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President and CEO Integrity Bank
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Integrity Bank and American Home Bank Join Forces To Form Integrity Bancorp Mortgage Company, LLC
Camp Hill, PA (March 25, 2004)---Integrity Bank and American Home Bank have joined forces in the creation of a new joint venture called “Integrity Bancorp Mortgage Company, LLC”.
American Home Bank in Lancaster, PA is the dominant residential mortgage lender in Central Pennsylvania. In 2002 they closed $435 million in residential loans, and further increased their # 1 performance by closing $680 million in 2003.
Integrity Bank in Camp Hill has been the most successful and highest performing De Novo bank in total deposits and loans in the history of Pennsylvania, with continued record-breaking performance reported at the recent close of the bank’s second full quarter of operations.
The partnership between Integrity Bank, who provides relationships with many developers, builders, and realtors, combined with American Home Bank’s residential mortgage supremacy is expected to bring a powerhouse competitor in the Harrisburg market.
“Integrity Bank has clearly proven the ability to become a leading player in Central Pennsylvania banking,” added Jim Deitch, Chairman and President of American Home Bank. “American Home Bank’s success in becoming the leading residential lender in the area is due to our aggressive approach to banking and extraordinary commitment to customer satisfaction; the same standards of performance that Integrity Bank has demonstrated since the bank’s inception.”
“The demonstration by each bank’s success in their market makes this pairing an ideal business match,” according to Integrity Bank President and CEO, Jim Gibson. “Everything Integrity Bank does is with the intention of being the best. It is only natural that we would select an equally aggressive, highly successful partner to provide us with the efficiencies and opportunities to make us the best in the market.”
Integrity Bank, located at 34th and Market Streets in Camp Hill, officially opened its first branch in June 2003. Gibson and a prestigious group of business community board members have taken banking to a new level by structuring the bank’s business around an innovative retail model that focuses on customer service and convenience. Key offerings include free ATMs worldwide, a staff highly seasoned business and banking professionals, seven day a week banking, free and no bounce checking and a speedy, innovative three-step drive thru process.