The state's largest community bank, Newark, Ohio-based Park National Bank, posted stronger profitability ratios than both the state and national community bank medians, but its deposit growth and credit quality were slightly below the mark. Park's 1.31% nonperforming assets ratio was more than 3x the state median and its 15.4% year-over-year deposit growth was below the state median of 19.9%. Premier Bank Banks closed 66 branches in Ohio in the first quarter and opened only 12 as banks look to cut costs and consumer banking increasingly moves online. Huntington Bancshares Inc. was responsible for over one-third of the branch closures, shuttering 24 branches in the first quarter, followed by U.S. Bancorp, which closed 15. In June, Huntington closed on its acquisition of TCF Financial Corp., which had a modest presence in Ohio. Over the last 12 months to March 31, banks opened 44 new branches in Ohio and closed 193.