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Somerset Hills Bancorp is the holding company for Somerset Hills Bank, which has more than five branches in northern New Jersey. Founded in 1998, the bank focuses on lending to small and midsized businesses: Commercial real estate loans account for more than 40% of the company's loan portfolio and business loans represent some 25%. The bank also serves consumer clients, offering wealth management services in addition to standard deposit products and personal loans. Its residential mortgage lending activities primarily consist of home equity loans and jumbo loans to high-net-worth individuals. Subsidiary Sullivan Financial Services originates home loans for sale into the secondary market.

Southern Connecticut Bancorp is the holding company for The Bank of Southern Connecticut, which serves greater New Haven from about five locations. The bank offers standard deposit products, such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. It is mainly a business lender, with operating loans and commercial loans secured by real estate comprising about 90% of the company's loan portfolio. Construction, consumer installment, and home equity loans round out its lending activities. Southern Connecticut Bancorp and Naugatuck Valley Financial called off plans to merge in 2010.

State Bancorp is the holding company for State Bank of Long Island, which serves individuals and local business customers through more than 15 locations in New York's Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties, as well as Manhattan. Emphasizing personalized services, the bank caters to commercial real estate owners and developers, professional service firms, and other small to midsized businesses, as well as municipalities and consumers. It offers standard services such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and loans. State Bank also provides wealth management and financial planning and sells insurance and investments through agreements with a third-party provider.

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.

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