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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc., Announces Financial Results for Q1 2026</title>
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<description>BATON ROUGE, La. , April 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Business First reported net income available to common shareholders of $22.2 million or $0.68 per diluted common share, an increase of $1.2 million and a decrease of $0.03, respectively, compared to the linked quarter. On a non-GAAP basis, core net income for the quarter ended M</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc. Completes $85.0 Million Private Placement of Subordinated Notes</title>
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<description>BATON ROUGE, La., April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First or the Company), parent company of b1BANK,</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc. Schedules Q1 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call for April 27</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., April 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), the parent company of b1BANK, announced that it will</description>
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<title>b1BANK partners with Covecta to deploy agentic AI</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The multi-year partnership will integrate agentic AI into key stages of b1BANK’s banking lifecycle, helping teams work faster, improve controls, and increase capacity while maintaining strong risk and compliance standards. b1BANK is Covecta’s first banking partner in the U.S. BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- b1BANK and Covecta announced a strategic partnership to deploy agentic AI across the bank’s day to day workflows. The collaboration focuses on streamlining and automating</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc., Announces Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2025 and Q4 2025</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2025. Business First reported net income available to common shareholders of $21.0 million or $0.71 per diluted common share, decreases of $0.5 million and $0.02, respectively, compared to the linked quarter. On a non-GAAP basis, core net income for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2025, which</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First), the parent company of b1BANK, announced it is scheduled to release fourth quarter 2025 earnings after market close on Thurs., Jan. 22, 2026. Executive management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss results on the same day (Thurs., Jan. 22, 2026) at 4:00 p.m. CDT. Interested parties may attend the call by dialing toll-free 1-800-715-9871 (North America only), confere</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call </title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First), the parent company of b1BANK, announced</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Progressive Bank</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First), the holding company for b1BANK, announced</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc. Announces Stock Repurchase Program</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First), the holding company for b1BANK, announced</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc., Announces Financial Results for Q3 2025</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), the parent company of b1BANK, announced today that it is</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc., Announces Financial Results for Q2 2025</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., July 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced</description>
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<title>b1BANK Promotes Heather Roemer to Chief Administrative Officer </title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- b1BANK, the banking subsidiary of Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), announced the promotion</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Progressive Bancorp, Inc. and Progressive Bank</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) ("Business First"), the holding company for b1BANK,</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), the parent company of b1BANK, announced today that it is</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc. Appoints Alejandro M. Sanchez to its Board of Directors</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), the holding company for b1BANK, has announced the</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc., Announces Financial Results for Q1 2025</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2025 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., April 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), the parent company of b1BANK, is scheduled to release</description>
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<title>b1BANK Announces Senna Bayasgalan as Chief Marketing Officer</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- b1BANK, announces the appointment of Senna Bayasgalan as chief marketing officer. Bayasgalan will lead</description>
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<title>Business First Bancshares, Inc., Announces Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2024 and Q4 2024</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced</description>
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