The group's principal activities are to provide a range of banking services to individual and corporate customers located in the north central and west central areas of Illinois. The group attracts deposits and offers various kinds of loans including, real estate mortgage loans, commercial, and personal and installment loans. These services are provided through 25 bank locations and one non-bank location situated from the Chicago metropolitan area across central and northern Illinois to the Mississippi river in western Illinois. The group also offers other financial services like trust, insurance, investment and Internet service.