First Merchants makes community banking its first priority. The company owns First Merchants Bank, which operates some 80 branches in Indiana and western Ohio. The bank provides standard consumer and commercial banking services, including checking and savings accounts, CDs, and check cards. Loans secured by commercial real estate and farmland account for the largest portion of the company's loan portfolio (more than a third), followed by residential mortgages and business loans. First Merchants Corporation also owns First Merchants Trust Company, which provides trust and asset management services, and First Merchants Insurance Services, which sells personal, property/casualty, and employee benefit coverage.

TFS Financial is the holding company for Third Federal Savings and Loan, a thrift with some 45 branches and loan production offices in northeastern Ohio and in southern Florida. The bank offers such deposit products as checking, savings, and retirement accounts and CDs. It uses funds from deposits to originate a variety of consumer loans, primarily residential mortgages. Third Federal also offers IRAs, annuities, and mutual funds, as well as retirement and college savings plans. TFS subsidiary Third Capital owns stakes in commercial real estate, private equity funds, and similar investments. Mutual holding company Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland owns some three-fourths of TFS Financial.

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.

HBOS Australia operates a Bank of Scotland Treasury branch as well. A subsidiary Lloyds Banking Group, HBOS Australia holds two financial services companies: asset-based lender Capital Finance and BOS International, which is active in corporate advisory, public-to-private transactions, property lending, and infrastructure, resources, and oil and gas financing in Australia; BOS International also underwrites lending facilities in New Zealand and participates in large syndicated transactions such as leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, and structured corporate finance in Hong Kong.

Porter Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Porter Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for PBI Bank that provides commercial and personal banking products and services in Kentucky. The company’s deposit products include checking accounts, savings accounts, term certificate accounts, time deposits, money market deposit accounts, NOW accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises residential mortgage, commercial, consumer, and agriculture loans; and real estate loans, including commercial, construction, residential, and home equity loans. The company also provides drive-through banking facilities, automatic teller machines, night depository, personalized checks, credit cards, debit cards, Internet banking, electronic funds transfers, domestic and foreign wire transfers, travelers’ checks, cash management, vault services, loan and deposit sweep accounts, and lock box services. In addition, Porter Bancorp offers personal trust services, employer retirement plan services, and personal financial and retirement planning services. As of May 20, 2010, it operated 18 full service banking offices in 12 counties in Kentucky.

Hometown Banking Returns to Oak Ridge"-this announcement was made in 1995 when 21 organizers and many local citizens combined their efforts to open the first locally owned commercial bank in Oak Ridge since 1953. That effort has evolved into a local business with more than 700 shareholders, almost $7 million dollars in capital and earnings of over one half million for 2001. Total assets exceeded $122 Million as of October 31st, 2004. As the bank continues to bring Hometown Banking to new customers each year. TNBANK is fortunate to have dedicated employees, a strong board of directors, and the trust and support of its community. Our growth and increasing profitability has enabled us to expand our services and our geographic coverage. TNBANK wants to help people expand businesses and own homes.

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.

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS), which provides consumer, business, and other banking services to 6 million clients through more than 3,000 branches throughout the country. BMPS also has limited operations in several other nations. The bank, which claims to be the oldest in the world, was founded in 1472 to help the poor. It is split into a public institution (chiefly active in benevolent works, grants, and public assistance) and the incorporated banking arm (focused on profits). The Fondazione Monte dei Paschi owns about 49% of the bank, but controls some 60% of it.

Canandaigua National can undoubtedly stake its claim as the holding company for Canandaigua National Bank and Trust, which operates more than 20 branches in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. In addition to traditional deposits and loans, the bank also offers online brokerage, insurance, and wealth management services, including corporate retirement plan management and individual financial planning. Its loan portfolio is composed largely of commercial mortgages (nearly 40%), other business loans, and residential mortgages (about 20% each). Canandaigua National executives and directors collectively control about one-fourth of the company.

BCB Bancorp be the holding company for BCB Community Bank, which opened its doors in late 2000. The independent bank serves Hudson County and the surrounding area from about 15 offices in New Jersey's Bayonne, Hoboken, Jersey City, and Monroe. The bank offers traditional deposit products and services, including savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Funds from deposits are used to originate mortgages and loans, primarily commercial real estate and multi-family property loans (which together account for more than half of the bank's loan portfolio). BCB Bancorp's branch network tripled in size when it added 10 locations through its 2010 acquisition of Pamrapo Bancorp.

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