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  • Banking & Finance

    Meridian Bank’s Denise Lindsay Named One of Philadelphia Business Journal’s CFOs of the Year

    August 8, 2019

    Denise Lindsay, Meridian Bank’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, was recently honored by the Philadelphia Business Journal as one its CFOs of the…

  • Banking & Finance

    Meridian Bank Crosses $1 Billion-Asset Threshold

    July 31, 2019

    Meridian Bank crossed the $1 billion-asset threshold in the first quarter, after seeing its assets jump from $997 million in the previous quarter to $1.02…

  • Meridian Bank
    Banking & Finance

    Meridian Bank Earns SBA Preferred Lender Status

    July 30, 2019

    Meridian Bank has received preferred lender status from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The SBA’s Preferred Lender Program (PLP) was created to give its…

  • Charlie-Kochka
    Banking & Finance

    Chester County Leadership: Charlie Kochka, EVP, Chief Lending Officer at Meridian Bank

    June 30, 2019

    Charlie Kochka, the Chief Lending Officer at Meridian Bank, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up in a small New Jersey town 40 miles northwest…

  • Banking & Finance

    Meridian Bank Supports Local Nonprofit as It Builds Bridges That Lead to Self-Reliance

    February 25, 2019

    Meridian Bank recently helped Orion Communities – a Phoenixville-based nonprofit that offers hope for individuals and families experiencing hardship by building bridges that lead to…

  • Banking & Finance

    Chester County Leadership: Thomas “Buck” Riley

    December 27, 2018

    Thomas “Buck” Riley, Founder and former CEO of Riley Riper Hollin & Colagreco, speaks with Vista Today about his memories growing up on a farm…

  • Banking & Finance

    ‘Business Developer Extraordinaire’ and His SBA Lending Team Join Meridian Bank

    December 9, 2018

    Rocco Perate, director of Beneficial Bank’s SBA lending team, is joining Malvern-based Meridian Bank rather than WSFS Bank, which agreed to buy Beneficial in a…

  • Banking & Finance

    Meridian Bank Names New Chief Information Officer

    October 26, 2018

    Randy J. McGarry has joined Meridian Bank, an innovative community bank based in Malvern that offers a full suite of financial products and services, as…

  • Nonprofit

    New Handicap-Accessible Van Enables Surrey Services for Seniors to Help More Older Adults

    October 24, 2018

    Handicapped and housebound seniors in Chester County have been thrown a lifeline after a local bank and nonprofit teamed up to raise money for a…

  • Banking & Finance

    Meridian Bank Teams Up with Nonprofit Surrey to Help Seniors ‘Stay in the Game’

    August 29, 2018

    Meridian Bank CEO Chris Annas knows firsthand the value of what Surrey Services for Seniors provides the region’s older population. “My mother lost her husband…

  • Nonprofit

    Sartomer, Meridian Bank Accept United Way Color 5K Team Challenge

    March 12, 2018

    The United Way of Chester County is bringing back its popular Color 5K Run & Walk on April 29 at the unique location of the…

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    Commerce

    After Successful IPO, Meridian Bank Rings Nasdaq Stock Market’s Closing Bell

    December 22, 2017

    Chris Annas, CEO of Malvern-based Meridian Bank, and members of management rang the Nasdaq Stock Market’s closing bell on Dec. 1 in New York City.…

  • Banking & Finance, Commerce

    Meridian Bank Makes Move Toward an IPO

    April 23, 2017

    A growing Malvern financial institution is banking on an initial public offering to deposit the capital needed to cross the critical $1 billion asset milestone,…

  • Banking & Finance, Commerce

    Malvern-Based Meridian Bank Expands into City

    March 31, 2017

    Propelled by fast-paced momentum toward the milestone of $1 billion in assets, Meridian Bank is now poised to cross over from the suburbs to the…

  • Meridian Bank
    Banking & Finance, Commerce

    Meridian Bank Acquires Wealth Management Firm, Quadruples Wealth-Related Revenue

    March 5, 2017

    Meridian Bank expects big returns from its recent investment in a Plymouth Meeting wealth management firm. The Malvern-headquartered community bank has quadrupled its annual revenue…

  • Commerce

    Chester County Briefly: January 27

    January 27, 2017

    Meridian Bank Meridian Bank, based in Malvern, has promoted Charles Kochka to executive vice president, chief lending officer. He will oversee all of Meridian’s commercial…

  • Chris Annas
    Commerce

    Meridian Bank’s Chris Annas Named One of the Most Admired CEOs in Greater Philadelphia

    November 30, 2016

    Chris Annas, the CEO of Malvern-based Meridian Bank, is one of the 27 Most Admired CEOs in Greater Philadelphia since 2014, as recently selected by…

  • Meridian Bank
    Banking & Finance

    Bank Consolidation Frenzy Fuels Malvern’s Meridian Bank’s Growth

    October 3, 2016

    While major banks have gobbled up competitors at a frenzied pace this year, Malvern’s Meridian Bank has quietly gleaned talent from the chaos — and…

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