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  • Banking & Finance

    First Priority Bank Announces First-Quarter Results, Gains Strength in New and Existing Markets

    April 25, 2018

    First Priority Bank reported that net income for the three months ended March 31, 2018 totaled $762,000, or $0.10 per basic and fully diluted common…

  • Banking & Finance

    First Priority Bank Expands Executive Leadership Team, Appoints New Vice Chairman

    March 8, 2018

    First Priority Financial Corp. has appointed Mark W. Biedermann as Vice Chairman, Chief Banking Officer and Director of First Priority Bank, and Chief Banking Officer…

  • Banking & Finance

    First Priority Reports Healthy Increase in Net Income in 2017

    February 2, 2018

    First Priority Financial Corp. has reported that net income for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017 increased seven percent to $2.46 million, or $0.33 per…

  • Banking & Finance

    Mid Penn Bancorp Buys Malvern’s First Priority Financial for $82M

    January 21, 2018

      Mid Penn Bancorp is entering the lucrative southeastern Pennsylvania market by acquiring Malvern’s First Priority Financial, writes Joel Berg for Central Penn Business Journal.…

  • Commerce

    Chester County Briefly: October 24

    October 24, 2017

    First Priority Bank Malvern-based First Priority Bank reported that net income for the nine months ended Sept. 30 increased 45 percent to $2.27 million, or…

  • Commerce

    First Priority Bank Elects Joel Frank to Board of Directors

    August 9, 2017

    First Priority Financial Corp. has announced that Joel L. Frank has been elected to its Board of Directors. Frank is the Managing Partner and Executive…

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    Chester County Briefly: August 1

    August 1, 2017

    First Priority Bank First Priority Bank has reported that net income for the six months ended June 30, 2017 increased 42 percent to $1.55 million,…

  • Banking & Finance, Commerce

    Malvern-Based First Priority Bank Reports Dramatic Increases in First-Quarter Results

    April 26, 2017

    The Malvern-based First Priority Financial Corp. has reported net income for the first quarter of 2017 totaling $782,000 or $0.11 per basic and fully diluted…

  • Banking & Finance, Commerce

    First Priority Bank Appoints New SVP, Eyes Expanded Chester County Footprint

    March 9, 2017

    First Priority Bank, headquartered in Malvern, has appointed Laura J. Melfi as Senior Vice President and Director of Cash Management. In her new position, Melfi…

  • Banking & Finance, Commerce

    First Priority Reports Fourth-Quarter, Year-End Results and Ends 2016 on High Note

    January 31, 2017

    First Priority Financial Corp., parent of First Priority Bank, has reported net income for the fourth quarter of 2016 totaling $737,000 or $0.10 per basic…

  • Banking & Finance

    Chester County Leadership: David E. Sparks, Chairman and Founder of First Priority Bank

    October 27, 2016

    VISTA Today spoke with David E. Sparks, Chairman and Founder of First Priority Bank, about growing up in Upper Merion when farms, instead of malls…

  • Commerce

    Malvern’s First Priority Acquires $65M Commercial Lending Portfolio

    August 28, 2016

    First Priority Financial Corp., the parent company of Malvern’s First Priority Bank, has acquired a $65 million commercial loan portfolio from an unnamed local banking…

  • Banking & Finance

    First Priority Bank Begins Trading On Over-The-Counter Financial Market

    March 26, 2015

    The not-quite-10-years-old First Priority Bank has reached another milestone in its quest to provide outstanding individualized and customized service by opening up its common stock to…

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