BBVA Compass is a leading U.S. banking franchise located in the Sunbelt region. BBVA Compass is the 15th largest U.S. commercial bank based on deposit market share and ranks as the third largest bank in Alabama, fourth largest bank in Texas and fifth largest bank in Arizona. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, it operates more than 720 branches throughout Texas, Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Colorado and New Mexico.

First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. through its wholly-owned subsidiaries (“First Investors”) is an independent consumer finance company which originates automobile loans indirectly through relationships with franchised automobile dealers in the United States. The Company’s indirect lending business operates in 28 states through relationships with hundreds of automobile dealerships. First Investors specializes in providing financing solutions to consumers who typically do not have access to traditional financing sources. In addition to its automobile finance operations, the Company also engages in the purchase of portfolios of automobile loans from other lenders and the servicing of pools of loans for affiliated and non-affiliated investors. First Investors was founded in 1988 in Houston, Texas by its current President and Chief Executive Officer, Tommy Moore. In October 1995 the Company completed an initial public offering of common stock and trades on the Nasdaq/OTC market under the symbol “FIFS-OB”. First Investors has over 40,000 customers, approximately $600 million in managed auto receivables.

Resona Holdings focuses on consumer and small business banking in the greater Tokyo area and Kansai region. Resona Bank provides corporate pension management, banking and trust services. Personal banking services at each bank includes loans for individuals, asset management, and estate planning. The company also provides corporate banking services such as loans, pension management, and real estate services. Altogether, Resona Holdings has about 600 branches throughout Japan.

Los Alamos National Bank was established in June 1963 by a group of local investors who saw the need for a convenient, full-service community bank. Now one of the largest and strongest banks in the state, LANB continues to be locally owned and operated by Trinity Capital Corporation, a one-bank holding company. We are committed to our customers and to those activities that foster a better quality of life in the communities they serve.

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.

Heartland Financial USA, Inc., through its bank subsidiaries, provides commercial and retail banking services to businesses and individuals. Its deposit products include checking and other demand deposit, negotiable order of withdrawal, savings, money market, individual retirement, and health savings accounts, as well as certificates of deposits and other time deposits. The company’s loans include commercial and industrial, agricultural, real estate mortgage, consumer, and home equity loans, as well as lines of credit. It also offers other products and services, including VISA debit cards, automated teller machines, online banking, safe deposit boxes, and trust services. In addition, the company engages in investment brokerage activities; and offers vehicle, property and casualty, life, and disability insurance, as well as tax-free annuities. Further, it offers trust and investment services for individuals and corporations. Heartland Financial USA, Inc. has strategic alliance with LPL Financial Institution Services to operate independent securities offices at its bank subsidiaries, as well as offers various investment services, such as mutual funds, annuities, retirement products, education savings products, brokerage services, employer sponsored plans, and insurance products. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 61 banking locations in the states of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Colorado, and Minnesota. Heartland Financial USA, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa.

CommerceFirst Bancorp is the holding company for CommerceFirst Bank, which opened in 2000 and now has five branches in central Maryland. Catering to small to midsized businesses and professional clients, it offers deposit products including checking and savings accounts, NOW and money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. The bank mainly uses funds from deposits to write business loans (including Small Business Administration loans) and mortgages. Executive officers and board members of CommerceFirst Bancorp collectively own more than 20% of the company.

Steiermarkische Bank und Sparkassen AG, known among English speakers as Bank Styria, is one of the largest and oldest banks in southern Austria, with more than 140 offices. Bank Styria also has subsidiaries or joint ventures in Bosnia and Herzgovinia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, as it expands throughout southeast Europe. (It has its sights set on the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia.) Steiermarkische bank bought Investbanka in Croatia in 2008. The majority of its lending business is focused on real estate and leasing. Bank Styria has also been growing its pensions business. Erste Bank owns 25% of Bank Styria.

IKB Deutsche Industriebank supplies long-term financing and consulting services to established small and middle-market businesses. IKB's products and services include funding for infrastructure investment projects, restructuring consultancy, derivatives, capital markets services, and mergers and acquisitions. The company also furnishes lease financing toward machinery, vehicles, and other assets. It operates primarily in Germany, but also has a presence in France, England, and Spain. In 2008 the global economic crisis took a toll on IKB Deutsche Industriebank and the bank was bailed out by Germany's financial sector. US-based private equity firm Lone Star Funds subsequently acquired the bank.

Bank BPH provides banking services through some 200 branches throughout Poland. Services include capital market activities, retail and corporate business, securities settlement, and trade finance. It also provides asset management services. Bank customers have free access to a network of more than 3,000 ATMs, including 200 owned by the company. The bank traces its roots to the 1989 creation of two banks, PBK and PBH, which merged in 2001 to create Bank BPH. GE Money Bank S.A., the Polish retail division of General Electric Capital, acquired control of the bank from UniCredit in late 2008. Bank BPH and GE Money Bank S.A. merged in 2010.

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