Two years after once-proud Wilmington Trust was swallowed up by M&T Bank Corp. in what analysts called a 'take under,' the former president who served as the bank's face for decades has left M&T where he worked in community and customer relations. Robert V.A. Harra Jr., 64, who was Wilmington Trust's president when the bank was sold at a fire sale price to avoid 'significant regulatory actions,' retired on May 10, 2013, said Kent Wissinger, spokesman for the M&T unit that includes wealth advisory services and asset management. Wissinger that Harra was kept on at M&T to 'help with the transition of clients' as a senior vice president and that his retirement 'had been months in the planning.' Harra retired two days after former Wilmington Trust executive Joseph Terranova pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The day after Terranova appeared in court to plead guilty, his former supervisor at Wilmington Trust, Brian Bailey, resigned from his job at MidCoast Community Bank in Wilmington. Bailey was the market manager for Delaware at his past employer.

M&T Bank Corporation Merchant Services division has launched two new products allowing small businesses and middle market customers to better manage their daily cash flow. The new additions at M&T include: M&T Mobile for Merchants -- featuring a small card reader that can be attached to smart phones or tablet devices to process credit card payments. Portfolio ManagerSM -- a significant upgrade to the Web-based reporting tool used by business customers on a daily basis for real-time monitoring of credit card transactions and other account information. The service also works for field-based businesses, such as landscaping providers, contractors, installation services or one-time events that traditionally use wireless terminals.

Christopher Callaghan and Craig P. Hallgren have been promoted to group vice president at M&T Bank. Callaghan, is the manager of M&T's Healthcare Banking Division and has been with the bank for 19 years. Hallgren is a member of M&T's Treasury Division and has been with the bank for 26 years.