Nationwide Building Society reigns as king over the UK's dwindling number of mutual building societies. The society offers consumers standard deposit banking services as well as investment products such as pension plans, unit trusts, and ISAs (individual savings accounts). Nationwide is also one of the country's leading mortgage lenders, writing mortgages with a variety of terms and rates, along with secured and unsecured personal loans and credit cards. The company has some 800 branches and 15 million members. As other societies convert to public stock holding companies or consolidate with one another, Nationwide remains committed to staying mutual (owned by members) and has only continued to grow in size.

Peoples Financial helps people with their money. The company owns The Peoples Bank, which operates more than 15 branches along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The bank offers traditional checking and savings products. Real estate mortgages make up about nearly 65% of its loan portfolio, which also includes business, construction, and personal loans. Other offerings include fixed-rate mortgages, and asset management and trust services. Peoples caters to individuals and middle-market businesses in industries such as seafood, retail, hospitality, gaming, and construction. Chairman and CEO Chevis Swetman owns about 16% of the bank; his family has had an interest in the bank since its inception in 1896.

Nevada State Bank's mission is simple. We will continue to build on the strength and security of our 50‐year heritage by creating financial solutions for Nevada's families and businesses through client‐focused activities, technology and great teamwork.

Lakeland Financial is the holding company for Lake City Bank, which serves area business customers and individuals through more than 40 branches scattered across about a dozen northern Indiana counties. Founded in 1872 in Warsaw, Indiana, the bank offers such standard retail services as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and CDs. Commercial loans, including agricultural loans and mortgages, make up about 80% of the bank's loan portfolio. Lake City Bank also offers investment products and services such as corporate and personal trust, brokerage, employee benefit plans, and estate planning.

Access Capital gives business owners access to much needed capital. The business lender offers accounts receivable financing, asset-based lending, factoring, and receivables management. Clients include owners of growing service industry businesses such as software developers, manufacturers, maintenance and security guard companies, limousine companies, and temporary agencies. Business owners typically use Access Capital funding for inventory, staffing, payroll, marketing, debt restructuring, and reorganization. Unlike some commercial lenders, Access Capital does not require borrowers to relinquish equity or pledge personal collateral.

First Security was incorporated in 1999 as a Tennessee corporation to serve as a bank holding company, and is regulated and supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. First Security conducts all of its business activities through its wholly-owned subsidiary, FSGBank, National Association, a national banking association regulated and supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. First Security serves the banking and financial needs of the various communities located along the interstate corridors of middle and East Tennessee and Northwest Georgia. These interstate communities are primarily served by branches of large regional and national financial institutions headquartered outside of the area. As a result, we believe these markets need, and are best served by, a locally-owned and operated financial institution managed by people in and from the communities served. We offer personalized and flexible banking services to the communities in our market area and are able to react quickly to changes in those communities, in part by maintaining local advisory boards. In Dalton, Georgia, FSGBank operates under the name of Dalton Whitfield Bank; along the Interstate 40 corridor in Tennessee, FSGBank operates under the name of Jackson Bank & Trust. FSGBank provides retail and commercial banking services, trust and investment management, mortgage banking, financial planning, internet banking, and equipment leasing through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Kenesaw Leasing and J&S Leasing.

NASB Financial is the holding company for North American Savings Bank, which operates about 15 branches and loan offices in the Kansas City area. Established in 1927, the bank offers a range of deposit products to retail and commercial customers, including checking, savings, and money market accounts and CDs. Its lending activities are fairly evenly split between mortgages secured by residential, commercial, and development properties. Subsidiary Nor-Am sells annuities, mutual funds, and credit life and disability insurance. Chairman David Hancock and his wife Linda (a board member) own a majority of NASB Financial.

Marquette National Corporation (MNAT) based in Chicago, Illinois is a diversified bank holding company for Marquette Bank which has 24 branches in Chicago and its suburbs. Marquette National Corporation has total assets of more than $1.8 billion. Serving area consumers and businesses, it provides deposit accounts, residential and commercial mortgages, home equity and apartment loans, investment management, and trust services. Marquette Bank was founded in 1945 by John McCarthy whose son, Paul McCarthy, is now chairman and CEO.

Sainsbury's Bank is a 50-50 joint venture between UK supermarket operator J Sainsbury and Lloyds Banking Group, Sainsbury's Bank is more than a place to borrow money to buy groceries. Also doing business as Sainsbury Finance, the financial supermarket offers personal loans, MasterCard credit cards, many types of insurance (car, home, life, travel, and pet), and savings and investment accounts. Sainsbury's Bank operates hundreds of banking centers and ATMs inside Sainsbury supermarkets. It also has online operations.

Venture Finance, a unit of ABN AMRO, provides business financing through asset-based lending, invoice discounting, and factoring. Venture Finance focuses on small to midsized companies throughout the UK. The firm also has a structured finance unit, which focuses on refinancing, turnaround, management buyouts, and other transactions for midsized firms. Venture Finance, which was founded in 1989, has about a dozen offices throughout the UK.

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