Business First Bancshares, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Progressive Bank

Business First Bancshares, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Progressive Bank

BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First), the holding company for b1BANK, announced today the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of Progressive Bancorp, Inc. (Progressive) and its wholly-owned…

b1Bank closes its acquisition of Progressive Bank

Business First Bancshares, the holding company for b1Bank, has completed its acquisition of Progressive Bancorp Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Progressive Bank, expanding the Baton Rouge-based company’s footprint across north Louisiana.  The deal, which closed Monday, increases Business First’s total assets to approximately $8.7 billion, with more than $6.6 billion in total loans and $7.2 billion in deposits, and adds nine Progressive loc…