Pennsylvania

Fulton Financial in Lancaster, Pa., will issue $150 million in subordinated debt to fund the redemption of a separate portfolio of debt securities.

First Resource Bank in Exton, Pa., plans to raise $6 million through a combination of common stock and subordinated debt to raise funds to redeem most of its Small Business Lending Fund preferred shares.

Anthony Weagley is starting to leave his stamp on Malvern Bancorp in Paoli, Pa.

F.N.B. in Pittsburgh has agreed to buy five branches from Bank of America in eastern Pennsylvania.

Polonia Bancorp in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., has hired Joseph Svetik as its president and chief executive. Svetik recently served as a director of JTNB Bancorp and, before that, had been president and CEO of ESSA Bancorp.

Prudential Bancorp in Philadelphia is setting the stage for a new chief executive.

First Bank in Hamilton, N.J., has opened its first office in Pennsylvania.

Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., is planning to raise at least $48 million by selling preferred stock.

First Commonwealth Bank in Indiana, Pa., has agreed to buy First Community Bank in Columbus, Ohio, for about $15 million in cash.

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Clearview Federal Credit Union is wrapping up its "Thanks A Million" initiative, part of its "10th Anniversary Members Matter Celebration" that has been investing a total of $1 million in Clearview members and community over the last three months.

The Pennsylvania company is keen on buying a bank with $1 billion or more in assets to soundly cross a threshold that would bring with it more regulatory scrutiny.

WASHINGTON, Pa. — With new leadership, a new culture and a new approach, Washington Community Federal Credit Union is shining up its image with a new name: Chrome Federal Credit Union.

Fulton Financial in Lancaster, Pa., reported lower first-quarter profit on a decline in net interest income and higher expenses.

S&T Bancorp in Indiana, Pa., reported better-than-expected earnings in the first quarter as income from loans it inherited in its acquisition of Integrity Bancshares helped to offset higher merger-related expenses.

DNB Financial in Downington, Pa., has formed a business banking services division.

Orrstown Financial Services in Shippensburg, Pa., and its bank have been released from all outstanding enforcement actions.

Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania in Souderton has issued $50 million in subordinated debt.

The $969 million-asset company said in a press release Thursday that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency had lifted a September 2010 consent order against First National Community Bank.

AmeriServ Financial in Johnstown, Pa., has a new chief executive.

Metro Bancorp has a little more breathing room after an activist investor withdrew one of its two nominees for the Harrisburg, Pa., company’s board.