into 1.35 shares of First Financial common stock, based on First Financial's closing stock price on July 20, 2026. The transaction has been unanimously approved by both companies' boards of directors and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approvals and Finward shareholder approval.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Munster, Indiana-based Finward holds approximately $2.0 billion in assets,</description>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) has agreed to acquire Finward Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNWD), the holding company for Peoples Bank, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $208 million, the companies announced jointly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under the terms of the agreement, each Finward share will be converted into 1.35 shares of First Financial common stock, based on First Financial's closing stock price on July 20, 2026. The transaction has been unanimously approved by both companies' boards of directors and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approvals and Finward shareholder approval.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Munster, Indiana-based Finward holds approximately $2.0 billion in assets,</description>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) has agreed to acquire Finward Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNWD), the holding company for Peoples Bank, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $208 million, the companies announced jointly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under the terms of the agreement, each Finward share will be converted into 1.35 shares of First Financial common stock, based on First Financial's closing stock price on July 20, 2026. The transaction has been unanimously approved by both companies' boards of directors and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approvals and Finward shareholder approval.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Munster, Indiana-based Finward holds approximately $2.0 billion in assets,</description>
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