United Overseas Bank Limited provides financial products and services. The company’s Personal Financial Services segment offers deposits, loans, investments, credit and debit cards, life assurance products, wealth management services, and personal financial and consultation services; and structured notes, funds of hedge funds, and high net worth insurance plans. Its Institutional Financial Services segment offers commercial and corporate banking products and services comprising current accounts, deposits, lending, asset finance, trade finance, structured finance, cash management, and cross-border payments to small enterprises, corporations, and government linked companies and agencies. This segment also provides lead managing and underwriting equity offerings, and corporate advisory services; solution-based structures to meet clients’ financing requirements in the area of structuring, underwriting and arranging syndicated loans, leveraged buy-outs, project and structured finance, and underwriting and lead managing bond issues, as well as manages, advises, and invests in private equity funds on behalf of the company and third-party investors. The company’s Global Markets and Investment Management segment provides a range of treasury products and services, including foreign exchange, money market, fixed income, derivatives, margin trading, futures broking, and gold products, as well as structured products. This segment also offers bank note, asset management, and proprietary investment services, as well as manages excess liquidity and capital funds. Its Other segment engages in property-related activities and insurance businesses. United Overseas Bank has a network of 500 offices in 19 countries and territories in the Asia Pacific, western Europe, and North America. The company was formerly known as United Chinese Bank and changed its name to United Overseas Bank Limited in 1965. United Overseas Bank was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Singapore, Singapore.

Serving the Shizuoka Prefecture with its more than 75 branches, Shimizu Bank offers the typical assortment of wholesale and retail banking products and chiefly targets the Shimizu Port, which is a substantial area in regards to international trade. Key subsidiaries and affiliated companies include The Shimizu Business Service Co. (ATM transporting and maintenance), The Shimizu Carriere Co. (staff delegation), and The Shimizu General Maintenance (real estate). Shimizu Bank did some schmoozing in 1928 when it was forged from the merger of six banks.

Croghan Bancshares is helping to share the wealth in the Buckeye state. The firm is the holding company for Croghan Colonial Bank, which has about 10 branches in northern Ohio. Founded in 1888, the bank provides standard products and services, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and credit cards, Its lending activities primarily consist of residential and commercial mortgages and, to a lesser extent, agricultural, business, construction, and consumer loans. In addition, the bank offers wealth management, investments, estate planning, private banking, and trust services.

Banco de Credito e Inversiones operates some 275 Bci and Banco Nova de Bci bank branches throughout Chile, located as far south as the southern port city of Quellón. It also has a half-dozen branches and representative offices in the US, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and Hong Kong. Bci provides portfolio management through Bci Corredor de Bolsa, mutual fund management through Bci Administradora de Fondos Mutuos, and international factoring through Bci Factoring. Other offerings include wholesale mortgages, investment banking, and insurance brokerage. The Yarur family, which includes chairman Luis Enrique Yarur Rey, owns 63% of Bci.

Bank Sarasin, one of Switzerland's largest and most reputable private banks, specializes in asset management, investment funds, securities trading, and investment counseling, catering to both private and corporate clients. The bank also offers complementary services such as corporate finance and brokerage analysis. The bank's financial services businesses are run through several subsidiaries, including Sarasin Funds Management and Sarasin Investment Management, which manages the bank's fund advisement activities in the UK. Netherlands-based Rabobank owns a majority of Bank Sarasin, which was established in 1841.

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various financial services, including banking, securities, and trust and asset management services in Japan and internationally. The company offers commercial banking services, foreign exchange transaction services, advisory services, capital markets financing services, syndicated loan services, and structured finance services.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Home Federal Bank that provides financial products and services to consumers and businesses. The company’s deposit product line includes checking accounts, savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, and certificates of deposits with various rates and terms to maturity. It also offers mortgages on owner-occupied and one-to four-family residences, and construction of one-to four-family residences. In addition, the company provides commercial real estate loans, multi-family loans, consumer loans, home equity and automobile loans, and commercial business loans. Home Federal Bancorp offers its products and services in the Treasure Valley region of southwestern Idaho, including Ada, Canyon, Elmore, and Gem counties; and Tri-County region of central Oregon comprising the counties of Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson. As of September 30, 2009, it operated 23 branches, 1 loan center, and 24 automated teller machines. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Nampa, Idaho.

Centrix Bank likes to be central in the lives of its customers. Founded in 1998 to serve small to midsized businesses, as well as not-for-profits, municipalities, and professionals, the bank bank operates about a half-dozen branches in southern New Hampshire. It offers such traditional deposit products as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Lending is focused on area businesses, with commercial mortgages accounting for more than half of the bank's loan portfolio and other business loans contributing more than a third. Personal loans, residential construction loans, and home equity lines of credit help to round out Centrix Bank's lending activities.

Five Point Capital was founded in 1999 by owners Dave Gilbert and Dan Feder. In the market for a forklift? Five Point Capital provides equipment financing on everything from company vehicles to computer software for small and medium-sized businesses. Five Point Capital, Inc. finances leased new and used equipment for the agricultural, automotive, construction, medical, restaurant, and waste management industries, among others. It provides lease lines of credit for amounts as small as $5,000 and as high as $1 million, although most are around $100,000. Additional business services Five Point Capital, Inc. offers include a cash advance program for small merchants that deal in credit card transactions.

Southside Bancshares operates deep in the heart of Texas. It's the holding company for Southside Bank, which serves East Texas through about 35 branches, with a concentration in the cities of Tyler and Longview. About half of its branches are located in supermarkets (including Albertsons and Brookshire stores), and many offer extended hours. The bank provides traditional services such as savings, money market, and checking accounts, CDs, and other deposit products, as well as trust and investment services. Real estate loans make up more than half of the company's loan portfolio, which also includes business, consumer, and municipal loans.

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