1889
 |
 |
Farmers
and Merchants National Bank opens for business in Abilene,
Texas, and becomes the only Abilene bank to survive the
Depression without being merged, closed or recapitalized.
|
| 1957 |
The
bank name changes to First National Bank, Abilene.
|
| 1973 |
First Financial Bank (Abilene) shareholders form First Abilene
Bankshares, Inc. as a multi-bank holding company.
|
| 1974 |
First
Abilene Bankshares, Inc. acquires Hereford State Bank.
|
| 1981 |
First
Abilene Bankshares, Inc. acquires First National Bank,
Sweetwater.
|
| 1982 |
First
Abilene Bankshares, Inc. acquires Eastland National Bank.
|
| 1990 |
First
Abilene Bankshares, Inc. acquires First National Bank
in Cleburne. First Abilene Bankshares, Inc. is recognized
as one of the safest banking organizations in the United
States and is one of only two organizations in Texas to
receive that distinction.
|
| 1993 |
First
Abilene Bankshares, Inc. acquires Stephenville Bank &
Trust Co. The company changes its name to First Financial
Bankshares, Inc. to reflect the scope of its operations.
The company’s stock is listed on NASDAQ.
|
| 1994 |
First
Financial Bankshares, Inc. acquires Southwest Bank of
San Angelo.
|
| 1996 |
First
Financial Bankshares, Inc. acquires Citizens National
Bank of
Weatherford and Weatherford National Bank and merges the
two
banks under the charter of Weatherford National Bank.
|
| 1997 |
First
Financial Bankshares, Inc. acquires Texas Commerce Bank,
San Angelo, merges it with Southwest Bank of San Angelo
and recharters the two banks as San Angelo National Bank.
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. acquires Texas National
Bank, Southlake.
|
|
1998
|
First
Financial Bankshares, Inc. acquires Cleburne State Bank.
|
| 2001 |
First
Financial Bankshares, Inc. acquires First Financial Bank,
Mineral Wells. |
| 2001 |
First National Bank, Cleburne renamed First Financial Bank, N.A., Cleburne. |
| 2002 |
Texas National Bank, Southlake, renamed First Financial Bank, N.A., Southlake. |
| 2003 |
First Financial Bankshares forms new trust company, First Financial Trust & Asset Management Company, N.A. |
| 2004 |
First Financial Bankshares acquires Liberty National Bank, Granbury, which is then merged with Stephenville Bank & Trust Co. The new institution is renamed First Financial Bank, N.A.
First National Bank, Glen Rose, is acquired and merged into First Financial Bank, N.A., with offices in Stephenville, Granbury and Glen Rose.
|
| 2005 |
First Financial Bankshares acquires the Peoples State Bank in Clyde, with branches in Clyde, Moran, Ranger and Rising Star, and merges it with First National Bank, Abilene. The new bank is renamed First Financial Bank, N.A., Abilene. The former branches of the Peoples State Bank in Ranger and Rising Star are merged into Eastland National Bank, which is renamed First Financial Bank, N.A., Eastland.
First National Bank of Bridgeport, with offices in Bridgeport, Decatur and Boyd, is acquired and merged with First Financial Bank, Southlake.
|
| 2007 |
City National Bank, Mineral Wells, renamed First Financial Bank, N.A.
|
| 2008 |
First National Bank of Sweetwater renamed First Financial Bank, N.A., and opens new branch office in Merkel.
|
| 2008 |
First Financial Bankshares announces it will not apply for funds through the U.S. Treasury Department’s Capital Purchase Program, part of the federal government’s Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). The Company noted it is well capitalized, has good liquidity and did not believe taking the government funds was in the best interest of shareholders. |
| 2009 |
The Company completes rebranding of its family of 10 separately chartered banks under the name First Financial Bank, with Hereford State Bank, Weatherford National Bank and San Angelo National Bank adopting the new name. In addition, First Financial Bankshares expands into two new markets with the opening of a banking office in Fort Worth, Texas, and the opening of a trust office and banking office in Odessa, Texas. |
| 2010 |
First Financial Bankshares named the No. 1 bank in the nation by Bank Director magazine for publicly traded banks with at least $3 billion in assets. The Company acquired Sam Houston Financial Corp., parent company of The First State Bank, in Huntsville, Texas, and made the new bank the eleventh separately chartered community bank in the First Financial Bankshares’ family of Texas banks. |
| 2011 |
First Financial Bankshares marked its 25th year of consecutive earnings growth. The Company was recognized as the top publicly traded community bank in the nation by SNL financial and was also named the No. 2 bank in the nation by Bank Director magazine for publicly traded banks within the $1 to $5 billion asset group. |
| 2012 |
First Financial Bankshares recorded its 26th year of consecutive earnings growth and was again named the No. 2 bank in the nation by Bank Director magazine for publicly traded banks within the $1 to $5 billion asset group. The Company was recognized as the first bank in the nation to offer Picture Pay, a unique mobile bill pay solution, to its customers. Additionally, the Company also consolidated its eleven charters effective December 30, 2012. |
| 2013 |
First Financial Bankshares announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Orange Savings Bank, SSB. The acquisition of Orange Savings Bank will expand First Financial Bankshares' growing Texas footprint into the cities of Orange, Port Arthur, Vidor, Mauriceville and Newton, Texas. |
