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NBT Bank Syracuse has promoted KAREN D’EREDITA, branch manager of the bank’s East Syracuse office, to assistant VP. She has 26 years of retail-banking experience. D’Eredita joined NBT Bank in 2013 as branch manager of NBT Bank’s East Syracuse office after NBT Bank and Alliance Bank merged. She was employed by Alliance Bank for five […]

Wells Fargo opens middle-market office in Albany area, led by Le Moyne alum
ALBANY, N.Y. — Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) recently announced it has opened its first middle-market banking office in the Capital Region. Wells Fargo

People news: Burton and LoPresti begin new roles at NBT
NORWICH, N.Y. — NBT Bank announced it has named Brian Burton manager of the bank’s Norwich office on South Broad Street. Pegi LoPresti, who formerly

Community Bank System boosts dividend again
DeWITT, N.Y. — Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) announced that its board of directors has hiked its quarterly dividend to 32 cents per share

People news: Citizens Bank appoints Young as head of digital
Citizens Bank, which has a significant presence in Central and upstate New York, recently announced the appointment of Lamont Young as head of digital. Young

People news: NBT Bank promotes D’Eredita
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — NBT Bank announced it has promoted Karen D’Eredita, branch manager of its East Syracuse office, to assistant VP. D’Eredita has 26

Chemung Canal Trust hires Hazelton as retail banking executive
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Chemung Canal Trust Co., a subsidiary of Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG), announced the appointment of Kimberly A. Hazelton as executive VP

KeyCorp expands real-estate unit with more than 50 First Niagara hires
KeyBank Real Estate Capital, the commercial real-estate business unit of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), announced Thursday that it has hired more than 50 new bankers, portfolio

Elmira Savings Bank to pay quarterly cash dividend of 23 cents
ELMIRA, N.Y. — The board of directors of Elmira Savings Bank (NASDAQ: ESBK) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 23 cents per share of

Visions Federal Credit Union to open two more Syracuse branches
ENDWELL — “Syracuse has been a great market for us,” stresses Tyrone Muse, the president and CEO of Visions Federal Credit Union. “We’ve had an office at 500 Erie Blvd. West for a decade, and the volume has grown every year. The community is very supportive of credit unions, and we’ve … [garnered] name recognition
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