First Financial Management Corp said itacquired the data processing contracts and certain related
assets of Tel-A-Data L.P. for about 5.7 mln dlrs cash plus the
assumption of certain liabilities of about 2.5 mln dlrs.
    Tel-A-Data serves about 50 bank and thrift institutions
through a processing center in Lombard, Illinois.
    First Financial offers data processing services to over 800
financial institutions through 35 data processing centers.
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