440 Action on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[37 Pa.B. 1231]
[Saturday, March 17, 2007]

   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 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 March 6, 2007.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Interim Charter Application

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
2-28-07	Sussex Interim Bank Westfall Township Pike County		Westfall Township, PA	Effective
	Interim bank is being chartered solely to facilitate the ability of Sussex Bank, Franklin, NJ, a New Jersey State-chartered bank, to establish a branch office in PA.

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
3-1-07	Northwest Bancorp, Inc., Warren, to acquire 100% of the voting shares of Penn Laurel Financial Corporation, Curwensville		Warren	Filed

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
3-1-07	Northwest Savings Bank, Warren, and CSB Bank, Curwensville Surviving Institution-- Northwest Savings Bank, Warren		Warren	Filed

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
2-20-07	Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania Philadelphia County Philadelphia		400 Adams Shoppes Mars Butler County	Opened
3-5-07	Gateway Bank of Pennsylvania McMurray Washington Street		Commonwealth Drive at Freedom Road Cranberry Township Butler County	Filed

Branch Relocations/Consolidations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
2-26-07	Mid Penn Bank Millersburg Dauphin County	To:	4642 State Route 209 Elizabethville Dauphin County	Effective
		From:	2 East Main Street       and 11-13 East Main Street (Drive-Up) Elizabethville Dauphin County
3-5-07	AmeriServ Finanacial Bank Johnstown Cambria County	Into:	179 Lovell Avenue Ebensburg Cambria County	Filed
		From:	104 South Center Street Ebensburg Cambria County

Articles of Amendment

Date	Name of Bank	Purpose		Action
2-28-07	Pennsylvania Business Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Provides for the amendment and revision of Article Fifth in its entirety to provide for an increase in the number of shares of common stock and also provide for the issuance of preferred stock.		Approved and Effective

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

Community Charter Conversions

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
3-2-07	Lancaster Red Rose Credit Union Lancaster Lancaster County		Lancaster	Filed
	Represents the credit union's notice to amend its Articles of Incorporation in order to serve a field of membership limited to people, businesses, organizations, associations and other legal entities who live, work, worship or attend school in Lancaster County, PA.

VICTORIA A. REIDER,   
Acting Secretary

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

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 07-440. Filed for public inspection March 16, 2007, 9:00 a.m.]