First Posted: 5/19/2010

On April 1, the Board of Directors of Peoples Financial Services Corp (PFIS), parent company of Peoples National Bank in Hallstead, declared a dividend of $0.20 per share, an increase of $.01 or 5.26 percent more than the prior year. The dividend was payable May 14 to shareholders of record as of April 30.
Peoples National Bank operates locally in Glenburn, Nicholson and Tunkhannock.