1799 Actions on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Actions on Applications

[37 Pa.B. 5273]
[Saturday, September 29, 2007]

   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 September 18, 2007.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
9-10-07	First Keystone Corporation, Berwick, to acquire 100% of Pocono Community Bank, Stroudsburg, which will be merged with and into First Keystone National Bank, Berwick (a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Keystone Corporation).		Berwick	Filed
9-17-07	The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, to acquire 100% of Sterling Financial Corporation, Lancaster, and thereby indirectly acquire BLC Bank, N.A., Strasburg, and Sterling Financial Trust Company, Lancaster.		Pittsburgh	Approved

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-7-07	Brentwood Bank Bethel Park Allegheny County		Bethel Park	Effective
	Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of one branch office of Community Bank, Carmichaels, located at:
			3730 Brownsville Road Pittsburgh Allegheny County

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
8-24-07	Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia County		31 West Ridge Pike Royersford Montgomery County	Opened
9-4-07	Fulton Bank Lancaster Lancaster County		515 Hershey Avenue Lancaster Lancaster County	Opened
9-5-07	Mifflinburg Bank and Trust Company Mifflinburg Union County		214 Vine Street New Berlin Union County	Filed
9-10-07	Republic First Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		833 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Opened
9-10-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County		100 Sterling Parkway Suite 100 Mechanicsburg Cumberland County (Limited Service Facility)	Opened
9-13-07	Mercer County State Bank Sandy Lake Mercer County		712 West Main Street Grove City Mercer County	Approved
9-17-07	Community State Bank or Orbisonia Orbisonia Huntingdon		354 Buchanan Trail McConnellsburg Fulton County	Authorization Surrendered

Branch Consolidations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-6-07	S & T Bank Indiana Indiana County	Into:	3884 Route 30E Latrobe Westmoreland County	Filed
		From:	100 Colony Lane Latrobe Westmoreland County

Branch Discontinuances

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-6-07	S & T Bank Indiana Indiana County		Delmont Wal-Mart 6700 Hollywood Boulevard Delmont Westmoreland County	Filed
9-10-07	Stonebridge Bank West Chester Chester County		1212 Churchville Road Bel Air Harford County, MD	Filed

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
8-28-07	First Credit Union of Scranton, Scranton and McKinney-Scranton Federal Credit Union, Scranton		Scranton	Filed
	Surviving Institution-- First Credit Union of Scranton, Scranton

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

STEVEN KAPLAN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 07-1799. Filed for public inspection September 28, 2007, 9:00 a.m.]