One recently formed Doylestown-area bank is looking to boost its community outreach efforts with the creation of a new position and entity.
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Banking & Finance
‘Quality only happens when you care to do your best’
Growing up in Nazareth, Laura Haffner was a typical girl who enjoyed Girl Scouts, playing softball and attending dance school. She also liked anything to do with writing, and took every high school English class that she could fit into her schedule.
First Niagara acquisition approved by shareholders
First Niagara Financial Group of Buffalo, N.Y., which has 46 locations in the Greater Lehigh Valley, and KeyCorp of Cleveland, Ohio, announced today that each company’s shareholders voted in favor of KeyCorp’s acquisition of First Niagara.
Read More »529 plans are ripe for the saving yet few pick them
College may be expensive, but it doesn’t have to break the bank if you plan ahead and start saving now.
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NEW VENTURES: Phoebe Richland expands with personal-care home, adds 40 jobs
A new personal-care facility has opened in Richlandtown, as Meadow Glen at Phoebe Richland is accepting patients.
National Penn shareholders reminded of merger deadline
North Carolina-based BB&T Corp. has issued a reminder to stockholders of Allentown’s National Penn Bank that an important deadline is looming in its planned $1.8 billion National Penn Acquisition.
Read More »Lender looks to fill businesses credit void
Opportunities exist for businesses to acquire loans that do not involve the traditional route of applying directly to a bank.
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Former National Penn exec to helm Fleetwood Bank
Fleetwood Bank, a Berks County-based community bank with assets of more than $230 million, has named a new president. Timothy P. Snyder.
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NEW VENTURES: In-home personal-training franchise opens in Lehigh Valley
GymGuyz, an in-home mobile, personal training and fitness franchise company, is now in the Lehigh Valley.
Greater Lehigh Valley small-business lending on the rise
U.S. Small Business Administration lending is up dramatically in the Greater Lehigh Valley, according to a release from Tony Leta, director of SBA’s Eastern Pennsylvania District.
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