INDEPENDENCE BANCORP <INBC> COMPLETES MERGER Independence Bancorp Inc said it completed its merger with Scranton, Penn.-based <Third National Bank and Trust Co>, with assets of 316 mln dlrs. Independence said its combined assets are now 2.5 billion dlrs. The company said that each share of Third National common will be exchanged for 4.06 shares of its common. Independence said the merger will be accounted for as a pooling of interests.