Baltimore’s oldest remaining independent bank met its end Friday, as M&T Bank acquired Provident Bank for $401 million in stock.

Provident’s roots in Baltimore stretch back to 1882, but a year after Mercantile merged with out-of-town powerhouse PNC, it became the last local bank name to fall from the city’s skyline.

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