AvData satellite at Trans Financial.

Trans Financial Bancorp Inc., a Bowling Green, Ky.-based bank holding company, will link 27 branches together via a satellite network from AvData Systems Inc.

The network will eliminate the need for all long-distance lease lines in the bank's network. The full network should be in place and operational in the summer.

Trans Financial Bancorp has $1.2 billion in assets.

Atlanta-based AvData Systems is a full-service data communications company.

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