LANCASTER, PA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/18/06 --
R. Scott Smith, Jr., chairman, chief
executive officer and president of Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FULT), has been elected to the board of the American Bankers Association
for a three-year term.
In addition to ABA, Mr. Smith is active in a variety of community and
industry-related organizations, and he currently serves on the boards of
the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry and the Economic
Development Company of Lancaster County.
Founded in 1875, the American Bankers Association, on behalf of the more
than two million men and women who work in the nation's banks, brings
together all categories of banking institutions to best represent the
interests of this rapidly changing industry. Its membership -- which
includes community, regional and money center banks and holding companies,
as well as savings associations, trust companies and savings banks -- makes
ABA the largest banking trade association in the country.
Fulton Financial Corporation, a $14.9 billionLancaster, Pennsylvania-based
financial holding company, has more than 4,500 employees and operates more
than 250 branches in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and
Virginia through fourteen affiliate banks.
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Contact:
Laura Wakeley
Phone: 717-291-2616