In 1997, organizers of Citizens Effingham Bancshares, Inc. embarked upon a quest to meet the need in Effingham County, Georgia for a bank committed to promoting economic growth and community involvement. Citizens Bank was organized with the communities that make up Effingham County in mind. Springfield, being centrally located and the county seat, was chosen as the site of the main office, which opened its doors on September 8, 1998. The Rincon office opened November 2, 1998. Rincon is the county's largest municipality. Growth in Effingham County has been phenomenal in recent years.

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.

FirstBank Florida wants to be your first, last, and only bank if you live in the Miami area. The company operates 10 branches in South Florida and serves small businesses and individuals. It provides traditional deposit products such as credit cards, personal and business checking, savings, money market, and individual retirement accounts, as well as loan products such as auto loans, mortgages and home equity loans. Residential mortgages account for the majority of FirstBank Florida's lending portfolio. The rest of the bank's portfolio is composed of commercial, construction, business, and consumer loans.

Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Guaranty Federal Savings Bank that provides banking services in Greene and Christian Counties in southwest Missouri. Its deposit products include fixed-term certificates of deposit, savings, money market, individual retirement accounts, and NOW (checking) accounts. The company’s loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans, multi-family residential mortgage loans, construction loans, permanent one-to four-family residential mortgage loans, business loans, consumer loans, and other loans consisting of loans secured by certificates of deposit, home equity loans, and automobile loans. It operates through a main office in Springfield, Greene County; six full-service branch offices and an operations center in Springfield; two full-service branch offices in Nixa, Christian County; and one full-service branch office in Ozark, Christian County, as well as maintains a network of 22 automated teller machines. Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1913 and is based in Springfield, Missouri.

NorthMarq Capital helps investors make their marq in real estate. The firm provides investment banking, brokerage, property management, construction management, and financing services for commercial real estate owners and investors. Operating from more than 30 offices throughout the US, NorthMarq offers a variety of transactions including fixed- and variable-rate mortgage, bridge loans, and mezzanine debt. The company services more than $35 billion worth of loans on behalf of institutional investors. It also manages some 50 million sq. ft. of commercial space. NorthMarq Capital was originally founded in the 1950s as Northland Mortgage. The company is owned by the Pohlad family through Marquette Financial.

SCBT Financial is the holding company for South Carolina Bank and Trust and South Carolina Bank and Trust of the Piedmont (both are also known as SCBT), which operate more than 40 branches throughout the Palmetto state. The company also owns North Carolina Bank and Trust, or NCBT, which has three locations in the Charlotte area. SCBT Financial entered northern Georgia in 2010 when it acquired the failed Community Bank & Trust in an FDIC-assisted transaction; the deal added nearly 40 locations, most of them inside supermarkets, though SBCT later shuttered several of them. Serving retail and business customers, the banks provide deposit accounts, loans, and mortgages, as well as trust and investment services.

Oberbank, which has more than 130 locations, has operations throughout Austria, as well as in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, and Slovakia. The bank serves individual clients, but caters to business, particularly the industrial sector and small and midsized firms. Oberbank units are involved in such activities as investment, leasing, and real estate lending. A unit of Unicredit Bank Austria owns about one-third of Oberbank, which has minority cross-ownership alliances with Bank für Kärnten und Steiermark (BKS) and Bank für Tirol and Vorarlberg (BTV).

First Citizens Bancorporation is the holding company for First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, which has nearly 200 branches in South Carolina and Georgia, and The Exchange Bank of South Carolina, which has four branches. The banks provide standard products and services for individuals and businesses, including checking and savings accounts, credit cards, investments, and online banking. Residential and commercial mortgages comprise most of First Citizens Bancorporation's loan portfolio. Lease financing and construction, business, land, and consumer loans help to round out the banks' lending activities.

The country's largest commercial bank by assets, Bank Mandiri serves consumers and businesses through more than 900 offices and some 2,800 ATMs throughout Indonesia. Bank Mandiri is also Indonesia's largest lender; other products and services include trade finance, Islamic banking, and investment banking through subsidiary Mandiri Sekuritas. AXA Mandiri Financial Services (a joint venture of Bank Mandiri and insurance titan AXA) offers financial advisory services, including wealth planning and insurance. The government controls two-thirds of Bank Mandiri's stock.

Home Capital Group is a holding company that operates through its Home Trust Company subsidiary. Home Trust is home to Canadians seeking credit -- both to buy homes and to buy anything else with credit cards. The federally regulated trust offers mortgage lending, retail credit and credit issuing services, as well as deposit services. Home Trust owns and operates offices in Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.

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