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    <link:label id="lab_buse_WatchListMember_0c3779ec-a1e3-4043-adaa-034efd846a43_terseLabel_en-US" xlink:label="lab_buse_WatchListMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Watch</link:label>
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    <link:label id="lab_buse_WatchListMember_documentation_en-US" xlink:label="lab_buse_WatchListMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Represents the grade which includes loans on management's watch list and that is intended to be utilized on a temporary basis for a pass grade borrower where a significant risk-modifying action is anticipated in the near future.</link:label>
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    <link:label id="lab_us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation_7630b02c-feab-4497-82d2-ee5a40cfb405_verboseLabel_en-US" xlink:label="lab_us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/verboseLabel" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Stock-based compensation</link:label>
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    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_DebtAndEquitySecuritiesRealizedGainLoss" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2025/elts/us-gaap-2025.xsd#us-gaap_DebtAndEquitySecuritiesRealizedGainLoss"/>
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    <link:label id="lab_us-gaap_NoninterestIncomeAbstract_label_en-US" xlink:label="lab_us-gaap_NoninterestIncomeAbstract" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Noninterest Income [Abstract]</link:label>
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    <link:label id="lab_us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsGoodwillPolicy_35432d6b-3266-4a18-82c1-9936001cfa9d_terseLabel_en-US" xlink:label="lab_us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsGoodwillPolicy" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Goodwill and Other Intangibles</link:label>
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    <link:label id="lab_buse_MaximumOfHoldingCompaniesAssetsRetained_documentation_en-US" xlink:label="lab_buse_MaximumOfHoldingCompaniesAssetsRetained" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Represents the asset threshold for Companies to maintain trust preferred securities in capital.</link:label>
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    <link:label id="lab_us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember_label_en-US" xlink:label="lab_us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Interest Income [Member]</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2025/elts/us-gaap-2025.xsd#us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember"/>
    <link:labelArc xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember" xlink:to="lab_us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
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    <link:label id="lab_us-gaap_LessorOperatingLeasePaymentsToBeReceivedThereafter_label_en-US" xlink:label="lab_us-gaap_LessorOperatingLeasePaymentsToBeReceivedThereafter" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Lessor, Operating Lease, Payment to be Received, after Year Five</link:label>
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    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_ShortTermDebtLineItems" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2025/elts/us-gaap-2025.xsd#us-gaap_ShortTermDebtLineItems"/>
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    <link:label id="lab_buse_OtherRealEstateTableTextBlock_label_en-US" xlink:label="lab_buse_OtherRealEstateTableTextBlock" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Other Real Estate [Table Text Block]</link:label>
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    <link:label id="lab_buse_CashPaymentsAbstract_documentation_en-US" xlink:label="lab_buse_CashPaymentsAbstract" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">No definition available.</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_buse_CashPaymentsAbstract" xlink:href="buse-20251231.xsd#buse_CashPaymentsAbstract"/>
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