<ARTICLE> 9 <RESTATED> <CIK> 0000742070 <NAME> WESTBANK CORPORATION <MULTIPLIER> 1000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS 3-MOS 6-MOS 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1996 DEC-31-1997 DEC-31-1997 DEC-31-1997 <PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1996 JAN-01-1997 JAN-01-1997 JAN-01-1997 <PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1996 MAR-31-1997 JUN-30-1997 SEP-30-1997 <CASH> 12141 11397 13990 12283 <INT-BEARING-DEPOSITS> 1195 66 60 91 <FED-FUNDS-SOLD> 10995 8310 7600 10350 <TRADING-ASSETS> 0 0 0 0 <INVESTMENTS-HELD-FOR-SALE> 14718 15942 17578 17405 <INVESTMENTS-CARRYING> 20986 29685 29272 35199 <INVESTMENTS-MARKET> 20899 29483 29275 35395 <LOANS> 215553 223286 233641 240004 <ALLOWANCE> 2735 2424 2560 2755 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 281640 294494 307896 320845 <DEPOSITS> 253577 264117 274362 287507 <SHORT-TERM> 7994 8394 10778 9842 <LIABILITIES-OTHER> 988 1563 1504 1224 <LONG-TERM> 0 0 0 0 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 0 0 0 <PREFERRED> 0 0 0 0 <COMMON> 19081 20420 21252 22272 <OTHER-SE> 0 0 0 0 <TOTAL-LIABILITIES-AND-EQUITY> 281640 294494 307896 320845 <INTEREST-LOAN> 13222 4643 9512 14614 <INTEREST-INVEST> 1792 670 1462 2273 <INTEREST-OTHER> 181 115 152 218 <INTEREST-TOTAL> 15195 5428 11126 17105 <INTEREST-DEPOSIT> 6268 2354 4805 7483 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 6460 2411 4945 7685 <INTEREST-INCOME-NET> 8735 3017 6181 9420 <LOAN-LOSSES> 668 150 190 190 <SECURITIES-GAINS> 112 0 0 0 <EXPENSE-OTHER> 6870 2293 4616 7013 <INCOME-PRETAX> 2841 1080 2366 3773 <INCOME-PRE-EXTRAORDINARY> 2841 1080 2366 3773 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 0 0 0 <CHANGES> 0 0 0 0 <NET-INCOME> 1641 637 1374 2192 <EPS-PRIMARY> .50 .19 .41 .64 <EPS-DILUTED> .49 .18 .39 .61 <YIELD-ACTUAL> 4.65 4.45 4.50 4.47 <LOANS-NON> 2671 1707 1421 912 <LOANS-PAST> 39 160 25 270 <LOANS-TROUBLED> 0 0 0 0 <LOANS-PROBLEM> 2710 1867 1446 1182 <ALLOWANCE-OPEN> 3707 2481 2481 2755 <CHARGE-OFFS> 1989 229 424 454 <RECOVERIES> 349 22 313 538 <ALLOWANCE-CLOSE> 2735 2424 2560 2755 <ALLOWANCE-DOMESTIC> 2735 2424 2560 2755 <ALLOWANCE-FOREIGN> 0 0 0 0 <ALLOWANCE-UNALLOCATED> 0 0 0 0