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Bryn Mawr Trust Will Officially Be Acquired By WSFS On Jan. 1

by Gerry December 22, 2021

Bryn Mawr Bank and Bryn Mawr Trust

New Year’s day is “curtains” for Bryn Mawr Trust. After a 134-year run, the most venerable of Main Line Financial institutions will be merged into WSFS.

Official statement by WSFS

WILMINGTON, Del. and BRYN MAWR, Pa.– WSFS Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: WSFS) (“WSFS”), the parent company of WSFS Bank, and Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: BMTC) (“BMTC”), the parent company of The Bryn Mawr Trust Company, jointly announced that WSFS has received all required approvals to acquire BMTC, and to merge its primary subsidiary, Bryn Mawr Trust, into WSFS Bank. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) approved WSFS’ acquisition of BMTC, which is the final required regulatory approval for the proposed combination. With overwhelming approvals from WSFS and BMTC stockholders, and regulatory approvals from the Federal Reserve and WSFS Bank’s primary regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, WSFS and BMTC expect to close the transaction on January 1, 2022.

“We are pleased to have received all required approvals and are looking forward to consummating our combination shortly,” said WSFS Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Rodger Levenson. “This combination brings together both companies’ long history of service for our Customers and Communities to form the premier, locally headquartered bank and wealth management franchise in the Greater Philadelphia and Delaware region.”

BMTC and WSFS will continue to operate separately until systems and brand conversion in late Q1 2022.  

BMTC wealth management Clients will continue to be served by the same BMTC professionals and the integration of the WSFS and BMTC wealth management groups will take place throughout 2022. After the transaction closes, both banks’ Customers will have immediate and free access to the combined WSFS and BMTC ATM network of more than 600 ATMs.

 

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Bryn Mawr

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  1. Mark schwartz says

    December 27, 2021 at 9:54 pm

    This is not a combination. It is a clear failure of leadership in my opinion when it comes to BMt

  2. Uncle Duke says

    December 27, 2021 at 9:43 am

    Please don’t change the name. Learn from the Girard —Mellon East experience. Else I will be forced to close my account (open since 1963) and move the portion of my investments under your management. Economies of scale and liquidation events may be good for management but not for clients. Clients become customers and you begin to resemble Bank of America.

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