Pennsylvania

Citigroup has agreed to issue private-label credit cards for Wawa, a Mid-Atlantic convenience store chain.

BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., will close five National Penn Bancshares branches in Pennsylvania after it completes its acquisition of the Allentown, Pa., company.

In an effort to get a head start on the feeding frenzy, Malvern Federal Savings Bank in Paoli, Pa., will hold job fairs to gobble up employees laid off by BB&T in Pennsylvania.

Codorus Valley Bancorp in York, Pa., has hired Dwight Utz as its chief operating officer. Utz succeeded Mike Allen, who resigned in March and is now executive-in-residence of The Graham Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies at Penn State University.

BB&T will close a loan-processing center in Hagerstown, Md., which it obtained from its acquisition of Susquehanna Bancshares.

Merchants Bank of Bangor in Pennsylvania has tapped its chief operating officer, Tracey Smith, to become chief executive next year.

Codorus Valley Bancorp in York, Pa., has Brian Brunner to the board of its PeoplesBank. Brunner is the division president of account and item processing sales within Fiserv's global sales organization.

Prudential Bancorp in Philadelphia has named Anthony Migliorino to the newly created job of chief operating officer.

Federal regulators have cited F.N.B. Corp. in Pittsburgh for violating rules to protect consumers from unwanted, automated text messages.

Bryn Mawr Bank in Pennsylvania has hired Michael Harrington as its chief financial officer and treasurer. Harrington, who was also named CFO of Bryn Mawr Trust, was the CFO and treasurer at Susquehanna Bancshares, which was acquired earlier this year by BB&T.

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.