Pennsylvania

Kim Ruth once served as a state president for Bank of America in Texas.

Higher lending for mortgages, construction and commercial real estate boosted Fulton Financial's profit.

William Davis Jr. was the company’s CEO from 1996 to 2009

Shore Bancshares in Easton, Md., has agreed to buy three branches around Baltimore from Northwest Bancshares in Warren, Pa.

First Midwest Bancorp in Itasca, Ill., has hired the former chief financial officer at Fulton Financial, about two weeks after he announced his resignation from the Lancaster, Pa., company.

First Commonwealth Financial in Indiana, Pa., has hired a former Regions Financial executive to lead several of its consumer lending groups.

A prominent activist investor has pared back its stake in three banks.

F.N.B. Corp. in Pittsburgh has hired an executive to lead its new Charlotte, N.C., office after it completes its deal for Yadkin Financial.

The $1.2 billion-asset NexTier said in a press release Wednesday that it will pay $2.3 million, or $531.55 a share, in cash for the $40 million-asset Manor.

TriState Capital Holdings in Pittsburgh has terminated an agreement to buy a fixed-income team.