Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

Regional bank holding company for Northwest Bank, founded in 1896

What Northwest Bancshares does

Northwest Bancshares owns Northwest Bank, a state-chartered savings bank serving people, businesses and charities in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Indiana. It takes deposits such as checking, savings and retirement accounts, and lends money for homes, cars, businesses and commercial property. It also provides wealth management, trust, insurance and financial planning services.

How Northwest Bancshares makes money

It mainly earns the gap between the interest it collects on residential, consumer and commercial loans and the interest it pays depositors. It also collects fees from wealth management, trust, insurance, cards and treasury services.

Products & services

• Checking, savings and money market accounts
• Residential mortgages and home equity lines of credit
• Commercial real estate and business loans
• Consumer loans including auto, recreational and credit cards
• Wealth management, trust and estate services
• Treasury and cash management for businesses