United States · Financial institution
First Financial Bank
First Financial Bank is an Ohio state-chartered commercial bank and a member of the Federal Reserve System, with its head office in Cincinnati. It is the banking subsidiary of First Financial Bancorp., a bank holding company listed on Nasdaq. The bank was founded in 1863 in Hamilton, Ohio. It provides commercial, retail, mortgage, commercial finance and wealth management services in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois. It acquired Westfield Bank in November 2025 and BankFinancial on 1 January 2026.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- FFBCUS3CXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under FFBCUS3C directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2013-07-13
- Last updated
- 2026-06-25
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
First Financial Bancorp.
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as First Financial
- Standing
- The bank converted from a national association to an Ohio state-chartered bank on 30 December 2016. On the same date it changed its name from First Financial Bank, National Association. It absorbed Westfield Bank, FSB in November 2025 and BankFinancial, National Association on 1 January 2026.
- Ownership
- The bank is the banking subsidiary of First Financial Bancorp., a Cincinnati-based bank holding company whose shares trade on Nasdaq.
- Direct parent
- First Financial Bancorp., United States
- Head office
- 255 East Fifth Street, 45202 Cincinnati, United States (registered office: 1 East 4th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202, United States (main office address shown in the Federal Reserve NIC record))
- Company register
- FDIC cert 6600; Federal Reserve RSSD ID 165628
- Former names
- First Financial Bank, National Association · First National Bank of Southwestern Ohio · The First National Bank and Trust Company of Hamilton
Business lines
The group reports six lines of business: Commercial, Retail Banking, Investment Commercial Real Estate, Mortgage Banking, Commercial Finance and Wealth Management. Its fee income includes equipment leasing and foreign exchange.
Online
- Websites & references
- bankatfirst.com ↗
locations.bankatfirst.com ↗ branch and ATM locator
Wikipedia ↗ group article
Wikidata Q5453009 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- ffiec.gov/npw/Institution/Profile/165628
- bankatfirst.com/
- bankatfirst.com/contact.html
- bankatfirst.com/contact/personal-faq.html
- bankatfirst.com/about/leadership-team.html
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000110465926085424/tm2620858d1_ex99-1.htm
- prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-financial-bank-announces-leadership-promotions-designed-to-strengthen
- prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-financial-bancorp-announces-the-completion-of-its-acquisition-of-bank
- prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-financial-converts-to-an-ohio-state-chartered-bank-300384765.html
- federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/enforcement20260224a.htm
- gurufocus.com/news/8882919/first-financial-bancorp-annual-shareholders-meeting-transcript?mobile=true
- bankatfirst.com/personal/discover/flourish/gary-warzala-joins-board-of-directors.html
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Financial_Bank_(Ohio)
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Archie M. Brown Chief Executive Officer, First Financial Bancorp. and First Financial Bank
- Chair
- Claude E. Davis Chair of the Board
- Chief financial officer
- Jamie Anderson President and Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Karen Woods General Counsel and Chief Administration Officer
- Executive
- Mandy Neeley Chief Banking Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- United States
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (through the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorCentral bank
- United States
- Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Financial Institutions Prudential supervisor
- United States
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Conduct
- United States
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Resolution
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
The group promoted Jamie Anderson to president of the bank. He kept the chief financial officer role and Archie Brown remained chief executive officer.
prnewswire.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
First Financial Bancorp. agreed to acquire Finward Bancorp, parent of Peoples Bank of Munster, Indiana, in an all-stock transaction. Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of 2026.
sec.gov ↗ -
Enforcement
The Federal Reserve Board issued a consent prohibition order against a former employee of the bank for misappropriating customer funds.
federalreserve.gov ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
First Financial Bancorp. completed its all-stock acquisition of Chicago-based BankFinancial Corporation on 1 January 2026.
prnewswire.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
First Financial Bancorp. closed its acquisition of Westfield Bank in Northeast Ohio.
prnewswire.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- FFBCUS3CXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- FFBCBank
- USCountry · United States
- 3CLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- MV4O55SH8HO6KQSGW013
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- United States · North America
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
- Founded
- 1863
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- F8, 255 E. 5TH STREET CINCINNATI,OH 45202 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Operational address
- 255 E. 5TH STREET FLOOR 8TH CINCINNATI,OH CINCINNATI,OH 45202 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>FFBCUS3CXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>MV4O55SH8HO6KQSGW013</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>FFBCUS3CXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>MV4O55SH8HO6KQSGW013</LEI>
<Nm>FIRST FINANCIAL BANK</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>CINCINNATI</TwnNm>
<Ctry>US</Ctry>
<AdrLine>F8, 255 E. 5TH STREET CINCINNATI, OH 45202</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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