Patriot National Bancorp, Inc.

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.pnbdirect.com
Employees: 157
Employee growth: 40.2%

What's red, white, blue, and green? Why, Patriot National Bancorp, of course. It's the holding company for Patriot National Bank, which operates more than a dozen branches in southwestern Connecticut and three in New York. Serving consumers and small to midsized businesses, the bank offers deposit products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts, as well as CDs, IRAs, and health savings accounts. Commercial real estate and construction loans make up the bulk of the company's loan portfolio, which also includes business, consumer installment, home equity, and residential real estate loans.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2007:
Sales: $54.1M
One year growth: 34.0%
Net income: $2.7M
Income growth: 10.7%

Officers:
Chairman and CEO; Chairman, Patriot National Bank: Angelo De Caro
Vice Chairman and President; Vice Chairman, President and CEO, Patriot National Bank: Charles F. (Charlie) Howell
SEVP, CFO, and Director, Patriot National Bancorp and Patriot National Bank: Regional Banks & Thrifts

Competitors:
NewAlliance Bancshares
People's United Financial
Wachovia Corp