NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF BANKING
Action on Applications
[33 Pa.B. 5625]
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 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 November 4, 2003.
BANKING INSTITUTIONS
Holding Company Acquisitions
| Date | Name of Corporation | Location | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-31-03 | First Commonwealth Financial Corporation, Indiana, to acquire 100% of the voting shares of Pittsburgh Financial Corp., Wexford | Indiana | Approved | |
| 10-31-03 | KNBT Bancorp, Inc., Bethlehem, to acquire 100% of First Colonial Group, Inc., Nazareth | Bethlehem | Effective | |
| KNBT Bancorp, Inc., Bethlehem, is a newly organized bank holding company and its sole banking subsidiary is Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company. | ||||
Conversions
| Date | Name of Bank | Location | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-31-03 | Keystone Savings Bank Bethlehem Northampton | Bethlehem | Effective | |
| To: | ||||
| Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company Bethlehem Northampton | ||||
| Represents conversion from a State-chartered mutual savings bank to a State-chartered stock savings bank. | ||||
Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions
| Date | Name of Bank | Location | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-27-03 | Lafayette Bank Easton Northampton County | Easton | Effective | |
| Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of two branch offices of Premier Bank, Doylestown, located at: | ||||
| 2201 Northampton Street Easton Northampton County | 1401 Easton Avenue Bethlehem Northampton County | |||
| 10-31-03 | First Commonwealth Bank, Indiana, and Pittsburgh Savings Bank, Pittsburgh Surviving Institution--First Commonwealth Bank, Indiana | Indiana | Approved | |
| 10-31-03 | Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company, Bethlehem, and Nazareth National Bank and Trust Company, Nazareth Surviving Institution--Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company, Bethlehem | Bethlehem | Effective | |
| Branches Acquired by Means of Merger: | ||||
| 1201 Airport Road Allentown Lehigh County | 101 South Third Street Easton Northampton County | |||
| 6900 Hamilton Boulevard Trexlertown Lehigh County | 2000 Sullivan Trail Easton Northampton County | |||
| 2540 MacArthur Road Whitehall Lehigh County | 553 Nazareth Drive Nazareth Northampton County | |||
| Route 209 Brodheadsville Monroe County | 76 South Main Street Nazareth Northampton County | |||
| 355 Lincoln Avenue East Stroudsburg Monroe County | Moravian Hall Square 175 West North Street Nazareth Northampton County | |||
| 500 Route 940 Mount Pocono Monroe County | 33 South Broad Street Nazareth Northampton County | |||
| 1125 North Ninth Street Stroudsburg Monroe County | 3856 Easton-Nazareth Highway Easton Lower Nazareth Township Northampton County | |||
| 713 Main Street Stroudsburg Monroe County | 2510 MacArthur Road* Whitehall Lehigh County | |||
| 4510 Bath Pike Bethlehem Northampton County | 29 North Ninth Street* Allentown Lehigh County | |||
| 44 East Broad Street Bethlehem Northampton County | 1504 South Fourth Street* Allentown Lehigh County | |||
| *These three branch offices were approved by the Comptroller of the Currency prior to the merger. | ||||
Branch Applications
| Date | Name of Bank | Location | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-30-03 | Minersville Safe Deposit Bank & Trust Company Minersville Schuylkill County | 100 West Main Street Girardville Schuylkill County | Approved | |
| 10-30-03 | Sun Bank Lewisburg Union County | 220 Highland Park Boulevard Wilkes-Barre Luzerne County | Approved | |
| 11-3-03 | First Columbia Bank & Trust Co. Bloomsburg Columbia County | Northumberland Drive Ralpho Township Northumberland County | Filed |
SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS
Voluntary Dissolutions
| Date | Name of Association | Action | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-4-03 | The Home Building & Loan Association of Minersville Minersville Schuylkill County | Articles of Dissolution filed with Department of State. Corporate existence terminated. | ||
CREDIT UNIONS
Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions
| Date | Name of Credit Union | Location | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-30-03 | DPC Credit Union, Atglen, and Citadel Federal Credit Union, Thorndale Surviving Institution--Citadel Federal Credit Union, Thorndale | Atglen | Filed |
A. WILLIAM SCHENCK, III,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-2193. Filed for public inspection November 14, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]
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