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Bank of America boasts one of the country's most extensive branch networks with more than 5,900 locations covering some 40 states from coast to coast. Its core services include consumer and small business banking, credit cards, and asset management. In early 2009 Bank of America paid some $50 billion in stock for Merrill Lynch, which had been crippled by the global credit crisis. The acquisition of the once-mighty investment bank known as "The Bull," which has an extensive retail brokerage network, beefs up Bank of America's wealth management, investment banking, and international business.

Bank of Granite Corporation is the holding company for a community bank of the same name that serves individuals and small businesses in about 10 west-central North Carolina counties. From 20 branches, Bank of Granite offers traditional demand and time deposit products mostly for individuals and small businesses. Before the economic downturn , mortgages made up more than half of Bank of Granite's loan portfolio. However, the slowdown deeply affected customers' ability to repay their loans and in 2009 Bank of Granite stopped originating mortgage loans altogether.

Bank of South Carolina Corporation is the holding company for The Bank of South Carolina, which was founded in 1987. It operates four branches in and around Charleston. Targeting individuals and small to midsized business customers, the bank offers such standard retail services as checking and savings accounts, credit cards, and money market and NOW accounts. Real estate loans make up more than 70% of the The Bank of South Carolina's loan portfolio, which also includes commercial loans (around 20%) and to a lesser extent, personal loans. President and CEO Hugh Lane and his family control about 12% of the company.

Bank of the Carolinas Corporation was formed in 2006 to be the holding company for Bank of the Carolinas, which provides traditional deposit and lending services to individuals and businesses through about 10 branches in central North Carolina. Deposit services include checking, savings, and money market accounts; IRAs; and CDs. Commercial real estate loans account for the largest portion of the company's loan portfolio; the bank's lending activities also include business, construction, and consumer loans, residential mortgages, and home equity lines of credit.

Bank of the James Financial Group is the holding company for Bank of the James, a financial institution serving central Virginia from about 10 branch locations. Catering to individuals and small businesses, the bank offers standard retail products and services including checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Funds from deposits are mainly used to originate residential mortgages, which make up about half of the bank's loan portfolio, and commercial and consumer loans. Subsidiary BOTJ Investment Group offers bank customers brokerage services, annuities, and related investment products through a third-party broker-dealer.

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