843 Action on applications  

  • DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

    Action on Applications

    [37 Pa.B. 2216]
    [Saturday, May 12, 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 May 1, 2007.

    BANKING INSTITUTIONS

    Charter Applications

    Date Name of Trust Company LocationAction
    5-1-07 DM Trust Company
    Philadelphia
    Philadelphia County
    30 South 17th Street
    Philadelphia
    Philadelphia County
    Commenced Operations

    Interim Charter Applications

    Date Name of Bank Location Action
    4-25-07 Elderton Interim Bank
    Elderton
    Armstrong County
    EldertonFiled
    Application being filed in conjunction with the reorganization of Elderton State Bank into a bank holding company form of business, which will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of Keystrong Financial, Inc., a new holding company in formation.

    Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

    Date Name of BankLocationAction
    4-25-07First Priority Bank, Malvern,
    and First Priority Interim
    Bank, Malvern
    Surviving Institution--
    First Priority Bank, Malvern
    MalvernApproved
    The subject merger is in conjunction with First Priority Bank's reorganization into a holding company
    form of business by forming a Pennsylvania holding company to be known as ''First Priority Financial
    Corp.,'' Malvern.
    4-26-07 Fulton Bank
    Lancaster
    Lancaster County
    Lancaster Approved
    Purchase of Assets/Assumption of Liabilities of Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank, Lebanon.
    Both institutions are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Fulton Financial Corporation, Lancaster.
    4-26-07Berkshire Bank
    Wyomissing
    Berks County
    WyomissingApproved
    Purchase of Assets/Assumption of Liabilities of Two Branch Offices of Fleetwood Bank, Fleetwood,
    Located at:
    555 Penn Avenue
    West Reading
    Berks County
    2493 Bernville Road
    Reading
    Berks County
    5-1-07 Citizens & Northern Bank,
    Wellsboro, and Citizens Trust Company, Coudersport
    Surviving Institution--
    Citizens & Northern Bank, Wellsboro
    WellsboroEffective
    All branch offices of Citizens Trust Company will become branches of
    Citizens & Northern Bank, including the former main office of Citizens Trust Company.

    Branch Applications

    Date Name of Bank LocationAction
    4-16-07 Abington Savings Bank
    Jenkintown
    Montgomery County
    4000 Fox Hound Drive
    Lafayette Hill
    Montgomery County
    (Limited Service Facility)
    (Correction from) 37 Pa.B. 2100
    (May 5, 2007)
    Opened
    4-23-07CommunityBanks
    Millersburg
    Dauphin County
    233 Hershey Road
    Hummelstown
    Dauphin County
    Opened
    4-23-07 Northwest Savings Bank
    Warren
    Warren County
    2470 Longstone Lane
    Marriottsville
    (Previously Woodstock)
    Howard County, MD
    Opened
    4-25-07 Valley Green Bank
    Philadelphia
    Philadelphia County
    23 West Highland Avenue
    Philadelphia
    Philadelphia County
    Approved
    4-26-07 CNB Bank
    Clearfield
    Clearfield County
    1925-2055 Edinboro Road
    Millcreek
    Erie County
    Filed
    4-26-07 CNB Bank
    Clearfield
    Clearfield County
    101 10th Street
    Erie
    Erie County
    Filed
    4-26-07 Abington Savings Bank
    Jenkintown
    Montgomery County
    329 North Main Street
    Chalfont
    Bucks County
    Opened
    4-30-07 Embassy Bank for the
    Lehigh Valley
    Bethlehem
    Northampton County
    1142 South Cedar Crest
    Boulevard
    Allentown
    Salisbury Township
    Lehigh County
    Filed

    Branch Relocations/Consolidations

    Date Name of Bank Location Action
    4-27-07 AmeriServ Financial Bank
    Johnstown
    Cambria County
    Into:1404 Eisenhower Boulevard
    Johnstown
    Richland Township
    Cambria County
    Filed
    From: 1213 Scalp Avenue
    Johnstown
    Richland Township
    Cambria 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. 07-843. Filed for public inspection May 11, 2007, 9:00 a.m.]

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