Cornerstone Bancshares is the holding company for Cornerstone Community Bank, which operates about five locations in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and surrounding communities, in addition to two loan production offices in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Dalton, Georgia. The bank offers standard retail and commercial services, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and CDs. Its lending activities primarily consist of commercial real estate loans, residential mortgages, real estate construction loans, and business and agricultural loans. Another subsidiary of Cornerstone Bancshares, Eagle Financial, purchases accounts receivable and acts as a conduit lender.

At CoBiz Financial, we believe success lies in having vision while not losing sight of the small things. Our approach is to provide the right mix of services that address the needs of our customers; to build a long-term relationship that grows and changes as they do; and to free them from financial worries so they can be fully invested in their careers and lives. We started small – with two bank locations and $100 million in assets in 1994 – but always thought big. As we've grown, we haven't forgotten that no detail is unimportant when it comes to taking care of our customers. CoBiz Financial seeks to deliver banking, insurance, investment banking and investment advisory services that meet and anticipate the changing needs of businesses, business owners and professionals. Our focus is on serving the needs of our clients at all stages of their lives, from planning (loans and depository services, or capital planning) through preservation (trust, investment management and wealth transfer services). We continue to look for new and exciting opportunities to grow our company and introduce our services to new customers and audiences.

The Toronto-Dominion Bank, together with its subsidiaries, provides retail and commercial banking, wealth management, and wholesale banking products and services in North America and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking, and Wholesale Banking. The Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking segment comprises its Canadian banking and global insurance businesses that serve personal and small business customers. It provides a range of insurance products, such as home and automobile coverage, life and health insurance in Canada and the U.S.; business property and casualty business in the U.S.; and credit protection coverage on lending products. This segment also offers banking solutions through telephone and Internet banking. The Wealth Management segment provides discount brokerage, financial planning, private investment advice, and private client services in Canada; and financial advisory, private banking, and trust and investment management services to the U.S. clients. The U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking segment comprises the retail and commercial banking operations in the United States. It serves through a network of approximately 1,028 branches. The Wholesale Banking segment serves corporate, government, and institutional clients in financial markets worldwide. It provides a range of capital market and investment banking products and services that include underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures, and executing daily trading and investment needs. As of October 31, 2009, the company operated approximately 2,600 automated banking machines, and a network of 1,116 branches located in Canada. The company was founded in 1855 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

One of the largest insurance premium finance companies in the country, First Insurance Funding is a subsidiary of Illinois-based financial holding company Wintrust Financial. If premium financing is the last thing you need, don't call First Insurance Funding. Working through independent insurance agents and brokers, First Insurance Funding provides loans to businesses to finance the cost of their commercial insurance, including liability and property/casualty coverage. Clients finance their insurance premiums to preserve cash flow, consolidate insurance payments, and to potentially realize a tax deduction on the loan interest.

First Northern Community Bancorp is the holding company for First Northern Bank, which operates about 10 branches in the northern California counties of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, and Yolo. Founded in 1910, the bank offers community-oriented services such as checking, savings, and money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. It also offers electronic check depositing. Its loan products include real estate mortgages (which account for about half of the bank's portfolio), commercial and construction loans, and agricultural and installment loans. Investment products and services are available to customers via a pact with Raymond James Financial.

Merchants Bank provides community banking services to the residents of Vermont via about 35 branches throughout the state. Organized in 1849, the bank provides standard retail products including checking, money market, and savings accounts; IRAs; CDs; and ATM and debit cards. Residential mortgages account for nearly 50% of the company's loan portfolio; commercial real estate mortgages account for more than 30%. Merchants Bank also offers business, construction, agricultural, and consumer loans.

Independence Federal Savings Bank operates as a federally chartered stock savings bank in Washington. It offers various deposit products, including money market deposit accounts, commercial deposit accounts, individual retirement accounts, checking accounts, savings accounts, automatic payroll, social security payment deposits, and certificates of deposit. The company also provides loan products, such as real estate loans consisting of mortgage loans secured by single-family dwellings, duplexes, and condominiums; commercial and other consumer loans, including small business, home equity, property improvement, credit card, and deposit account secured loans; and home equity lines of credit.

AdvanceMe provides working capital to small and midsized businesses with a minimum of $5,000 in credit and debit card sales per month. Its merchant cash advances range from $6,000 to $150,000 and have no fixed time frame; customers, who may not qualify for conventional bank loans because they lack collateral or have spotty credit, repay AdvanceMe by selling the company a predetermined percentage of credit and debit card sales at a discount. The working capital is typically used to cover expenses, acquire equipment or inventory, renovate facilities, and for business expansion.

Credit Agricole Nord de France provides banking services in the north of France as one of the nearly 40 regional banks that make up the Credit Agricole system. Credit Agricole Nord, which is approximately 25%-owned by Credit Agricole, offers a variety of consumer- and business-oriented services, such as savings accounts, loans, mortgages, credit and debit cards, real estate brokerage, and property and auto insurance. The bank is also active in private equity, taking stakes in local entities such as bottled water firm Eaux de Saint Amand and real estate appraiser Ex'Im Expertises, as well as area real estate projects.

Community First Bancorporation puts financial matters first in the northwestern corner of South Carolina. The institution is the holding company for Community First Bank, which operates about five branches in Oconee and Anderson counties. The commercial bank offers traditional deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Deposit funds are primarily used to originate single- to four-family mortgages and commercial mortgages. The bank also writes construction, consumer, and business loans. Community First Bank plans to continue to expand in Anderson County.

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