Federal Trust Corporation, a Florida corporation since August 5, 1988, is the parent holding company for Federal Trust Bank and Federal Trust Mortgage Company. Federal Trust is a full-service financial institution, providing a variety of products and services including checking, savings, money market accounts; certificate of deposits; individual retirement accounts, residential, commercial and mortgage loans.

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania will keep your money close to its vest. The holding company for Univest National Bank and Trust serves the Keystone State's southeast region. The bank has more than 30 traditional and supermarket branch locations and provides standard retail and commercial banking services. Real estate loans account for nearly 80% of the company's lending portfolio; it also offers business loans, municipal loans, and personal loans. Subsidiaries Univest Capital provides commercial financing, while Univest Investments offers investment advisory services. Univest Insurance offers commercial and personal insurance covering workers' compensation, property, automobiles, life, and health.

Merchants Bancorp operates as a bank holding for MBank that provides various banking services for businesses and individuals in Oregon. It generates demand deposits, fixed term money market and other interest-bearing accounts, time deposits, and certificates of deposit products. The company also provides working capital lines or business loans, short-term financing, and mortgage lending, including home improvements and construction loans.

Blue River Bancshares was founded in 1937 and is based in Shelbyville, Indiana. Blue River Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Shelby County Bank and Paramount Bank, which provide community banking services for individuals and businesses in south central Indiana. Its deposits products include checking, NOW, savings, and time deposits. The company also offers real estate loans for single-family and multi-family properties and medium and short-term loans for commercial, agricultural, and industrial properties, as well as consumer and commercial lines of credit secured by real estate; commercial loans for the purpose of financing equipment, working capital, expansion, and other general business purposes; consumer loans, including automobile loans and equity lines of credit; and agricultural loans. As of March 31, 2007, it operated three full service branches in Shelbyville, Morristown, and St. Paul, Indiana; a loan production office in Fishers, Indiana; and one office in Lexington, Kentucky.

Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) strikes a balance in serving rural and urban clientele. As one of India's largest banks, the financial institution manages more than 1,400 branches. The bank also operates nearly 1,000 ATMs around the country. OBC offers home loans, vehicle loans, and other consumer loans, as well as business and agriculture loans, cash management, savings accounts, life insurance, and internet banking. In addition to rapidly modernizing its services, Oriental Bank of Commerce also runs a number of programs aimed at assisting women and the poor. The state-run company was founded in 1943.

The regional bank formally BEKB | BCBE (Cantonal Bank of Berne)operates nearly 80 offices in and around Berne, Switzerland, focusing on providing commercial banking and lending products and services to individuals and small and medium-sized businesses. It has about $20 million under management. Key products include mortgages, deposit accounts, asset management, and property advisory services. BEKB | BCBE also offers online banking, as well as investment counseling provided through its private bank based in Soluthurn. BEKB | BCBE, which was formed in 1834, is more than 50% owned by the Canton of Berne (the regional government).

Bank of Virginia helps put the Rich in Richmond. The company serves Chesterfield County from a handful of banking branches in Midlothian, Richmond, and Chester. Bank of Virginia offers standard retail and commercial services including checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and money market accounts. In 2008, the bank opened its fifth branch in the Richmond area. Commercial mortgages account for about a third of the company's lending portfolio, which also includes business loans, single-family mortgages, and construction loans. Consumer lending accounts for less than 5% of its portfolio. Washington, DC-based Cordia Bancorp bought a majority of Bank of Virginia in 2010.

Export Development Canada (EDC) is trying to erase borders in a way. EDC provides a variety of financial services, including lending, insurance, and risk management, to help exporters and investors in Canada to expand their international business. It also performs financial reporting and economic analysis. The agency serves more than 8,000 companies annually, a majority of them small businesses. Created in 1944 as an official export credit agency, EDC is wholly owned by the Canadian government. It operates as a self-sustaining commercial entity, but it is accountable to Canada's Minister of International Trade and the Canadian Parliament.

Centinel Bank Shares is the holding company for Centinel Bank of Taos. Catering to the Hispanic community, the bank provides traditional deposit services and products such as checking and savings accounts, as well as loans from four branches in New Mexico. CEO Rebeca Rainey's grandfather, Eliu Romero, founded the bank in 1969. He was motivated to establish a bank that would serve the Hispanic community when he was denied for a loan to help start his law practice

ECB Bancorp Enjoys Community Banking. The holding company owns The East Carolina Bank, which serves individuals, small to midsized businesses, and local governments through about 25 branches in eastern North Carolina and the Outer Banks. The bank, which opened in a barbershop in 1920, provides checking, savings, money market, NOW, and individual retirement accounts, plus certificates of deposit. It mainly originates real estate loans (approximately 80% of its loan portfolio), including residential and commercial mortgages and construction and land development loans. The East Carolina Bank also writes commercial, consumer, and construction loans. Members of the Gibbs family own about 15% of ECB Bancorp.

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