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Pathfinder Bancorp to pay dividend of 6 cents a share in August
OSWEGO — Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBHC), holding company for Pathfinder Bank, recently declared a quarterly cash dividend of 6 cents per share on its common stock for the fiscal quarter ending June 30. The dividend will be payable to all Pathfinder shareholders of record on July 20 and will be paid on Aug. 10, […]

People news: Pathfinder Bank names McConkey e-commerce manager
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Pathfinder Bank announced it has appointed Mary McConkey as VP, electronic commerce manager. In her new role, McConkey will oversee the bank’s

M&T Bank appoints Zell to CNY advisory council
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — M&T Bank announced it has appointed Melissa F. Zell to its Directors Advisory Council for the Central New York region. The 10-member

Metzler, Noun appointed to statewide credit union commission
Two area credit-union officials have been appointed officers of the New York Credit Union Association’s (NYCUA) Young Professionals Commission. Madelyn Metzler, AVP of asset recovery and loan servicing at CFCU Community Credit Union in Ithaca, was appointed secretary. Jacqueline Noun, senior commercial lending associate at Empower FCU in Syracuse, was appointed treasurer. According to NYCUA,
NBT Bank promotes LaRusch to VP
NORWICH, N.Y. — NBT Bank announced it has promoted Richard LaRusch, human resources (HR) business partner, to VP. LaRusch joined NBT in November 2012 as
M. Griffith Inc. joining Baird, David Griffith to be vice chair
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Employee-owned investment firm M. Griffith Inc. is joining Baird, a wealth management firm with more than 100 offices worldwide. “I’d been
Community Bank System makes senior management promotions
DeWITT — Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU), and its wholly owned subsidiary, Community Bank, N.A., recently implemented several key senior management promotions. Scott Kingsley was promoted to executive VP and chief operating officer of both the parent company and bank, effective June 1. Kingsley has served as executive VP and chief financial officer (CFO)

NBT Bank formally opens new downtown Syracuse branch
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — NBT Bank on Wednesday morning formally opened its new Clinton Square branch office at 126 N. Salina St. in downtown Syracuse. It’s

AmeriCU’s Pfisterer beats back challenge to claim another 3-year NYCUA board term
According to a release from NYCUA, Pfisterer won a contested election to represent credit unions with more than $100 million in assets. Additionally, in the
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