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First Defiance Financial (FDEF) in Defiance, Ohio, isn't going to buy First Community Bank in Columbus, Ohio, after all.
April 21 -
First Defiance Financial (FDEF) in Defiance, Ohio, has agreed to buy First Community Bank in Columbus, Ohio.
February 18 -
Several more banks have disclosed financial hits because they hold securities that regulators declined to exempt from the Volcker Rule. Many of the bankers are upset because they are taking impairment charges on performing securities.
January 21 -
First Defiance Financial (FDEF) in Defiance, Ohio, reported third-quarter income of $5.4 million, up 32% from a year earlier, as credit costs dissipated.
October 22
First Defiance Financial, in Ohio, has revised upward its fourth-quarter earnings after lowering its provision for fourth-quarter income taxes.
The $2.2 billion-asset company added $551,000 to its bottom line after the tax-related adjustment. It took greater advantage of capital loss carryforwards, according to a news release Tuesday.
Its revised quarterly profit was $6.4 million, up 25% from a year earlier. It earned 65 cents per share for the quarter, 5 cents higher than in its initial report.
First Defiance is the holding company for First Federal Bank of the Midwest and First Insurance Group. First Federal has 33 branches in northwest Ohio, southeast Michigan and northeast Indiana, and First Insurance has five offices in northwest Ohio.
