The underlying principles that have made Johnson Financial Group so successful are the same values that serve all of the Johnson family's enterprises. A high level of integrity and accountability and the strong belief in the dignity of all people are at the heart of everything we do; and, as a privately-held company, we also maintain the ability to focus on the next quarter century rather than the next quarter's earnings report. This way of doing business has stood the test of time, trends and challenges.

Home Federal Bank of Tennessee offers a place your cash can call home. The bank operates more than 20 branches in Anderson, Blount, Knox, and Sevier counties in the eastern portion of the state. In addition to offering such traditional deposit services as checking and savings accounts, the bank provides residential and commercial real estate loans, business and consumer loans, trust services, and Visa credit cards. Home Federal Bank of Tennessee also administers employee benefit plans. Its Home Financial Services subsidiary allows customers to buy and sell fixed-income securities.

Security Finance Corporation of Spartanburg. Founded in 1955, the consumer loan company provides personal loans typically ranging from $100 to $600 (some states, however, allow loan amounts as high as $3,000). Customers can also turn to Security Finance for credit reports and tax preparation services. The company has approximately 800 offices in about 15 states operating mainly under the Security Finance, Sunbelt Credit, and PFS banners. It also has locations operating as Security Financial Services and Longhorn Finance in North Carolina and Texas, respectively.

IMH Financial deals in real estate lending and investment mainly in the southwestern US. Although its family of companies historically have focused on acquiring and originating short-term bridge loans to enable commercial real estate development and construction, market conditions -- mainly lack of mortgage capital availability -- are prompting the company to change course. Its focus now is to make investments across a more diverse set of target assets, including interim loans used to pay off construction or property loans and whole commercial real estate mortgage loans. Its primary markets include Arizona, California, and Texas. IMH filed to go public in the latter half of 2010.

Consumers Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Consumers National Bank, which provides various commercial and retail banking services. Consumers Bancorp, Inc. involves in attracting deposits from businesses and individual customers and uses such deposits to originate commercial, mortgage, and consumer loans in its market area, consisting primarily of Stark, Columbiana, Carroll, and contiguous counties in Ohio. Its deposit products include interest and noninterest bearing accounts, such as NOW accounts, savings account, time deposits, and short-term borrowings, as well as federal home loan bank advances. The company’s loan portfolio comprises real estate mortgage and construction loans; commercial, financial, and agricultural loans; and installment loans to individuals. As of June 30, 2009, Consumers Bancorp, Inc. operated 10 branch offices. Consumers Bancorp is headquartered in Minerva, Ohio.

Northrim BanCorp offers standard deposit products including checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and IRAs. It uses funds from deposits to write commercial loans (40% of loan portfolio) and real estate term loans (nearly 35%), as well as construction and consumer loans.Can you get banking services at the north rim of the world? Of course! Northrim BanCorp, formed in 2001 to be the holding company for Northrim Bank, provides a full range of commercial and retail banking services and products through some 10 banking offices in Alaska's Anchorage, Fairbanks North Star, and Matanuska Susitna counties. Division offices that provide short-term capital to customers also are located in Washington and Oregon.

Forget Elsie. S.Y. Bancorp is more interested in a cash cow. It's the holding company of Stock Yards Bank & Trust, which operates about 30 branches primarily in and around Louisville, Kentucky, but also in Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Founded in 1904, the bank targets individuals and regional business customers, offering standard retail services such as checking and savings accounts, credit cards, certificates of deposit, and IRAs. Trust services are also available; brokerage and credit card services are offered through agreements with other banks. Real estate mortgages account for about 50% of the bank's loan portfolio, which also includes commercial (25%), construction, and consumer loans.

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.

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Hudson City Savings Bank that provides a range of retail banking services. It offers a range of deposit accounts, including passbook and statement savings accounts, interest-bearing transaction accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, and time deposits, as well as IRA accounts and qualified retirement plans. The company’s loan portfolio primarily comprises one-to four-family first mortgage loans for residential properties; multi-family and commercial mortgage loans; construction loans; and consumer loans, such as fixed-rate second mortgage loans and home equity credit line loans, as well as collateralized passbook loans, overdraft protection loans, automobile loans, and secured and unsecured commercial lines of credit. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 95 branches located in 17 counties throughout the State of New Jersey; 10 branch offices in Westchester County, 9 branch offices in Suffolk County, 1 branch office each in Putnam and Rockland Counties, and 6 branch offices in Richmond County; and 9 branch offices in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1868 and is based in Paramus, New Jersey.

BGL BNP Paribas covers both general and specific banking needs for customers in the grand duchy and beyond. The bank offers a wide variety of financial services to individuals, businesses, and government institutions. For private consumers, it operates about 35 retail branches throughout Luxembourg and also offers Internet-based banking. For businesses, the bank offers such services as foreign-exchange transactions and international trade financing. It also engages in private banking for wealthy clients. In 2009 BNP Paribas acquired a 67% stake in BGL and 75% of its previous parent, Fortis.

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