APLUS was established in 1956 as Osaka Credit Sales, and later changed it name to Daishinpan, and then to APLUS in 1992. With the prices of some goods the way they are in Japan, a line of credit can come in handy. APLUS offers a range of consumer and commercial financing products and services, including credit cards, consumer loans, installment credit, and leasing services, to individuals as well as small and medium-sized buinesses. APLUS company has more than 4 million credit card customers. Shinsei Bank acquired a majority stake in APLUS in 2004; the move diversified the parent company's activities, which had been focused on providing institutional and retail banking services.

Knightswood provides financing to companies residing in the agricultural, oil and gas, commercial real estate, and personal financing sectors through the issuance of bonds to investors. Subsidiaries include Opus Cranberries Corporation, Ponderosa Ginseng Farms, and Qwest Energy. Knightswood was established in 1987.

BNC Bancorp knows the ABCs of the financial world. The firm is the holding company for Bank of North Carolina, which has about 20 locations in both North and South Carolina. The bank offers community-oriented services to local business and retail customers, providing checking, savings, and money market accounts, credit cards, and CDs. Its loan portfolio is mainly composed of residential and commercial mortgages and construction loans. Bank of North Carolina also offers insurance, retirement planning, and other investment products and services. In 2010 BNC Bancorp acquired the failed Beach First National Bank in an FDIC-assisted transaction, expanding Bank of North Carolina's branch network into South Carolina.

Banco Santander, S.A. provides various financial products and services in Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, other European countries, Brazil, Latin America, and the United States. It operates through three segments: Retail Banking, Global Wholesale Banking, and Asset Management and Insurance. The Retail Banking segment offers a range of deposit products, including savings, current, demand, time, and notice deposits, as well as international and domestic interbank deposits; and loan products and services, such as auto financing, personal loans, mortgages, and leasing and renting. This segment also offers credit cards, automated cash dispensers, savings books updaters, telephone banking, and electronic and Internet banking.

MainStreet BankShares, Inc. serves southern Virginia from about five offices. Chartered in 2002, Franklin offers such deposit products as checking and savings accounts, money markets, and CDs. The bank primarily uses funds from deposits to write real estate loans, including commercial and residential mortgages, construction loans, and home equity loans. Franklin Community's market is centered in the rural communities of Virginia's Franklin County.

Uwharrie Capital Corp operates as the holding company for the Bank of Stanly that provides retail and commercial banking services to individuals and small to medium-sized businesses in North Carolina. It offers various deposit products, including personal and commercial checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company also provides various loans, such as commercial loans and various consumer-type loans to individuals, including installment loans, mortgage loans, equity lines of credit, and overdraft checking credit.

First Midwest Bancorp, the holding company for First Midwest Bank. Through about 100 branches, the bank mainly serves suburban Chicago, though its market extends into central and western Illinois and neighboring portions of Iowa and Indiana. Focusing on area small to midsized businesses, it offers deposit products, loans, trust services, wealth management, insurance, and retirement plan services; it has approximately $3.5 billion of client trust and investment assets under management. Commercial real estate loans account for more than half of the company's portfolio; commercial and industrial loans are around a third.

Natixis specializes in corporate banking, asset management, receivables management, and private equity. Its typical customers are corporations and banks in Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East. Other business activities include real estate finance, bond underwriting, brokerage, employee benefits planning, and payment processing services. Subsidiary Coface provides credit insurance and credit management services. The company is majority-owned by banking giant Groupe BPCE, which was formed in 2009 through the merger of Banques Populaires (GBP) and Caisses d'Epargne (CNCE).

Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. owns 10 independently operated companies that offer private banking, wealth advisory, and investment management to wealthy individuals and institutional clients throughout the US. Boston Private's holdings include Boston Private Bank & Trust, which operates about 10 branches in Massachusetts. In California, the company runs Borel Private Bank & Trust and First Private Bank & Trust. Charter Private Bank serves clients in Washington. The banks offer a range of deposit lending products. Boston Private's advisory and management arms oversee some $19 billion in assets.

Summit Bank personal attention is a tradition. Since we opened our first branch in Oakland in 1982, our staff have made people their priority. Summit Bank provides traditional banking services and a full range of financial products for individuals, businesses and professionals, each tailored to meet the specific needs of every client. The Bank's willingness to adapt and to innovate with new products is more than the foundation of our mission - it is the secret to our success. We have earned the confidence of our clients and shareholders by conducting our business in a pragmatic, prudent, and profitable manner.

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