Business First Bancshares Inc

Business First Bancshares Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services. It offers various deposit products and services including checking demand money market time and savings accounts; and certificates of deposits remote deposit capture and direct deposit services. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans such as commercial lines of credit letters of credit working capital term equipment financing asset acquisition expansion and development borrowing base and other loan products; construction and development loans; commercial real estate loans; residential real estate loans comprising first and second lien 1-4 family mortgage loans and home equity lines of credit; and consumer loans including secured and unsecured installment and term loans. In addition it offers wealth management products including mutual funds annuities individual retirement accounts and other financial products as well as other fiduciary services and private banking products and services. Further the company provides a range of other financial services comprising debit and credit cards treasury and cash management merchant automated clearing house lock-box receivables factoring correspondent banking and other treasury services as well as employee and payroll benefits solutions; and drive-through banking facilities automated teller machines night depository personalized checks electronic funds transfer domestic and foreign wire transfer traveler's checks vault loan and deposit sweep accounts online and mobile banking e-statements and bank-by-mail services. It operates full-service banking centers and loan production offices across Louisiana and in the Dallas and Houston markets. Business First Bancshares Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge Louisiana.