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First Federal Bank’s parent company, First Defiance Financial Corp. of Defiance, today closed its purchase of Commercial Bancshares of Upper Sandusky, parent company of Commercial Savings Bank, for about $70.3 million. First Federal Bank will continue...

Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of First Defiance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:FDEF) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note published on Tuesday morning. According to Zacks, “First Defiance Financial Corp. is a unitary thrift holding...

First Federal Bank’s parent company, First Defiance Financial Corp., is buying Commercial Bancshares, parent company of Commercial Savings Bank, for about $63 million. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017. Commercial Savings Bank...

David Dygert has stepped down as executive vice president at Farmers Citizens Bank to lead First Defiance Financial Corp.’s entry to Central Ohio. The former Huntington Bancshares Inc. and Bank One Corp. executive will help First Defiance launch...

LIMA — First Defiance Financial Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire Buckeye Insurance Consultants. Buckeye Insurance Consultants is an independent employee benefits agency based in Lima. The acquisition was effective Sept. 1 and the agency will...