Pennsylvania

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania in Souderton has agreed to buy Valley Green Bank in Mount Airy, Pa.

Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania (UVSP) in Souderton said its president of wealth management is leaving to lead a nonprofit financial services firm whose operations include a credit union.

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Cash management may not be the most exciting topic in the financial services world, but what separates one organization from the next is how accurately it can track, forecast and inventory branch, ATM and vault cash.

Luvleen Sidhu has been hired by her father -- Jay Sidhu, the head of Customers Bancorp -- to do something a lot of small banks would be afraid to tackle: develop Customers' own mobile banking software.

Metro Bancorp (METR) in Harrisburg, Pa., is facing pressure from an investor to sell itself.

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — One CU is making it easy to transfer credit card balances to the cooperative — members simply snap a picture of their competing card's statement with a mobile phone.

Five years after its implementation, the CARD Act has had a major impact on the financial services market — but the credit union story is different.

Donald Shamey, president and chief executive at NexTier Bank in Butler, Pa. will retire in July after 40 years at the helm.

National Penn Bancshares (NPBC) in Allentown, Pa., has agreed to buy TF Financial (THRD) in Newtown, Pa. The $8.6 billion-asset National Penn will pay $138 million in cash and stock for the $846 million-asset TF Financial.

First Savings Bank of Perkasie in Pennsylvania has acquired investment advisor Longview Capital Management in Wilmington, Del.

READING, Pa. — Two credit unions' branches have become targets for thieves.

The new breed of branch employee can do it all. Does the rise of the universal banker mean that tellers have finally reached the end of the line?

Eight community banks have transferred their shares to a new trading platform operated by OTC Markets Group in a bid to increase visibility for their stocks.

Malvern Bancorp (MLVF) in Paoli, Pa., is facing activist pressure to sell itself.

HV Bancorp in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., has filed to sell more than $13 million in stock as part of its planned conversion to a stock company.

Wayne Griest, Continental's chief executive, once worked with Bryn Mawr's CEO at another institution. That familiarity came in handy as the two banks began discussing the potential of a merger.

The company, which agreed to buy Continental Bank in Pennsylvania, has the "firepower" for more deals as it looks to build the size to match its existing cost structure, CEO Ted Peters says.

Bryn Mawr Bank (BMTC) in Pennsylvania has agreed to buy Continental Bank Holdings in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

S&T Bancorp (STBA) in Indiana, Pa., saw its first-quarter profits rise 14% from the same period last year, to $14 million, due to organic loan growth, and improved expense control and asset quality.

Bryn Mawr Bank (BMTC) in Pennsylvania will have a new chief executive at the end of this year.