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The $5.6 billion-asset multibank holding company hired Fontaine to replace Ed Hooks, who has been its counsel since 1992 and who will retire at the end of the year.
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Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has asked for more time for public comment on KeyCorp's proposed takeover of First Niagara Financial Group, and said more study is needed on the deal's potential economic impact on western New York.
December 22 -
The $3.4 billion-asset holding company for Five Star Bank received a letter on Wednesday from Clover Partners' managing director, Johnny Guerry, saying management has made the wrong decision on two recent deals. Clover owns about 5.2% of Financial Institutions.
December 17
Tompkins Financial in Ithaca, N.Y., has acquired an insurance agency in upstate New York.
The $5.6 billion-asset Tompkins said in a press release Wednesday that its Tompkins Insurance Agencies unit bought Shepard, Maxwell & Hale Insurance. The price was not disclosed.
Shepard, Maxwell & Hale had offices in Batavia and Hamlin, N.Y. Tompkins closed the Batavia office.
Tompkins is a multibank holding company that operates Tompkins Bank of Castile in Wyoming County, N.Y., and three other banks in New York and Pennsylvania. Tompkins Insurance provides personal and commercial insurance.
