DnB NOR ASA, together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services in Norway and internationally. It operates in four segments: Retail Banking, Large Corporates and International, DnB NOR Markets, and Life and Asset Management. The Retail Banking segment offers various financial products and services, including financing and leasing, and deposit and investment alternatives, as well as insurance, real estate broking, and financial advisory services. It also provides information and communication technology equipment leasing, factoring, vehicle financing, and fleet management services; and credit card and consumer finance services, as well as distributes life and pension insurance, non-life insurance, and banking products. This segment offers its services through Internet bank, mobile banking, SMS services, branch offices, in-store banking outlets, in-store postal outlets, and Norway Post. The Large Corporates and International segment provides various financial products and services, including various types of financing solutions, deposits and investments, insurance, e-commerce products, commercial property brokerage, foreign currency, interest rate products, trade finance, and corporate finance services. The DnB NOR Markets segment offers foreign exchange, interest rate, and commodity products; securities and other investment products; debt and equity financing in capital markets; research; and advisory services, as well as custodial and other securities services to corporate clients and the public sector. The Life and Asset Management segment provides individual and group life insurance, pension savings, mutual funds, and discretionary asset management products and services. DnB NOR ASA also owns 51% ownership interest in Bank DnB NORD AS, which offers various banking products to the retail and corporate markets in Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland. The company was founded in 1822 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Brunswick Bancorp is the holding company for Brunswick Bank and Trust, which serves central New Jersey's Monmouth and Middlesex counties through six branches. The bank attracts customers by offering standard deposit products such as checking and savings accounts in addition to investment options like CDs, IRAs, and 401(k) plans. It mainly originates commercial real estate loans (more than half of its loan portfolio). To a lesser extent, the bank also writes construction, land development, consumer, farm, and residential mortgage loans. In 2007 Brunswick Bancorp voluntarily delisted its stock from the NYSE Amex to save regulatory costs.

BankFinancial Corporation was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Burr Ridge, Illinois. BankFinancial Corporation operates as the holding company for BankFinancial, F.S.B., which provides commercial, family, and personal banking services in Illinois. It accepts deposit accounts, such as savings accounts, NOW accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and IRAs and other qualified plan accounts. The company’s loan portfolio consists of investment and business loans, including multi-family, nonresidential real estate, commercial, construction and land loans, and commercial leases, as well as one-to-four family residential mortgage loans comprising home equity loans, lines of credit, and other second mortgage loans. It also provides financial products and services consisting of cash management, funds transfers, bill payment and other online banking transactions, automated teller machines, safe deposit boxes, wealth management, and general insurance agency services. In addition, the company offers investment, financial planning, and other wealth management services; and sells life insurance, fixed annuities, property and casualty insurance, and other insurance products on an agency basis. It provides its products and services through banking offices and an Internet Branch. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 18 full-service banking offices and 3 express branch facilities in Cook, DuPage, Lake, and Will Counties, Illinois.

Old Point Financial is the holding company for Old Point National Bank of Phoebus, which has more than 20 branches in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia. Founded in 1923, the bank serves area businesses and consumers, offering such services as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and CDs. With these funds, the bank mainly originates commercial and residential mortgages, which account for a majority of its loans. Subsidiary Old Point Trust & Financial Services provides investment management and tax, estate, and retirement planning services. Old Point Trust & Financial Services owns about 20% of the company. Chairman and CEO Robert Shuford Sr. owns about 12%.

Tidelands Bancshares does its work at the intersection of Southern charm and Coastal cool. The holding company operates Tidelands Bank, which has seven branches along the coast of South Carolina. The bank offers traditional retail services and products such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and commercial and consumer loans. Tidelands Bank grows by opening loan production offices and then, when they prove successful, converting them into full service locations. The company specializes in services for small businesses and entrepreneurs, of which there are plenty in the tourist-laden beachfront locales it calls home. About 75% of its loan activity is in Charleston.

Headquartered in San Francisco, UnionBanCal Corporation is a financial holding company with assets of $80 billion at September 30, 2010. Its primary subsidiary, Union Bank, N.A., is a full-service commercial bank providing an array of financial services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, and major corporations. The bank operated 397 banking offices in California, Oregon, Washington and Texas and two international offices, on September 30, 2010.

Rome Bancorp is the holding company for The Rome Savings Bank. Originally chartered in 1851, the bank serves residents and businesses of central New York's Oneida County through about five branches. One- to four-family mortgages make up more than half of the company's loan portfolio; commercial real estate, consumer, home equity, and business loans round out the bank's lending activities. Rome Savings' deposit products include checking, money market, and savings accounts; certificates of deposit; and IRAs. Rome Bancorp is being acquired by Massachusetts-based Berkshire Hills Bancorp (which is also buying Legacy Bancorp in a separate transaction) for $74 million.

People's United Financial is the holding company for People's United Bank (formerly People's Bank). Founded in 1842, the bank has more than 300 locations (including traditional branches, supermarket branches, commercial banking offices, investment and brokerage offices, and equipment leasing offices) in New England and New York. In addition to retail and commercial banking services, the bank offers trust, wealth management, brokerage, and insurance services. Its lending activities mainly consist of commercial mortgages (more than a third of its loan portfolio), commercial and industrial loans, equipment financing, and consumer loans.

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.

Fulton Financial is simply full of banks. The multibank holding company owns eight community banks, which together operate about 270 branches in rural and suburban areas of eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia. Most of its banks maintain a local identity. Their products include checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and credit cards. Commercial loans and mortgages account for about two-thirds of the company's loan portfolio. Home loans are available through its Fulton Mortgage Company subsidiary. Other nonbank units include investment management and trust services provider Fulton Financial Advisors and Fulton Insurance, an agency selling life insurance and related products.

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