Barclays Bank is the flagship subsidiary of financial services group Barclays PLC. The bank is primarily active in the UK, where it has some 1,700 branches, but also has significant retail and commercial operations in 50 countries throughout Europe and in several African nations, as well as the Middle East. It offers standard retail services such as current accounts, savings and investments, mortgages and other loans, insurance (it owns 59% of bancassurance provider Absa Group), credit cards (the Barclaycard), and online banking. Barclays Bank traces its roots to the late 17th century.

Alaska USA Federal Credit Union is a federally chartered financial services cooperative with branch offices throughout Alaska, the Puget Sound area of Washington State, and California's High Desert. The credit union is the largest provider of consumer financial services in Alaska, with growing membership in Washington and California. Alaska USA also provides business services, including checking, commercial loans, and insurance.The credit union owns and operates Alaska USA Mortgage Company, Alaska USA Insurance Brokers, Alaska USA Title Agency, and Alaska USA Trust Company.

The First of Long Island wants to be the first thing on Long Islanders' minds. The company owns The First National Bank of Long Island, which offers a variety of lending, investment, and deposit services through about two dozen branches on New York's Long Island and in Manhattan. Loans secured by real estate, including residential and commercial mortgages, home equity loans, and construction loans, make up more than 85% of the bank's loan portfolio. To a lesser extent, the bank also writes business and consumer loans. Other services include checking and savings accounts, IRAs, CDs, and credit cards. Subsidiary The First of Long Island Agency sells mutual funds and annuities.

The Eighteenth Bank, Limited,the bank has more than 90 offices in its home prefecture, as well as about a dozen more in the nearby prefectures of Fukuoka, Kumamoto, and Yamaguchi; it also has a presence in both Osaka and Tokyo. In addition to offering traditional deposit banking services, the Eighteenth Bank and its subsidiaries are active in such business areas as leasing, credit cards, and economic research.

One of the most important parts of being a bank is the customers and the community that we work with on a daily basis. Allied First Bank is very unique, as we have a nationwide customer base from our beginnings as a credit union, as well as our local Oswego community that we serve as the only true community bank in town.When we thought to ourselves what defines our local community, we decided it shouldn't be the bank that tells the story, but rather the people that live here should tell us what they think are the best parts of the town, So, we teamed up the Oswego East High School's Broadcasting Department lead by Bill Gutman, and they created their "Top 10 Reasons to Love Oswego":

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.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international organization which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks The head office is in Basel, Switzerland and there are two representative offices: in the HongKong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and in Mexico City. Established on 17 May 1930, the BIS is the world's oldest international financial organization.As its customers are central banks and international organizations, the BIS does not accept deposits from, or provide financial services to, private individuals or corporate entities.

Washington Trust Bancorp can utter "Washington" and "trust" in the same breath. The firm owns The Washington Trust Company, one of the oldest banks in Rhode Island. The bank operates nearly 15 branches there, as well as in southeastern Connecticut. It was originally chartered in 1800. The bank offers standard services such as checking, money market, and savings accounts; CDs; and credit cards. Residential mortgages comprise the largest portion of its loan portfolio, followed by commercial mortgages and other loans collateralized by real estate. The bank also offers wealth management services.

Arrow Financial has more than one shaft in its quiver. It's the holding company for two banks: Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company and Saratoga National Bank and Trust Company, which together operate more than 30 branches in five counties in eastern upstate New York. Targeting individuals and area businesses, the banks offer standard deposit products like checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and IRAs. They also provide retirement, trust, and estate planning services and employee benefit plan administration. Residential mortgages make up the largest segment of Arrow Financial's loan portfolio (more than 40%); indirect and installment loans to individuals account for about 30%.

Bank of Granite Corporation is the holding company for a community bank of the same name that serves individuals and small businesses in about 10 west-central North Carolina counties. From 20 branches, Bank of Granite offers traditional demand and time deposit products mostly for individuals and small businesses. Before the economic downturn , mortgages made up more than half of Bank of Granite's loan portfolio. However, the slowdown deeply affected customers' ability to repay their loans and in 2009 Bank of Granite stopped originating mortgage loans altogether.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.