Peoples Bancorp Inc., parent company of Peoples Bank, announced it has received all necessary regulatory approvals for the merger between Peoples and Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc., with Peoples as the surviving corporation, and for the mergers between Peoples Bank and Premier's wholly owned subsidiary banks, Citizens Deposit Bank and Trust, Inc. and Premier Bank, Inc., with Peoples Bank as the surviving bank.  

Peoples also announced that the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 26, 2021, between Peoples and Premier, was approved by Peoples' shareholders on July 22, 2021. Premier's shareholders approved the Merger Agreement on July 1, 2021.

The planned merger was announced in March.