Manx Financial Group (MFG), formerly Conister Financial Group. The Isle of Man, being neither part of the UK nor a member of the EU, is a center for offshore banking. In the past few years, the company has evolved from an asset finance firm to a full-service financial institution, and in 2008 transitioned to a holding company structure. It owns Conister Bank (formerly Consiter Trust) which offers deposits, loans, and wealth management services to personal and business clients. Another subsidiary, TransSend, issues prepaid MasterCards. MFG hasn't neglected its roots, however; in 2010 it bought ECF Asset Finance.

Yakima Federal Savings and Loan Association completed another very successful year. We finished the year 2009 with no Real Estate owned and did not post any additions to loan loss reserves or write down any assets during the year. We originated more loans during 2009 than in 2008. Total assets grew by nearly ten percent during 2009 and we recorded strong profits. We are now the tenth largest FDIC insured financial institution in Washington State.

Singapore bank Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) operates more than 530 branches and offices in 15 countries, including some 410 offices in Indonesia through its PT Bank NISP subsidiary. The company offers traditional banking services for individuals and businesses, as well as financial services such as brokerage and asset management. Subsidiary Great Eastern Holdings, which provides life and property/casualty insurance, is the largest insurance company in Singapore and Malaysia. OCBC Bank was founded in 1912 to serve the Chinese business community of Singapore and other parts of Asia, but now serves the general public.

Patelco Credit Union has evolved as well. Founded in 1936, it has grown from a five-member organization with $500 in assets serving employees of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph to a nearly 300,000-member credit union serving employees from more than 1,100 organizations, as well as other residents of California who qualify for membership. A telephone company credit union until 1983, Patelco Credit Union now operates about 40 offices in Northern California and one in the Chicago area. It provides deposit, lending, insurance, and investment services, as well as credit cards, debit cards, and online banking.

OceanFirst Financial operates more than 20 branches in the coastal New Jersey counties of Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean. The community-oriented bank caters to individuals and small to midsized businesses in the Jersey Shore area, offering standard products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. It uses funds from deposits mainly to invest in mortgages, loans, and securities. One- to four-family residential mortgages make up nearly 60% of OceanFirst Financial's loan portfolio, which also includes commercial real estate (about 25%), business, construction, and consumer loans.

Community Bank Shares of Indiana is the holding company for Your Community Bank and Scott County State Bank. The banks serve customers from about 20 locations in southern Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky. Both banks offer deposit products such as checking, money market, and savings accounts, as well as IRAs and CDs. Their lending activities center on commercial mortgages and residential real estate loans (each around 25% of the company's loan portfolio), but also include business, construction, and consumer (including home equity, home improvement and auto) loans and credit cards. Community Bank Shares of Indiana is focused on organic growth within existing markets.

Arrow Financial has more than one shaft in its quiver. It's the holding company for two banks: Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company and Saratoga National Bank and Trust Company, which together operate more than 30 branches in five counties in eastern upstate New York. Targeting individuals and area businesses, the banks offer standard deposit products like checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and IRAs. They also provide retirement, trust, and estate planning services and employee benefit plan administration. Residential mortgages make up the largest segment of Arrow Financial's loan portfolio (more than 40%); indirect and installment loans to individuals account for about 30%.

Wells Fargo & Company, through its subsidiaries, provides retail, commercial, and corporate banking services principally in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Community Banking; Wholesale Banking; and Wealth, Brokerage, and Retirement. The Community Banking segment offers deposit products, including checking accounts, savings deposits, market rate accounts, individual retirement accounts, time deposits, and debit cards. Its loan products include lines of credit, equity lines and loans, equipment and transportation loans, education loans, residential mortgage loans, and credit cards.

Ocean Shore Holding owns Ocean City Home Bank, a community thrift serving New Jersey's Atlantic and Cape May counties where gaming and tourism thrive. Through about 10 locations, the bank offers individuals, businesses, and government entities such standard fare as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and money market accounts. Residential mortgages, including loans secured by second homes and rental properties, account for more than 80% of the company's loan portfolio. Subsidiary Seashore Financial sells investment and insurance products.

The Hyakugo Bank is a Japanese regional bank offering traditional banking services such as electronic, corporate, and consumer banking, as well as international and securities offerings. Hyakugo Bank serves its products through more than 100 branches and 26 sub-branches and also owns foreign offices in Singapore and Shanghai. Listed subsidiaries include Hyakugo Business Service Company, Hyakugo Staff Service Company, and Hyakugo Property Research Company. The bank goes all the way back to 1878, when it was established as The 105th National Chartered Bank.

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