(i) to continue as a corporation for the time specified in its articles, subject to the power of the General Assembly under the Constitution of this Commonwealth to alter, revoke or annul its articles,

(ii) to sue and be sued, complain and defend in its corporate name,

(iii) to have a corporate seal which may be altered at pleasure and to use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced,

(iv) to make, alter, amend and repeal by-laws, not inconsistent with its articles or with law, for the administration and regulation of the affairs of the institution,

(v) to elect or appoint and remove officers and agents of the institution, and to define their duties and fix their compensation,

(vi) to have and exercise all of the powers and means appropriate to effect the purpose or purposes for which the institution is incorporated,

(vii) to make contributions and donations for the public welfare or for religious, charitable, scientific or educational purposes,

(viii) to use abbreviations, words or symbols in connection with the registration of, and inscription of ownership or entitlement on, certificates evidencing its stock or securities on the records of the institution, on stock certificates, bonds, debentures, warrants and certificates evidencing its securities and on checks, proxies, notices and other instruments and documents relating to the foregoing, which abbreviations, words and symbols, shall have the same force and legal effect as though the respective words and phrases for which they stand were set forth in full for the purposes of all statutes of the Commonwealth and all other purposes, and

(ix) to purchase, take, lease as lessee or otherwise acquire, to own, hold and use and to sell, lease as lessor, mortgage, pledge, grant a security interest in, convey or otherwise dispose of, any real or personal property in connection with the exercise of any power granted in this act or in its articles.

(i) to engage in any activity permissible for a national banking association, including those activities as authorized by 12 U.S.C. § 24, subject to conditions, limitations and restrictions as may be imposed by the department which shall not be more restrictive than conditions, limitations and restrictions otherwise imposed upon a national banking association,

(ii) to engage in any activity permissible for a Federal savings association, including those activities as authorized by 12 U.S.C. § 1464, subject to conditions, limitations and restrictions as may be imposed by the department which shall not be more restrictive than conditions, limitations and restrictions otherwise imposed upon a Federal savings association,

(iii) to control or hold an interest in a subsidiary that engages in any activity permissible for a national bank to conduct through an operating or financial subsidiary, provided that:

(iv) to control or hold an interest in a subsidiary that engages in any activity permissible for a subsidiary of a Federal savings association pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 1464, subject to conditions, limitations and restrictions as may be imposed by the department which shall not be more restrictive than conditions, limitations and restrictions otherwise imposed upon a subsidiary of a Federal savings association, or

(v) to engage in any activity or to control or hold an interest in a subsidiary that engages in any activity determined to be permissible for an insured state bank or the subsidiary of an insured state bank by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 1831a, subject to conditions, limitations and restrictions as may be imposed by the department with respect to the safety and soundness of the incorporated institution.

(i) request further information concerning any proposed activity or interest,

(ii) impose any conditions, limitations or restrictions upon such interests or activities to the extent authorized by subsection (c), or

(iii) prohibit an incorporated institution from engaging in an activity or acquiring an interest if to do so would have a significant adverse impact upon the safety and soundness of the incorporated institution.