Pennsylvania

What does a small bank do when a much larger bank encroaches on its home turf?

NexTier in Butler, Pa., has agreed to buy Eureka Financial in Pittsburgh.

F.N.B. in Pittsburgh has agreed to acquire 17 branches in the Pittsburgh area from Fifth Third Bancorp.

Talented lenders and anxious clients should expect a full-court press from Pennsylvania's community banks as they look to take market share from of the state's newcomer.

Banks are seeing steady growth in consumer loan demand nationwide, particularly in auto loans and mortgages, according to a report released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Board.

Prudential Savings Bank in Philadelphia has hired Douglas Smith to be its chief lending officer. Smith most recently served as chief credit officer at Noah Bank in Elkins Park, Pa.

F.N.B. has chosen a new market president for its home base in Pittsburgh.

BankMobile, the fee-free, digital-only offshoot of Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., is launching a technology development division called BankMobile Technologies.

While in talks to buy National Penn Bancshares, BB&T circulated an email to help key executives understand Pennsylvania’s prominent cultural and religious groups.

BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., plans to close 25 branches as part of its integration of National Penn Bancshares in Allentown, Pa.

F.N.B. in Pittsburgh has shuffled its management ranks, after John Williams announced his retirement as bank president.

The North Carolina regional bank is placing a big bet that targeting Pennsylvania's high earners will offset the state's reputation for having slower-than-average growth.

The North Carolina company had made it clear it would pursue more acquisitions after closing its purchase of the $19 billion-asset Susquehanna Bancshares earlier this year.

Malvern Federal Savings Bank has hired its chief risk officer from a rival Pennsylvania bank.

Codorus Valley Bancorp in York, Pa., has given Chief Executive Larry Miller the additional title of chairman, after its longtime chair retired.

Bryn Mawr Bank in Pennsylvania has issued $30 million in subordinated debt.

BB&T will dismiss most of a 21-person small business lending group who had been employed by Susquehanna Bancshares.

TriState Capital Holdings in Pittsburgh has promoted its bank's chief risk officer to bank president.

F.N.B. Corp. in Pittsburgh has agreed to buy Metro Bancorp in Harrisburg, Pa.

Buying Eagle National Bank would give Stroudsburg, Pa.-based ESSA an entrée into Philly's fast-growing western suburbs.