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NBT banks on slow, but steady de novo branch strategy for CT growth
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Out-of-state banks from Massachusetts and New York are making big moves in Connecticut that will reshape the competitive landscape, and they’re using different strategies to grow their local footprints.
Upstate New York’s M&T Bank, with $142.2 billion in assets, is making the biggest splash with its $7.6 billion planned acquisition of Bridgeport-based People’s United Bank, a deal that when completed will give it 183 branches and $27.8 billion in deposits in Connecticut alone. (Currently M&T has just nine branches in the state.)
On the other hand, M&T’s neighbor in Norwich, N.Y., NBT Bank, is pursuing a de novo strategy in Connecticut, dipping its toe in the waters with new branches in Glastonbury and potentially West Hartford.
Connecticut is about to have a new bank in the market.
New York-based NBT Bank, which launched commercial lending in Connecticut in 2019, has applied to the the state Department of Banking to approve its first branch here.
The de novo branch would be located at 2670 Main St. Glastonbury, which is a former United Bank location. United was acquired by People’s United Bank in 2019.
NBT said it is also eyeing West Hartford for a second office, though it did not disclose the location.
The Norwich, N.Y.-based institution has $10.8 billion in assets and 142 offices across its home state, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Pennsylvania.
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