Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)

20.97 -0.03 (-0.14%) As of 11:07AM EDT. Market open.

Business First Bancshares, Inc.

500 Laurel Street
Suite 101
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
United States
(225) 248-7600
https://www.b1bank.com

Sector(s): Financial Services
Industry: Banks - Regional
Full Time Employees: 751

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. David R. Melville III	Acting Chairman, President & CEO	1.45M	N/A	1975
Mr. Gregory Robertson	Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer	651.51k	N/A	1972
Mr. Keith Mansfield	Executive VP & COO	633.07k	N/A	1977
Mr. Norman Jerome Vascocu Jr.	Executive VP & Chief Administrative Officer	702.74k	N/A	1974
Mr. Philip Jordan	Executive VP & Chief Banking Officer	672.4k	N/A	1973
Ms. Saundra Strong	Executive VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary	470.14k	N/A	1979
Dr. Margaret Singer Lee	Executive VP, Chief Human Resources Officer	N/A	N/A	1977
Ms. Kathryn Manning	Executive VP & Chief Risk Officer	N/A	N/A	1989
Mr. Jesse Jackson	Executive Vice President of Financial Institutions Group	N/A	N/A	1976
Mr. Warren McDonald	Executive VP & Chief Credit Officer	N/A	N/A	1968

Amounts are as of December 31, 2023 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services in Louisiana and Texas. 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 working capital, term, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, and other loan products, as well as commercial lines of credit, accounts receivable factoring, agricultural financing, and letters of credit; 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 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. Business First Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Corporate Governance

Business First Bancshares, Inc.’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of May 1, 2024 is 4. The pillar scores are Audit: 8; Board: 6; Shareholder Rights: 2; Compensation: 3.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.