The years following Ashley’s retirement saw rapid growth and expansion as Ashe Federal became AF Bank and opened five additional branch locations in Ashe, Watauga, and Alleghany Counties. A mutual holding company, AsheCo, MHC, was established in 1996. A mid-tier holding company, AF Bankshares, Inc. was created in 1998 and in 2002 the company’s shareholders voted to change its name to AF Financial Group.

Pacific City Financial is the holding company for Pacific City Bank. Established in 2003, the bank caters to Korean-Americans from about a half-dozen locations in Southern California. The bank serves consumers, professionals, and minority-owned small and midsized businesses, offering deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and CDs. Its lending activities mainly consist of commercial real estate and Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. Additionally, the bank offers international trade finance services to small and midsized businesses that have operations overseas. The company called off plans to be acquired by Korean blank-check company North Asia Investment in 2010.

Bank Mutual Corporation operates as the holding company for Bank Mutual that provides various financial products and services primarily in the state of Wisconsin. Bank Mutual Corporation attracts deposits and originates loans. Its deposit portfolio comprises regular savings, interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing demand accounts, money market accounts, certificate of deposits, as well as IRA time deposit accounts and health savings accounts. The company’s loan product line includes mortgage loans, which includes loans secured by one-to four-family residences, multi-family properties, and commercial real estate properties, as well as construction loans secured by the same types of properties; consumer loans comprising home equity loans, home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, automobile loans, recreational vehicle loans, marine loans, deposit account loans, overdraft protection lines of credit, and unsecured consumer loans, as well as unsecured consumer loans through credit card programs; and commercial business loans comprising loans to businesses for equipment purchases, working capital lines of credit, debt refinancing, small business administration loans, and domestic stand-by letters of credit. Bank Mutual Corporation, through its other subsidiaries, provides investment, brokerage, and insurance services; and involves in the development and sale of land. It also offers investment services, including tax deferred and tax free investments, mutual funds, and government securities, as well as provides personal insurance, business insurance, life and disability insurance, and mortgage protection products. As of December 31, 2009, Bank Mutual Corporation operated 78 banking offices in Wisconsin and 1 in Minnesota. Bank Mutual Corporation was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Vestin Group is investin' in commercial real estate. Through subsidiaries, the firm originates, invests in, and services mortgages secured by commercial properties such as apartment complexes, office buildings, shopping centers, and assisted living facilities. Its Vestin Mortgage subsidiary manages two real estate investment trusts (REITs) and a real estate investment fund, all focusing on mortgages and deeds of trust. Vestin Originations issues and services short-term commercial mortgages and construction loans; most are between $2.5 million and $10 million and have one-year terms. The company's portfolio also consists of acquisition, development, land, and bridge loans. CEO Michael Shustek owns Vestin Group.

Integra Bank, operates about 55 branches and loan production offices serving communities in southern Indiana and Illinois, Kentucky, and southwestern Ohio. The bank offers a variety of traditional deposit products for personal and business customers, including savings and money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Its lending activities mainly consist of commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans, construction and development loans, residential mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and consumer loans. In addition, Integra Bank offers annuities, insurance, credit and debit cards, and trust services.

Guaranty Bancorp (formerly Centennial Bank Holdings) knows a thing or two about dollars and cents. After all, it's the holding company for Colorado's Guaranty Bank and Trust. The bank operates about 35 branches, primarily in the metropolitan Denver and North Front Range areas. Guaranty Bank and Trust offers traditional checking, savings, money market, and NOW accounts as well as IRAs. Real estate mortgages and business loans each make up more than one-third of a loan portfolio that also includes construction and other types of consumer and business loans. In 2008 the company merged subsidiary Centennial Bank of the West into Guaranty Bank and Trust and, following suit, changed its own name.

MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. operates as a holding company for MetroBank, National Association; and Metro United Bank that provide commercial banking products and services in Texas and California. The company offers retail deposit products and services, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, time deposits, individual retirement accounts, noninterest-bearing demand deposit transaction accounts, and interest-bearing NOW accounts. Its loan portfolio includes commercial and industrial loans comprising loans to wholesalers, manufacturers, and business service companies; commercial mortgage loans to finance the purchase of real property; loans for the construction of residential and non-residential properties; loans for commercial properties, such as multi-family, office, industrial, warehouse, and retail centers; and consumer loans comprising automobile loans, lines of credit, and other personal loans. The company also provides government guaranteed lending programs; trade finance loans and letters of credit to facilitate export and import transactions for small and medium-sized businesses; and single-family residential mortgage products through third party mortgage companies, as well as offers ATM cards, debit cards, and online banking services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 19 branches in the greater Houston, Dallas, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco metropolitan areas. MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Home Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Home Bank that provides various banking services in Louisiana. Home Bancorp, Inc. offers various deposit products, including interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking accounts, money market, savings, demand deposit, negotiable order of withdrawal, and certificate of deposit accounts. It also provides various loan products, such as single-family residential first mortgage loans, commercial real estate mortgage loans, commercial business loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, construction and land loans, and other loans. In addition, the company offers Internet banking, bank debit cards, corporate cash management, remote deposit recapture, and merchant bank card services. As of March 12, 2010, it had 18 full-service banking offices in the south Louisiana market areas of Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and the Northshore. Home Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Bank Millennium offers brokerage, investment funds, leasing services, and pension and savings plans. The company has nearly 500 locations and more than 500 ATMs around Poland. Bank Millennium is the primary member of the Bank Millennium Group, which also includes Millennium Leasing, Millennium Brokerage House, and Millennium TFI (investment funds). Banco Comercial Portugues owns 66% of the company.

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.

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