On January 31, 2025, PeoplesBancorp, MHC, Holyoke, Massachusetts, and SSB Community Bancorp MHC, Spencer, Massachusetts, completed their strategic partnership by merging. PeoplesBank and Cornerstone Bank, the bank subsidiaries of PeoplesBancorp, MHC and SSB Community Bancorp MHC, respectively, remain independent entities under a mutual multi-bank holding company.
Read More...On January 9, 2025, ESSA Bancorp, Inc., Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, announced the signing of a merger agreement with CNB Financial Corporation, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, pursuant to which ESSA Bancorp will merge with and into CNB Financial Corporation in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $214 million. ESSA Bancorp President and CEO Gary Olson, ESSA Bancorp Chairman Robert C. Selig, Jr. and ESSA Bancorp Director Daniel J. Henning will join the CNB Financial Corporation board of directors following the merger.
Read More...On December 30, 2024, Zeal Credit Union (“Zeal”), Livonia, Michigan, announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets and assume substantially all the liabilities of Gogebic Range Bank, Ironwood, Michigan, the wholly-owned subsidiary of West End Financial Corp.
Read More...On January 1, 2025, Gorham Savings Bank, Gorham, Maine and Maine Community Bank, Biddeford, Maine completed a merger of equals forming a mutual savings bank with nearly $3.0 billion in assets and 21 branches throughout Maine.
Read More...On December 16, 2024, Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. announced that it has entered into subscription agreements with investors to raise $100 million of capital to support its proposed merger of equals with Brookline Bancorp, Inc.
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