In 1834, a branch of the Second State Bank of Indiana - the earliest
ancestor of First Financial Bank - opened to serve the people who had
settled in Vigo County and the Wabash River Valley. Today, First
Financial Bank is the oldest national bank in Indiana and the fifth
oldest in the United States, still holding the 47th charter granted in
the United States
Anticipating passage of a state law that would allow multi-bank holding
companies, the bank applied for approval from the Federal Reserve Board
to establish such an entity. It received that approval in February 1983,
and First Financial Corporation became the holding company for what was
then Terre Haute First National Bank. In August 1984, First Financial
Corporation became the first multi-bank holding company in the state of
Indiana. The Corporation is the only publicly traded company
headquartered in Vigo County and has been ranked among the top 100 most
efficient bank holding companies in the United States.
Through growth and mergers, First Financial became a strong group of
community banks. In 2003, unification of affiliate banks as First
Financial Bank began. The Morris Plan of Terre Haute was not included in
the unification. The Corporation provides a financial services delivery
system consisting of 82 banking centers in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
and Tennessee and more than 100 FirstPlus ATMs. More than one thousand
people work together to support, manage and staff the First Financial
facilities.
The headquarters of First Financial and its holding company, First
Financial Corporation, has remained in Terre Haute, making First
Financial Bank the oldest continually operated business serving the
area.
First Financial Corporation stock is traded under the NASDAQ National
Market System symbol of THFF.
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