BancFirst Corp. in Oklahoma City said Thursday that it has agreed to buy FBC Financial Corp., parent of the $256 million-asset 1st Bank Oklahoma.
BancFirst, which has assets of $5 billion, has now announced or closed five bank acquisition deals in Oklahoma since July, including Exchange Bancshares of Moore Inc. and OK Bancorp.
FBC, of Claremore, Okla., would be the largest of the five acquisitions.
BancFirst said it expects to complete the FBC deal in July. The price was not disclosed.
The deal brings together a banking core provider and a digital banking software platform to offer an end-to-end tech product for community and regional banks.
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