2193 Action on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[33 Pa.B. 5625]

   The Department of Banking, under the authority contained in the act of November 30, 1965 (P. L. 847, No. 356), known as the Banking Code of 1965; the act of December 14, 1967 (P. L. 746, No. 345), known as the Savings Association Code of 1967; the act of May 15, 1933 (P. L. 565, No. 111), known as the Department of Banking Code; and the act of December 19, 1990 (P. L. 834, No. 198), known as the Credit Union Code, has taken the following action on applications received for the week ending November 4, 2003.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
10-31-03	First Commonwealth Financial    Corporation, Indiana, to acquire    100% of the voting shares of    Pittsburgh Financial Corp., Wexford		Indiana	Approved
10-31-03	KNBT Bancorp, Inc., Bethlehem, to    acquire 100% of First Colonial    Group, Inc., Nazareth		Bethlehem	Effective
	KNBT Bancorp, Inc., Bethlehem, is a newly organized bank holding company and its sole banking subsidiary is Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company.

Conversions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
10-31-03	Keystone Savings Bank Bethlehem Northampton		Bethlehem	Effective
	To:
	Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust    Company Bethlehem Northampton
	Represents conversion from a State-chartered mutual savings bank to a State-chartered stock savings bank.

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
10-27-03	Lafayette Bank Easton Northampton County		Easton	Effective
	Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of two branch offices of Premier Bank, Doylestown, located at:
	2201 Northampton Street Easton Northampton County		1401 Easton Avenue Bethlehem Northampton County
10-31-03	First Commonwealth Bank, Indiana,    and Pittsburgh Savings Bank,    Pittsburgh Surviving Institution--First    Commonwealth Bank, Indiana		Indiana	Approved
10-31-03	Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust    Company, Bethlehem, and Nazareth National Bank and Trust Company, Nazareth Surviving Institution--Keystone    Nazareth Bank & Trust Company,    Bethlehem		Bethlehem	Effective
	Branches Acquired by Means of Merger:
	1201 Airport Road Allentown Lehigh County		101 South Third Street Easton Northampton County
	6900 Hamilton Boulevard Trexlertown Lehigh County		2000 Sullivan Trail Easton Northampton County
	2540 MacArthur Road Whitehall Lehigh County		553 Nazareth Drive Nazareth Northampton County
	Route 209 Brodheadsville Monroe County		76 South Main Street Nazareth Northampton County
	355 Lincoln Avenue East Stroudsburg Monroe County		Moravian Hall Square 175 West North Street Nazareth Northampton County
	500 Route 940 Mount Pocono Monroe County		33 South Broad Street Nazareth Northampton County
	1125 North Ninth Street Stroudsburg Monroe County		3856 Easton-Nazareth Highway Easton Lower Nazareth Township Northampton County
	713 Main Street Stroudsburg Monroe County		2510 MacArthur Road* Whitehall Lehigh County
	4510 Bath Pike Bethlehem Northampton County		29 North Ninth Street* Allentown Lehigh County
	44 East Broad Street Bethlehem Northampton County		1504 South Fourth Street* Allentown Lehigh County
	*These three branch offices were approved by the Comptroller of the Currency prior to the merger.

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
10-30-03	Minersville Safe Deposit Bank &    Trust Company Minersville Schuylkill County		100 West Main Street Girardville Schuylkill County	Approved
10-30-03	Sun Bank Lewisburg Union County		220 Highland Park Boulevard Wilkes-Barre Luzerne County	Approved
11-3-03	First Columbia Bank & Trust Co. Bloomsburg Columbia County		Northumberland Drive Ralpho Township Northumberland County	Filed

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

Voluntary Dissolutions

Date	Name of Association	Action
11-4-03	The Home Building & Loan Association of Minersville Minersville Schuylkill County	Articles of Dissolution filed with Department of State. Corporate existence terminated.

CREDIT UNIONS

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
10-30-03	DPC Credit Union, Atglen, and    Citadel Federal Credit Union,    Thorndale Surviving Institution--Citadel Federal    Credit Union, Thorndale		Atglen	Filed

A. WILLIAM SCHENCK, III,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-2193. Filed for public inspection November 14, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]