In Brief: First Commonwealth Buying Finance Firm

First Commonwealth Financial Corp. has agreed to buy BSI Financial Services Inc., Titusville, Pa., for an undisclosed sum.

BSI, a finance company, would be operated as a separate subsidiary of $2.3 billion-asset First Commonwealth, providing loan origination and servicing through the company's nine banks and 82 branches in Pennsylvania. BSI also services loans for more than 100 banks in 40 states.

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