Sainsbury's Bank is a 50-50 joint venture between UK supermarket operator J Sainsbury and Lloyds Banking Group, Sainsbury's Bank is more than a place to borrow money to buy groceries. Also doing business as Sainsbury Finance, the financial supermarket offers personal loans, MasterCard credit cards, many types of insurance (car, home, life, travel, and pet), and savings and investment accounts. Sainsbury's Bank operates hundreds of banking centers and ATMs inside Sainsbury supermarkets. It also has online operations.

Lexington B & L Financial Corp. operates as the holding company for B & L Bank, which provides commercial banking services. It accepts various deposit products, including checking accounts, NOW accounts, saving accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio consists of residential mortgage, commercial, agriculture, and consumer loans, as well as other loans, such as home equity, savings loans, and automobile loans. The bank offers its services in Lexington, Wellington, Odessa, and Callao. The company was founded in 1887 and is based in Lexington, Missouri.

Marshall & Ilsley (M&I) marshals the material means for managing money. The holding company owns flagship subsidiary M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, M&I Bank, and Southwest Bank, which have more than 275 bank branches in the Midwest, plus some 90 more in Arizona, Florida, and Las Vegas. It is the largest bank in Wisconsin; Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Kansas City, and St. Louis are other key markets. Focusing on retail and commercial banking and wealth management, M&I offers standard services such as deposits, credit cards, mortgages, and business and consumer loans, as well as trust, financial advisory, private banking, mutual funds, and brokerage services. Bank of Montreal is buying M&I for some $4.1 billion.

Serving approximately 12 million customers, Absa Group operates some 700 branches and about 9,000 ATMs, primarily in South Africa. The company's Absa Bank is one of that nation's largest retail banks and mortgage lenders. The bank and other subsidiaries offer deposits, loans, credit cards, insurance, investments, financial planning, and asset management services. Beyond South Africa, Absa Group owns some 80% of Barclays Bank Mozambique and a majority of National Bank of Commerce in Tanzania. British bank Barclays owns about 55% of Absa Group, making it one of South Africa's largest single foreign investors since apartheid ended in 1994.

Sekerbank provides banking services for the residents of Turkey and abroad. The company focuses on providing a variety of corporate and commercial, retail, and small business banking services and products. Sekerbank has more than 200 branches and more than 200 ATMs in about 60 cities throughout Turkey. Its subsidiaries include Seker Yatirim (investment banking), Seker Leasing (leasing), Seker Bilisim (information technology services), and Seker Off-Shore (off-shore banking). The company was founded as Seker Pancari Kooperatifleri Bankasi in 1953. Sekerbank's pension fund owns more than 50% of the company. Sekerbank plans to continue to develop new products for its customers.

Vancouver City Savings Credit Union,the largest credit union in Canada, Vancity boasts some 400,000 members and has more than 55 branches in Vancouver, Victoria, and surrounding areas of British Columbia. Actively involved in environmental and community causes, the cooperative credit union offers standard services such as deposit accounts, credit cards, home mortgages, and insurance, in addition to specialized personal loans such as credit for hybrid vehicles and energy-efficient home renovations. Vancity also develops affordable housing.

Village Bank & Trust is the holding company for Village Bank, which has about a dozen branches in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia. It offers standard services, including deposit accounts, loans, and credit cards. Deposit funds are used to write loans for consumers and businesses in the area; commercial real estate loans, mainly secured by owner-occupied businesses, account for about half of the bank's lending portfolio, which also includes business, construction, residential mortgage, and consumer loans. In 2008 Village Bank & Trust acquired the three-branch River City Bank in a transaction worth more than $20 million.

KBC Group is one of Belgium's largest financial services firms. The company operates more than 850 bank branches in Belgium and another 1,300 in Central and Eastern Europe. It has other operations in Western Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia. KBC caters to individuals, small and midsized businesses, and private banking clients. It also offers insurance, and asset management. The bank is organized into four primary business units: Belgium; Central and Eastern Europe and Russia; Merchant Banking; and European Private Banking. In 2009 KBC received its third government bailout upon reporting losses related to toxic investments.

First Federal Community Bank of Bucyrus was chartered in 1888 as Bucyrus Loan & Building Company. Business was initially conducted from the law offices of D.W. Locke, located in the current FirstMerit Bank building on the square in downtown Bucyrus. Bucyrus Loan & Building Co. soon moved to the rear of the First National Bank building, located in the 100 block of West Rensselaer Street. That office was only open one hour per week, with weekly board meetings held shortly after closing.

Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. operates as a holding company for The Fauquier Bank that provides consumer and commercial banking services to individuals, businesses, and industries in Virginia. Its deposit products include demand deposits, interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing deposits, NOW accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, time deposits, and direct deposits. The company’s loan portfolio comprises real estate loans, such as one to four family residential loans, construction loans, and commercial real estate loans; consumer loans, including installment loans, credit card loans, and other secured and unsecured credit facilities; and commercial loans comprising loans for working capital, equipment purchases, and various other business purposes. Its loan portfolio also consists of stand-by letters of credit and grants for installments, unsecured and secured personal loans, and residential mortgages and home equity loans, as well as automobile and other types of consumer financing. In addition, Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. offers safe deposit services, credit cards, cash management services, direct deposits, notary services, night depository, travel and gift cards, cashier’s checks, domestic collections, savings bonds, bank drafts, automated teller services, drive-in tellers, Internet banking, telephone banking, and banking by mail services. Further, it provides wealth management services that include investment management, trust, estate settlement, retirement, insurance, brokerage, and title insurance services. Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. has 10 full service branch offices located in the Virginia communities of Warrenton, Catlett, The Plains, Sudley Road-Manassas, Old Town-Manassas, New Baltimore, Bealeton, Bristow, and Haymarket. Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. was founded in 1902 and is based in Warrenton, Virginia.

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