Mauch Chunk Trust Company issued a news release to clarify that it is not affiliated with “MCT Financial LLC” referenced in a Pennsylvania attorney general announcement concerning specific Lehigh Valley-based mortgage brokers allegedly offering illegal kickbacks to real estate agents.

As a community-focused financial institution serving Carbon, Schuylkill and surrounding Counties, Mauch Chunk Trust Company remains committed to ethical banking practices and maintaining the trust of our customers since 1902.

Mauch Chunk Trust Company is a locally owned and managed independent community bank with its main office in Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender.

The bank operates seven full-service community offices in Carbon and Schuylkill counties as well as a Wealth Management office in Jim Thorpe. MCT was incorporated on Aug. 25, 1902, as the successor institution to the Second National Bank of Mauch Chunk established in 1864.

For more information about MCT, visit www.mct.bank.com.