1st National Bank of Scotia Expands Commercial Department

SCOTIA — 1st National Bank of Scotia has announced the addition of William Faubion, Senior Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer, and Laura Siracuse, Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer. As members of the Commercial Lending Team, they will play an inte-gral role in cultivating new business and serving the bank’s existing commercial customers. 

Faubion, formerly a Senior Lender at NBT Bank, brings 41 years of commercial lending, cash management, and wealth management experience to the bank. 

Siracuse has 29 years of banking experience and previously served as a Senior Relation-ship Manager at M&T Bank. She specializes in relationship management, commercial lending, fi-nancial management and staff development, and played an integral role during the pandemic help-ing businesses obtain financing through the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Industry Disaster Loan.