content: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
  
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                          Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 17, 1999
  
  
                           TRANSFINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
              State of Other Jurisdiction or Incorporation - Delaware
  
                          Commission File Number - 0-12321
  
                   IRS Employer Identification Number 46-0278762
  
  
  
                             8245 Nieman Rd., Suite 100
           Lenexa, Kansas 66214
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                      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code (913) 859-0055
                                         N/A
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  
  ITEM 5.        OTHER EVENTS
  
  Attached hereto, and incorporated by reference herein, as Exhibit 1 is a press
  release dated March 17, 1999, with respect to TransFinancial Holdings, Inc.' s
  stock repurchase program.
  
  ITEM 7.           FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
       1.    Press Release of TransFinancial Holdings, Inc. dated March 17, 1999.
  
  
  
  
  
                                     SIGNATURE
  
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
  
  
  
                                    TRANSFINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
  
  
  
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  Date: March 17, 1999              By:  /s/Timothy P. O'Neil
  
                                            Timothy P. O'Neil
                                            President
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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text: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                          Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 17, 1999
  
                           TRANSFINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
              State of Other Jurisdiction or Incorporation - Delaware
  
                          Commission File Number - 0-12321
  
                   IRS Employer Identification Number 46-0278762
  
                             8245 Nieman Rd., Suite 100
           Lenexa, Kansas 66214
                                         1
                      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code (913) 859-0055
                                         N/A
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  ITEM 5.        OTHER EVENTS
  
  Attached hereto, and incorporated by reference herein, as Exhibit 1 is a press
  release dated March 17, 1999, with respect to TransFinancial Holdings, Inc.' s
  stock repurchase program.
  
  ITEM 7.           FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
       1.    Press Release of TransFinancial Holdings, Inc. dated March 17, 1999.
  
                                     SIGNATURE
  
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
  
                                    TRANSFINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
  
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  Date: March 17, 1999              By:  /s/Timothy P. O'Neil
  
                                            Timothy P. O'Neil
                                            President
  
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