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Central Bancorp is the holding company for Central Co-operative Bank. Operating as Central Bank, it serves Middlesex County in the northwestern suburbs of Boston through about 10 bank branches and loan centers. The bank's primary business is gathering deposits by offering NOW, money market, checking, and savings accounts; CDs; and retirement savings plans. It primarily uses these funds to originate commercial mortgages (more than half of all loans in the company's portfolio, up from 20% in 2001). Residential mortgages have gone down from around 70% to less than 40% since then. The bank also offers construction, home equity, business, and consumer loans, as well as credit cards.

Centrix Bank likes to be central in the lives of its customers. Founded in 1998 to serve small to midsized businesses, as well as not-for-profits, municipalities, and professionals, the bank bank operates about a half-dozen branches in southern New Hampshire. It offers such traditional deposit products as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Lending is focused on area businesses, with commercial mortgages accounting for more than half of the bank's loan portfolio and other business loans contributing more than a third. Personal loans, residential construction loans, and home equity lines of credit help to round out Centrix Bank's lending activities.

Century Bancorp is the holding company for Century Bank and Trust, which serves Boston and surrounding parts of northeastern Massachusetts from more than 20 branches. The bank offers standard deposit products, including checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and IRAs. More than 40% of the company's loan portfolio is dedicated to commercial real estate. The bank also writes residential mortgages, construction and land development loans, business loans, and home equity loans. It offers brokerage services through an agreement with third-party provider LPL Financial.

Citizens Holding Company has taken the proletariat approach to banking. The firm is the holding company for The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia, Mississippi, which operates some 20 locations in the eastern part of the state. Founded in 1908, the bank targets individuals and local businesses, offering products such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, IRAs, and trust services. Lending activities consist mostly of real estate loans (about 70% of the loan portfolio) and commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans (more than 10%). Citizens Holding offers discount brokerage services through an agreement with First Tennessee Bank. Subsidiary Title Services offers title insurance.

CMS Bancorp was formed in 2007 to be the holding company for Community Mutual Savings Bank, which serves the northern suburbs of New York City. Operating through about five branches in Westchester County (one of the richest counties in the country), the bank collects deposits from area consumers and small businesses and uses the funds mainly to originate one- to four-family residential mortgages, which account for more than 85% of its loan portfolio. The bank also issues commercial mortgages, consumer loans, and business loans and lines of credit. Deposit products include checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and IRAs. Community Mutual Savings Bank was founded in 1887.

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