Hitachi Capital helps business help customers buy stuff. Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC (HCUK) is a provider of financial services, including business cash flow, commercial asset finance, vehicle finance and management, and retailer finance. Hitachi Capital company, formerly Hitachi Credit, operates through various divisions and subsidiaries, including Hitachi Capital Business Finance, Hitachi Capital Credit Management, and Hitachi Capital Insurance Europe. HCUK provides finance for some 330,000 consumers, 45,000 fleet vehicles and provides asset finance and block discounting for 5,500 companies. Hitachi Capital Corporation, a unit of Japan's Hitachi, Ltd., owns HCUK and operates it as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Founded in 1892 and now the largest family-owned bank in the nation, Amarillo National Bank has never been typical — and we’re proud of it. The maverick soul of Amarillo is still very much a part of our daily work and lives. At ANB, we’re fiercely independent, answering only to our customers. We have no outside stockholders or board of directors, no giant corporate headquarters full of concrete and shadows. It’s all here under the wide open skies of Amarillo

Lake Shore Bancorp is the holding company for Lake Shore Savings Bank, which serves consumers and businesses through about 10 branches in Chautauqua and Erie counties in western New York, near Lake Erie. Founded in 1891, the community oriented savings bank focuses on residential real estate lending, with one- to four-family mortgages accounting for a majority of its loan portfolio. Lake Shore Savings Bank also offers home equity loans and commercial and consumer loans, as well as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Mutual holding company Lake Shore, MHC owns about 60% of Lake Shore Bancorp.

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.

Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (or BIDV) is one of the country's largest state-owned commercial banks, with more than 100 branches, transaction offices, and subsidiary locations. BIDV was founded in 1957 and converted to a full commercial bank in 1995. The majority of its portfolio is in commercial loans -- primarily construction, manufacturing, and agricultural loans. Most borrowers are state-owned enterprises; the rest of the bank's portfolio also includes loans for state-directed projects. In addition to traditional lending and leasing, BIDV invests in companies, disperses government funds, and performs wholesale banking for World Bank projects.

Alliance Bankshares has enjoyed a healthy partnership with mortgages since 1996. The financial institution is the holding company for Alliance Bank and its home funding subsidiary, Alliance Mortgage Division. Alliance Bankshares operates branches and loan production offices in the DC suburbs of northern Virginia. The bank offers such services as checking and savings accounts, CDs, corporate credit cards, and cash management. Its lending activities mainly consist of residential and commercial mortgages, with business and consumer loans rounding out its portfolio.

Zions Bancorporation originated as Keystone Insurance and Investment Co., a Utah Corporation, in April 1955. In April 1960, Keystone, together with several individual investors, acquired a 57.5 percent interest in Zions First National Bank from the LDS Church. In 1965, the name of the company was changed to Zions Bancorporation. (However, it operated as Zions Utah Bancorporation from 1966 to 1987.) The first public offering of shares in Zions Bancorporation was made in January 1966. There continued to be some minority shareholders until April 1972, when the company exchanged the remaining minority shares for common shares. Zions Bancorporation's common stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol ZION. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ Financial 100 Index.

Riverview Bancorp is the holding company for Riverview Community Bank, which operates about 20 branches located primarily in the Columbia River Gorge area of Washington State and Oregon. Serving consumers and local businesses, the bank offers such standard retail banking services as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, NOW accounts, and CDs. Commercial construction and commercial real estate loans account for nearly 90% of its lending portfolio, which also includes residential mortgages, residential construction loans, and other consumer loans. Trust and investment services are provided through the company's Riverview Asset Management Corp. Riverview Community Bank was founded in 1923.

Ridgewood Savings Bank is a royal member of the financial community. in 1920, a group of fourteen local Ridgewood residents got together with the idea of forming a new mutual savings institution to serve the people of their community. Working purely towards the common good and without regard for personal gain, our founders had high hopes for the success of the bank formed "for the people, by the people."

Ames National Corporation is the multi-bank holding company for flagship subsidiary First National Bank, Ames, Iowa, as well as Boone Bank & Trust, Randall-Story State Bank, State Bank & Trust, and United Bank & Trust. With a total of about a dozen branches, the banks provide area individuals and businesses with standard services such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and credit and debit cards. Commercial and agricultural real estate loans account for about half of the company's loan portfolio, which also includes residential, construction, consumer, and business loans. The banks also offer trust and financial management services.

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