State Street Bank provides custody, shareholder services, brokerage, securities finance, research, and other management services for institutional clients around the world. Customers include mutual funds, pension plans, and investment managers. At the top of the custody-services heap, State Street has about $19 trillion in assets under custody. It also has nearly $2 trillion in assets under administration. Other subsidiaries include asset manager State Street Global Advisors and State Street Alternative Investment Solutions.

Sterling Bancorp is the holding company for Sterling National Bank, which operates about a dozen branch locations in and around New York City. The bank offers such standard retail products as checking and savings accounts and CDs. Commercial and industrial loans account for about half of the company's loan portfolio; other offerings include residential mortgages and lease financing. The company also provides a variety of non-traditional banking offerings; its subsidiaries offer factoring (accounts receivable management), outsourced business support services, trust administration, and other services. Sterling National Bank was founded in 1929.

Suffolk County National Bank, which serves Suffolk County, New York, through about 30 branches. Targeting individuals and small to midsized businesses, the bank offers standard services such as checking, savings, and money market accounts, and trust and asset management. It also provides insurance and investment products, including IRAs, mutual funds, annuities, bonds, and brokerage services. Commercial mortgages account for about a third of the company's loan portfolio; business loans make up another 20%. The portfolio also includes residential mortgages and consumer and construction loans.

Sun Bancorp revolves around New Jersey. The holding company for Sun National Bank, Sun Bancorp targets individuals and local businesses in central and southern New Jersey through about 70 branch locations. Sun National Bank offers standard retail services, including savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. The company's primary lending focus is originating industrial and commercial loans (including Small Business Administration (SBA) loans and lines of credit), which account for some 85% of its portfolio. Sun National Bank also makes home equity, residential mortgage, and other consumer loans. The company offers investment services through Sun Financial Services.

Susquehanna Bancshares rolls down the eastern seaboard. It is the holding company for Susquehanna Bank, which serves individuals and regional businesses through more than 220 branches in south-central and southeastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and West Virginia. The bank offers standard services such as deposit products, loans, and credit cards, while non-banking subsidiaries provide wealth management, insurance brokerage and employee benefits, commercial finance, and vehicle leasing. Loans secured by commercial real estate account for more than 30% of the bank's portfolio; residential mortgages and business loans are more than 20% apiece.

Sussex Bancorp is the holding company for Sussex Bank, which operates about 10 branches in Sussex County, New Jersey, and two others in Orange County, New York. Targeting individuals and local businesses, the bank offers such standard retail products as checking and savings accounts, NOW and money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. It also provides trust and financial advisory and insurance services. Lending activities consist primarily of commercial mortgages (more than half of the company's loan portfolio) and residential mortgages (more than 20%). To a lesser extent, the bank also writes construction, land development, business, and consumer loans. Anthony Labozzetta was named CEO in 2010.

The Elmira Savings Bank is a community bank that serves individuals and small to midsized businesses through about a dozen branch offices in upstate New York's Cayuga, Chemung, Steuben, and Tompkins counties. The bank offers traditional deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. With these funds, it mainly originates residential and commercial mortgages, business loans, and auto and other consumer loans. The bank offers investments and financial planning through its ESB Advisory Services subsidiary. Elmira Savings Bank was organized in 1869.

The First Bancorp (formerly First National Lincoln) is the holding company for The First, a regional bank serving coastal Maine from about 15 branches. The bank offers traditional retail products and services, including checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and loans. Residential mortgages make up about half of the company's loan portfolio; business loans account for another third. Bank subsidiary First Advisors offers private banking and investment management services. The bank traces its roots to 1864 and has grown through acquisitions and the opening of new branches.

The First of Long Island wants to be the first thing on Long Islanders' minds. The company owns The First National Bank of Long Island, which offers a variety of lending, investment, and deposit services through about two dozen branches on New York's Long Island and in Manhattan. Loans secured by real estate, including residential and commercial mortgages, home equity loans, and construction loans, make up more than 85% of the bank's loan portfolio. To a lesser extent, the bank also writes business and consumer loans. Other services include checking and savings accounts, IRAs, CDs, and credit cards. Subsidiary The First of Long Island Agency sells mutual funds and annuities.

The Wilber Corporation is the holding company for Wilber National Bank, which has about 20 branches in the Catskill Mountains area of upstate New York. It also operates loan production and insurance sales offices. The bank offers traditional deposit products, including checking, savings, and NOW accounts; it also offers trust and investment services and insurance. Commercial real estate loans (about 35%) and residential mortgages (about 30%) dominate a loan portfolio that also includes business and consumer loans. New York-based Community Bank System is buying The Wilber Corporation for some $101 million.

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