On July 1, 2025, Rollstone Bancorp, MHC, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, completed its merger with River Run Bancorp, MHC, Newburyport, Massachusetts. As part of the transaction, Rollstone Bank & Trust, the subsidiary of Rollstone Bancorp, MHC, became the third bank subsidiary, along with Newburyport Bank and Pentucket Bank, of River Run Bancorp, MHC.
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On June 27, 2025, the FDIC, the OCC, and the NCUA issued an order (the “Order”) exempting their supervised institutions from the Customer Identification Program Rule’s requirement to obtain taxpayer identification numbers directly from customers at account opening, permitting them to instead obtain this information from a third-party source. The Order is a significant step forward in modernizing the Bank Secrecy Act and FinCEN’s anti-money laundering regulations. Our Alert covering the Order and key takeaways is available here.
Luse Gorman regularly advises financial institutions regarding compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, and FinCEN’s anti-money laundering regulations. If you have any questions about this Alert, please contact the authors. To learn more about our firm and services, please visit our website.
Read More...On June 24, 2025, Community Bank, N.A. (“Community Bank”), a subsidiary of Community Financial System, Inc., entered into a Purchase and Assumption Agreement with Santander Bank, N.A., to acquire seven branch locations in the Allentown, PA area. Under the agreement, Community Bank will assume approximately $600 million in deposits and purchase approximately $33 million in branch-related loans. In addition, Community Bank will purchase related wealth management relationships.
Read More...On May 31, 2025, Gesa Credit Union (“Gesa”), Richland, Washington, completed its purchase of substantially all assets and assumption of substantially all liabilities of Security State Bank, Centralia, Washington, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Security State Corporation. Following the completion of the transaction, Gesa has approximately $6.4 billion in assets and a network of 43 banking locations across Washington.
Read More...On June 18, 2025, First Bank, Hamilton, New Jersey, completed a private offering of $35.0 million of 7.125% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2035.
First Bank operates 27 full-service branches in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Palm Beach, Florida.
Luse Gorman served as legal counsel to First Bank in the offering. The Luse Gorman team consisted of Marc Levy, Ellie Cook and Lawrence M.F. Spaccasi.
Luse Gorman has extensive experience representing issuers in public offerings and private placements of capital stock, debt, and other securities. To learn more about our Capital Markets and Corporate Finance practice, please visit our website.
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