Article: Compass signs agreement to buy $310 million Florida bank.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 1996--Compass Bancshares, Inc. moved a step closer to increasing its Florida assets by 50 percent with the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire CFB Bancorp, Inc. and its subsidiary, Community First Bank in greater Jacksonville.

The acquisition, Compass' largest in Florida to date, will add $310 million in assets and $256 million in deposits to operations in the state.

It also boosts the number of offices in the rapidly growing Jacksonville metropolitan area from 13 to twenty-one. As part of the purchase, Compass will acquire CFB's two bank offices and loan production center on the state's west coast.

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