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Savings bank Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid (Caja Madrid) provides services from approximately 2,100 banking offices and some 5,000 ATMs throughout Spain. It offers retail, business, and private banking services and has some 7 million individual, small business, corporate, and institutional customers. As part of an alliance with MAPFRE, Caja Madrid products and services are offered through more than 300 MAPFRE offices, as well as through the insurer's agents. Caja Madrid is merging with smaller rival Bancaja. The deal will create the largest savings bank in Spain (overtaking La Caixa).

Canadian Western Bank offers banking products and services to businesses and individuals through about 40 branch offices in western Canada; more than 80% of its loans are made in British Columbia and Alberta. The bank's consumer services include residential mortgages, consumer loans, and deposit products. Its Canadian Direct Insurance unit offers home, auto, and travel coverage. Canadian Western Trust provides investment and trust services, while Valiant Trust performs corporate trust, stock transfer, and employee benefit plan services.

One of India's largest banks, Canara Bank (also known as CanBank) has a network of more than 2,700 branches throughout India, in addition to branches in Hong Kong and London. All of Canara Bank's branches including those located in rural areas are computerized, in a country where that is not a given. The modernization of all branches allows the bank to offer its customers networked ATMs, telebanking, internet banking, and debit card services. Canara Bank's lending focus is on agriculture, retail, housing, and infrastructure loans. Other services include asset management and factoring. The financial institution is 73% owned by India's government.

One of the largest financial services firms in Taiwan, Cathay Financial Holding Co. owns companies involved in banking, insurance, brokerage, and more. Its holdings include life, accident, and health insurer Cathay Life; property/casualty coverage provider Cathay Century; brokerage firm Cathay Securities; and Cathay United Bank, which offers consumer banking services such as deposit accounts, home mortgages, credit cards, and car loans, as well as international banking and trust services. Cathay Financial Group also has units devoted to venture capital investing. All told, the company has more than 700 locations and claims a customer base of more than ten million.

Central 1 Credit Union (Central 1) is the central banker for nearly 200 independent credit unions in British Columbia and Ontario. With nearly $10 billion in assets under management, Central 1 offers conventional banking products, liquidity services, and payment processing products, as well as business consulting assistance and online banking services (via MemberDirect). Central 1's member unions, which act as company shareholders, serve some 3 million clients through 835 branches. Credit Union Central of British Columbia merged with Credit Union Central of Ontario in 2008 to create Central 1 Credit Union. The merger set the stage for further consolidation in Canada's credit union system.

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