First Financial Northwest, Inc. Announces Receipt of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Approval for Transaction with Global Credit Union

RENTON, Wash., Aug. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), announced today that they received the required regulatory approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) for Global Federal Credit Union (“Global”) to acquire substantially all of the assets and assume substantially all of the liabilities (including deposit liabilities) of the Bank (the “Asset Sale”), on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase and Assumption Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2024, by and among the Company, the Bank and Global. The Company previously announced that the Bank had received approval from the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions. The Company shareholders approved the transaction at a special meeting of shareholders held on July 19, 2024.