Cheviot Financial happily puts the "buck" in "Buckeye State." It is the holding company for Cheviot Savings Bank, which operates more than five branches in and around Cincinnati. The community-oriented thrift offers traditional products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and credit cards. Its lending activities primarily consist of residential mortgages; construction, consumer, and commercial loans round out its loan book. Cheviot offers investment services through third-party provider Souders Financial. Cheviot Mutual Holding Company owns about 60% of Cheviot Financial, which will nearly double in size through its planned acquisition of First Franklin Corporation.

Betcha banking's big business for BB Holdings. The company operates The Belize Bank, the largest commercial and retail bank located in the nation of Belize, with about a dozen branches. About half of the bank's loan portfolio consists of corporate loans that support the tourism, agriculture, and distribution industries. The bank also has operations in the Turks and Caicos Islands, where it is the largest issuer of loans. BB Holdings has a 25% stake in Numar, a Costa Rican palm seed and edible oil operation, which processes margarine and animal feed. BB Holdings is controlled by chairman Michael Ashcroft, a UK billionaire and Conservative party officer, who holds dual citizenship in the UK and Belize.

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.

Republic First Bancorp is the holding company for Republic First Bank (dba Republic Bank), which serves southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey from a dozen branches. The bank targets individuals and small to midsized businesses, offering standard deposit products including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, IRAs, and CDs. Commercial mortgages account for more than 70% of the company's loan portfolio, which also includes consumer loans, business loans, and residential mortgages. Republic First and Metro Bancorp scrapped plans to merge in 2010 due to regulatory difficulties. Undaunted, the company is still looking to expand in New Jersey and plans to open new branches.

InvestorsBank is an independent, privately-owned financial institution which provides full-service banking to our clients throughout southeastern Wisconsin. Founded on the belief that it is important to do what is right, just, and fair, regardless of the cost, we are committed to the principles that encompass our history and our future.

Norwood Financial Corp. serves individuals and local businesses through about a dozen branches in northeastern Pennsylvania. It offers standard deposit products and services including checking and savings accounts, money market savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Residential and commercial mortgages account for about 80% of Wayne Bank's loan portfolio. The bank also runs a trust and wealth management division; subsidiary Norwood Investment provides annuities and mutual funds; Norwood Settlement (70%-owned by the bank) offers title and settlement services. Norwood Financial is buying North Penn Bank; the deal will add five branches in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Independence Federal Savings Bank operates as a federally chartered stock savings bank in Washington. It offers various deposit products, including money market deposit accounts, commercial deposit accounts, individual retirement accounts, checking accounts, savings accounts, automatic payroll, social security payment deposits, and certificates of deposit. The company also provides loan products, such as real estate loans consisting of mortgage loans secured by single-family dwellings, duplexes, and condominiums; commercial and other consumer loans, including small business, home equity, property improvement, credit card, and deposit account secured loans; and home equity lines of credit.

Annapolis Bancorp serves individual and small business customers through about 10 branches in and around the Maryland capital. The bank offers such retail services as checking, savings, and money market accounts; IRAs; and CDs. It also provides private business banking, including cash management and credit products. Its lending activities are composed of commercial mortgages (about 30% of its total loan portfolio), one- to four-family real estate loans (more than 25%), business loans (some 20%), and to a lesser extent, construction and consumer loans.

Fremont Bancorporation lets freedom ka-ching! It's the holding company for Fremont Bank, which operates more than 20 branches in the San Francisco Bay area. Serving area consumers and businesses, the bank provides traditional banking services such as savings, checking, and money market accounts; check cards; IRAs; and CDs. It uses funds from deposits mainly to originate home mortgages and commercial real estate loans, as well as commercial, industrial, construction, and land development loans. The bank, which was founded in 1964, provides investments, wealth management, retirement planning, and insurance products through an agreement with UVEST (a division of LPL Financial)

Slovenska sporitea (translates as Slovak Savings), the largest commercial bank in Slovakia, provides commercial and international banking services from more than 300 branches throughout the Slovak Republic. It offers its individual customers standard deposit products, credit cards, loans and mortgages, and investment funds. Its private banking arm provides asset management services. Slovenska sporitea also serves commercial clients ranging from entrepreneurs and small businesses to large and multi-national corporations. The bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Austria's oldest bank, Erste Bank.

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