2414 Action on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[36 Pa.B. 7466]
[Saturday, December 9, 2006]

   The Department of Banking (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 Code; and the act of December 9, 2002 (P. L. 1572, No. 207), known as the Credit Union Code, has taken the following action on applications received for the week ending November 28, 2006.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

New Charter Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
11-21-06	Hyperion Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		1201 North 2nd Street Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Commenced Operations
11-22-06	Hometown Bank of Pennsylvania Bedford Bedford County		500 E. Pitt Street Bedford Bedford County	Approved

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
11-27-06	EHPW Acquisition Company, Harrisburg, to acquire 100% of the common stock of Vartan Financial Corporation, and thereby indirectly Vartan National Bank, Harrisburg		Harrisburg	Filed

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
11-20-06	Reliance Savings Bank Altoona Blair County		Altoona	Effective
	Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of two branch offices of Susquehanna Bank, Hagerstown, MD Located at:
	1254 Old Route 220 North Duncansville Blair County		3119 Pleasant Valley Boulevard Altoona Blair County

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
11-20-06	United Savings Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		35 East Baltimore Pike Media Delaware County	Opened

Branch Relocations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
11-20-06	Fulton Bank Lancaster Lancaster County	To:	1423 South Market Street Mechanicsburg Upper Allen Township Cumberland County	Effective
		From:	360 Cumberland Parkway Mechanicsburg Upper Allen Township Cumberland County

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

No activity.

   The Department's website at www.banking.state.pa.us includes public notices for more recently filed applications.

VICTORIA A. REIDER,   
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-2414. Filed for public inspection December 8, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]