Harrisburg-based Community Banks, parent of CommunityBanks, yesterday declared a quarterly cash dividend of 21 cents per share payable Oct. 1 to shareholders of record on Sept. 17.

Fulton Financial Corp. yesterday issued an unusual public statement to quash chatter that was affecting its stock price.

First National Bank of Pennsylvania’s capital region chairman, George H. Groves, is retiring, according to the company.

David J. Cover manages money for clients with large accounts.

Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. yesterday said it completed its acquisition of Widmann, Siff & Company Inc., an investment-advisory firm in Radnor Township, Delaware County.

Swatara Township-based Commerce Bank has started a petition opposing the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) final two choices for the construction of a new federal courthouse in downtown Harrisburg.

Union National Financial Corp. reported second-quarter earnings of $337,000, a 28.6 percent decrease from the same period of 2006.

Susquehanna Bank PA will have more ground to cover after its merger CommunityBanks closes in the fourth quarter.

Mid Penn Bancorp Inc., the Millersburg-based parent company of Mid Penn Bank, reported second-quarter net income of $1.18 million, down from $1.12 million in the year-earlier period.

Shippensburg-based Orrstown Financial Services Inc. today reported a 2.4 percent increase in second-quarter earnings to $3.2 million, or 50 cents per share.

Sterling Financial Corp. is being acquired by a company that needed to plug a gap in the midstate and was unfazed by the prospect of taking on an accounting and legal mess.

Emerging companies looking for funding have a chance to hit a home run during “Idea Pitch! 2007.”

Edward J. Fox, the leader of Mid-Atlantic Corporate Federal Credit Union, will retire in July 2008, the credit union announced.

On May 24, Sterling Financial Corp. announced it had uncovered a massive fraud scheme at its logging-finance subsidiary, EFI.

North Carolina-based Wachovia Bank will provide $250,000 to the Spanish American Civic Association in Lancaster to boost the nonprofit’s community-development efforts.