The Virginian-Pilot 
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, October 28, 1994               TAG: 9410280684
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: D1   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Daily Digest 
SOURCE: (Staff)
                                             LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

TIDEMARK REPORTS JUMP IN 3-RD-QUARTER PROFIT

TideMark Bancorp Inc., the Newport News-based parent of TideMark Bank, said its third-quarter profit jumped 155 percent to $976,000, or 14 cents per share.

TideMark, which is buying $70 million of deposits and the Peninsula offices of Bay Savings Bank in December, is in turn being acquired by Richmond-based Crestar Financial Corp.

Tidemark had assets of $387.4 million and deposits of $228.5 million as of Sept. 30. It operates nine branches on the Peninsula. by CNB