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Mid Penn Bancorp is the holding company for Mid Penn Bank, which operates more than a dozen branches in central Pennsylvania's Cumberland, Dauphin, Northumberland, and Schuylkill counties. The bank offers full-service commercial banking, insurance, and trust services. Its deposit products include checking, savings, money market, and NOW accounts. Commercial real estate, construction, and land development loans account for nearly 80% of the company's loan portfolio; the bank also writes residential mortgages and business, agricultural, and consumer loans. Mid Penn is a descendant of Millersburg Bank, founded in 1868. Trust company CEDE & Co. owns about a third of Mid Penn Bancorp.

NBT Bank and its Pennstar Bank division, which together operate about 120 branches in central and upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, and Burlington, Vermont. The community banks offer such standard products and services as checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and trust services. The company's lending activities are dominated by business and commercial real estate loans. Other subsidiaries offer insurance, financial and retirement planning, and investment products. Its NBT Capital subsidiary provides venture funding to area businesses.

NewAlliance Bancshares is the holding company for NewAlliance Bank, a community savings institution that offers personal and business banking through about 90 branches in Connecticut and Massachusetts. It provides standard services such as checking and savings accounts, loans and mortgages, and retirement planning. Trust Company of Connecticut, a division of the bank, provides trust and investment management services to individuals, families, and not-for-profits. Acquisitive Buffalo-based financial services holding company First Niagara Financial, which has expanded into Pennsylvania through recent purchases, is buying New Alliance Bancshares for some $1.5 billion.

Newport Bancorp provides a big spread of financial services to the tiniest US state. It is the holding company for Newport Federal Savings Bank, which offers traditional deposit services like savings and checking accounts to both consumers and business owners through branches in Newport, Middletown, Wakefield, and Westerly, Rhode Island. The bank's lending portfolio includes auto and other personal loans and lines of credit, as well as real estate-related home equity, construction, commercial mortgage, and one- to four-family residential loans (the bank's largest segment). The bank's roots date back to 1888.

Northeast Bancorp is the holding company for Northeast Bank, which operates about a dozen branches in western and southern Maine. Founded in 1872, the bank offers standard retail services such as checking and savings accounts, NOW and money market accounts, CDs, and trust services, as well as financial planning and brokerage. Residential mortgages account for about a third of all loans; commercial mortgages and consumer loans each make up about a quarter of all loans. The bank also writes business loans and construction loans. A subsidiary of the bank offers property/casualty insurance coverage. Newly created investment entity FHB Formation plans to acquire a 60% stake in Northeast Bancorp.

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