Banque Audi sal provides a range of private, retail, and commercial banking services to customers in Lebanon and the wider Middle East; it offers private banking services through subsidiaries in Europe and the Americas. Banque Audi has more than 130 retail branches, and also serves as a market maker for Lebanese treasury bills. The bank traces its lineage to 1830, when it began as an outgrowth of the Audi family exchange business in the Lebanese city of Sidon; the firm is still headed by members of the Audi family. Egyptian firm EFG-Hermes holds more than a quarter of Banque Audi.

Established in 2001, Tokyo Star provides a range of retail banking and corporate finance services. Its retail operations boast about 35 domestic branches and more than 2,300 ATMs throughout the country. Non-recourse loans and mortgages, as well as loans to the health care, environmental, and shipping markets, are among its most popular offerings. Japan-based buyout outfit Advantage Partners bought Tokyo Star Bank, including the nearly 70% stake held by US-based Lone Star Funds, in 2008.

Hua Nan Financial Holdings is a financial holding company with operations in commercial banking, securities brokerage, venture capital, asset management, fund management, and insurance. Its flagship subsidiary Hua Nan Commercial Bank (HNCB) is one of Taiwan's largest banks. Established in 1919, today the bank serves some 5 million customers from about 200 branches. It has overseas branches in Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, the UK, and the US. Other major arms of Hua Nan Financial include property/casualty firm South China Insurance, brokerage Hua Nan Securities, and investment manager Hua Nan Investment Trust.

Wing Lung Bank, founded in 1933, is among the oldest local Chinese banks in Hong Kong. The bank provides comprehensive banking services, including deposits, loans, foreign exchange, credit cards, Internet banking, and wealth management. Through subsidiaries, the bank also provides hire-purchase and leasing, trustee, futures broking, securities broking services, insurance sales, and underwriting. Wing Lung Bank has about 40 banking offices, primarily in China; it also operates through overseas branches in Los Angeles and the Cayman Islands. China Merchants Bank acquired a majority stake in Wing Lung Bank in 2008 and bought the company's remaining outstanding shares later that year.

The Iyo Bank targets customers concentrated in the four prefectures of Shikoku and the Nishi Seto region of Honshu in Japan. The regional bank offers the typical array of retail products, including deposits, leasing services, trusts and pension products, and mergers and acquisitions support services; it even launched its first securities brokerage business arm in March 2005. Its Corporate Consulting Division helps companies galvanize their operations and capital. Established in 1941, the bank owns and operates branch offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and New York.

OceanFirst Financial operates more than 20 branches in the coastal New Jersey counties of Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean. The community-oriented bank caters to individuals and small to midsized businesses in the Jersey Shore area, offering standard products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. It uses funds from deposits mainly to invest in mortgages, loans, and securities. One- to four-family residential mortgages make up nearly 60% of OceanFirst Financial's loan portfolio, which also includes commercial real estate (about 25%), business, construction, and consumer loans.

Mound City Bank began operations as a state-chartered bank on February 18, 1915 in Platteville, Wisconsin. The founders of the bank mirrored the 4,500 residents of the City of Platteville, representing both farming and business interests. Their fierce independence and commitment to community remains the cornerstone of the bank's philosophy even today. In 1935, Mound City Bank established a branch in Belmont, WI in order to expand the bank's credit and deposit service area. Full financial services are still provided today through the Belmont office.

The Reserve Bank of India serves as the Asian nation's central bank. Its primary function is to ensure the country's monetary stability. The bank creates monetary policy and assists in regulating its financial system. The central board of directors, appointed by the government, leads the bank. The Reserve Bank of India was founded as a privately owned bank in 1935; it became government-owned following nationalization in 1949. The bank is headquartered in Mumbai and has 22 regional offices. Its subsidiaries include the National Housing Bank, Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India, and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Savannah Bancorp's "garden" grows green, rather than good and evil. The holding company owns Savannah Bank, and Bryan Bank & Trust. Together, the banks operate about a dozen offices in coastal Georgia and South Carolina. The banks offer a variety of retail services, including checking, savings, and money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Real estate mortgage loans make up about 80% of the company's loan portfolio; the banks also write construction, business, and consumer loans. Investment services are offered to individuals, organizations, and other entities through subsidiary Minis & Co., Inc.

Heritage Bankshares, Inc. is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. Heritage Bankshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Heritage Bank that offers commercial and retail banking services to individuals and small to medium sized businesses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. Heritage Bankshares, Inc. accepts various deposits, which include noninterest-bearing checking accounts, interest-bearing checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. Its loan portfolio consists of construction and real estate loans; loans to individuals for personal, household, and family purposes; working capital loans, financing of facilities, and equipment purchase loans for businesses; commercial business loans; land acquisition and development loans; and home equity, consumer, and residential mortgage loans. In addition, Heritage Bankshares, Inc. offers insurance and investment services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated from seven locations.

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