Business First Bancshares and b1BANK hired Jerome “Jerry” Vascocu Jr. as chief administrative officer. Vascocu will be the first chief administrative officer for the bank. He brings more than 27 years of banking experience. read more

NOV 23, 2022 - 7:05 am

Business First Bancshares, the holding company for b1BANK, and Texas Citizens Bancorp signed a definitive agreement under which Business First will acquire Texas Citizens Bancorp and its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Texas Citizens Bank. read more

OCT 22, 2021 - 6:10 am

b1BANK appointed Jesse Jackson to lead the bank’s financial institutions group. In addition, Jackson will join the bank’s executive leadership team. Jackson most recently served as executive vice president of Texas Capital Bank’s Dallas commercial banking practice. read more

SEP 10, 2020 - 6:50 am

Business First Bank announced the opening of a loan production office in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. read more

SEP 28, 2017 - 7:03 am