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Nature of Business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Nature of Business  
Nature of Business
(2) Nature of Business

The Bank engages in a full-service commercial banking and trust business, making available to the community a wide range of financial services, including, but not limited to, installment loans, mortgage and home equity loans, secured and unsecured commercial and consumer loans, lines of credit, construction financing, farm loans, community development loans, loans to non-profit entities and local government loans and various types of time and demand deposits, including but not limited to, checking accounts, savings accounts, clubs, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and IRAs. In addition, the Bank provides a full range of trust services through its Trust Department. Deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") to the extent provided by law.

The financial services are provided to individuals, partnerships, non-profit organizations, and corporations through its fourteen offices located in Dauphin County, the southern portion of Northumberland County, the western portion of Schuylkill County and the eastern portion of Cumberland County.

A decision was made to close the Mid Penn Investment Corporation, effective August 31, 2010 due to a lack of activity within the subsidiary.

A decision was made to close Mid Penn Insurance Services, LLC, effective December 31, 2009 due to lack of activity within the subsidiary.

Mid Penn Insurance Services LLC was revived in August of 2010 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank to provide a wide array of personal and commercial insurance products.