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Oneida Financial pays quarterly dividend of 12 cents
ONEIDA, N.Y. — Oneida Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ONFC) has announced a quarterly cash dividend of 12 cents a share of its common stock. The dividend

Cuomo announces land purchase for future Binghamton University School of Pharmacy
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Binghamton University has purchased land in Johnson City that will serve as the home for its future School of Pharmacy and

Mark Tierno, Cazenovia College president, to retire in 2016
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — Cazenovia College President Mark Tierno has announced plans to retire from his position on June 30, 2016. Tierno made the announcement during
Citizens Bank parent launches IPO
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. — parent of Citizens Bank, a top 10 bank in the Central New York market — had its IPO priced Tuesday

People news: NBT Bank adds two members to Mohawk Valley advisory board
Denton is an attorney in Rome, where she practices law as a partner with McMahon and Grow. She is a graduate of Rome Free Academy,

People news: Community Bank names Pedrotti VP of commercial banking for CNY
DeWITT, N.Y. — Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) announced the hiring of Joseph Pedrotti as vice president of commercial banking for the Central New

First Niagara to combine consumer-banking businesses
BUFFALO, N.Y — First Niagara Financial Group (NASDAQ: FNFG) on Thursday announced plans to combine all of its consumer-banking businesses into one unit. Effective immediately,
Chemung Financial to pay quarterly dividend of 26 cents
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 26 cents a share. It’s payable on Oct. 1 to
Carrols agrees to buy 64 Burger King restaurants in three states
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST) today announced it signed agreements to purchase 64 Burger King restaurants from subsidiaries of Heartland Food

People news: NBT Financial Services promotes Alger to assistant VP
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Jordan Alger, a financial consultant at NBT Financial Services, was recently promoted to assistant vice president. He is based at NBT
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