2318 Actions on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND SECURITIES

Actions on Applications

[43 Pa.B. 7288]
[Saturday, December 14, 2013]

 The Department of Banking and Securities (Department), 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 and Securities 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 December 3, 2013.

 Under section 503.E of the Department of Banking and Securities Code (71 P. S. § 733-503.E), any person wishing to comment on the following applications, with the exception of branch applications, may file their comments in writing with the Department of Banking and Securities, Corporate Applications Division, 17 North Second Street, Suite 1300, Harrisburg, PA 17101-2290. Comments must be received no later than 30 days from the date notice regarding receipt of the application is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The nonconfidential portions of the applications are on file at the Department and are available for public inspection, by appointment only, during regular business hours. To schedule an appointment, contact the Corporate Applications Division at [phone]. Photocopies of the nonconfidential portions of the applications may be requested consistent with the Department's Right-to-Know Law Records Request policy.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Incorporations

Date	Name and Location of Applicant			Action
11-29-2013	Bank of Bird-in-Hand Bird-in-Hand Lancaster County			Effective

Conversions

Date	Name and Location of Applicant			Action
11-25-2013	From: ESSA Bank and Trust Stroudsburg Monroe County			Filed
	To: ESSA Bank and Trust Stroudsburg Monroe County
	Application for approval to convert from a Pennsylvania State-chartered savings and loan association to a Pennsylvania State-chartered savings bank.

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name and Location of Applicant			Action
12-1-2013	Peoples Financial Services Corp Hallstead Susquehanna County			Effective
	Application for approval to acquire 100% of Penseco Financial Services Corporation, Scranton, and thereby indirectly acquire 100% of Penn Security Bank and Trust Company, Scranton.

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name and Location of Applicant			Action
12-1-2013	Peoples Neighborhood Bank Hallstead Susquehanna County			Effective
	Merger of Penn Security Bank and Trust Company, Scranton, with and into Peoples Neighborhood Bank, Hallstead, with a change in corporate title to ''Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company'' which became a bank and trust company and relocated its principal place of business to Scranton, PA.
	All branch offices of Penn Security Bank and Trust Company will become branch offices of Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company.

Branch Applications

De Novo Branches

Date	Name and Location of Applicant		Location of Branch	Action
11-18-2013	Somerset Trust Company Somerset Somerset County		300 Laurel Drive Connellsville Fayette County	Opened

Branch Relocations

Date	Name and Location of Applicant		Location of Branch	Action
12-3-2013	Royal Bank America Narberth Montgomery County	To:	124 Main Street Phoenixville Chester County	Filed
		From:	808 Valley Forge Road Phoenixville Chester County

Articles of Amendment

Date	Name and Location of Institution			Action
11-25-2013	Beneficial Mutual Savings Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County			Filed
	Amendment to Article I of the institution's Articles of Incorporation to be amended and restated in their entirety, provides for a change in their principal place of business from 510 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County to 1818 Market Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name and Location of Applicant			Action
11-27-2013	PPL Gold Credit Union Allentown Lehigh County			Filed
	Application for approval to merge Keystone First Federal Credit Union, Hazleton, with and into PPL Gold Credit Union, Allentown.

 The Department's web site at www.dobs.state.pa.us includes public notices for more recently filed applications.

GLENN E. MOYER, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-2318. Filed for public inspection December 13, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]