Business First Bancshares, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Waterstone LSP, LLC

BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Business First) (NASDAQ:BFST), the holding company for b1BANK announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Waterstone LSP, LLC (Waterstone). Waterstone was founded in 2012 by Mark Danford and Anthony Parrino to work hand-in-hand with community banks and small business owners to implement and manage the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) loan programs.   "We have worked closely, for a number of ye ...