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Stuart Macfarlane. Photo courtesy United Bank
Oct 10, 2025

United Bank hires Charlottesville market president

Stuart Macfarlane is United Bank’s new Charlottesville market president. The Fairfax-based bank announced his role in late September.

Nov 5, 2021

Henrico’s Essex Bank to lay off 51 employees in merger

The Henrico County-based parent company of Essex Bank will lay off 51 employees as a result of its merger with Charleston, West Virginia-based United Bankshares Inc., the parent company of United Bank. The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice with the Virginia Employment Commission on Friday, Oct. 29, notifying them […]

Jun 3, 2021

W.Va.-based United Bankshares to acquire Essex Bank for $303M

Henrico County-based Community Bankers Trust Corp., the parent company of Essex Bank, has entered into a $303.3 million deal to be acquired by Charleston, West Virginia-based United Bankshares Inc., United Bank‘s parent. After the companies announced the agreement Thursday, Community Bankers Trust’s stock rose 29.78% as of mid-afternoon to $11.94 per share and United Bankshares’ [...]

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