<div id="readability-page-1"><p>In this week's banking news roundup: Northwest Bancshares acquires Penns Woods Bancorp; Barclays becomes the second U.K.-based bank to leave the Zero Banking Alliance; Michael Mitchell is appointed executive vice president, director of branch banking at BankUnited; and more.</p><div> <div> <p>Download the American Banker app</p> <p><img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://arizent.brightspotcdn.com/06/d2/849b1ca243f6ac0eeeb140a452d9/ab-apple-app-icon.svg?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://arizent.brightspotcdn.com/06/d2/849b1ca243f6ac0eeeb140a452d9/ab-apple-app-icon.svg"/></p> <p><img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://arizent.brightspotcdn.com/ff/23/562f18a441d7b66cff4889c43b62/ab-google-app-icon.svg?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://arizent.brightspotcdn.com/ff/23/562f18a441d7b66cff4889c43b62/ab-google-app-icon.svg"/></p> </div> </div></div>

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<p>In this week's banking news roundup: Northwest Bancshares acquires Penns Woods Bancorp; Barclays becomes the second U.K.-based bank to leave the Zero Banking Alliance; Michael Mitchell is appointed executive vice president, director of branch banking at BankUnited; and more. Download the American Banker app</p>

Northwest acquires Penns Woods, expands Pennsylvania footprint