The group's principal activity is to attract deposits from community banking offices located in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The group's primary business consists of attracting deposits from its network of community banking offices and originating small business and middle market commercial and asset-based loans. The group's business also consists of originating consumer and residential mortgage loans and home equity lines of credit in the communities. On 23-Jul-2004, the group acquired seacoast financial service corporation.