Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) is Korea's largest foreign exchange bank, providing trades in approximately 40 global currencies. The consumer-oriented bank also offers loans and deposits, credit cards, insurance, investments, and private banking services. Its corporate banking services include futures trading, lease financing, and lending. KEB has some more than 300 domestic branches, plus more than 30 locations abroad. Founded in 1967 as a government-owned institution, the bank is controlled by US-based Lone Star Funds, which acquired a majority stake in 2003. Lone Star, which had been thwarted in two previous attempts, is selling its interest to another Korean financial institution, Hana Bank.

Interamerican Bank provides traditional banking services in ethnically diverse Miami-Dade County, Florida, through five full-service branches. Many of the bank's employees are bilingual, and users of the bank's Web site can choose between English and Spanish versions. Targeting individuals and local businesses, Interamerican Bank offers savings and checking accounts, CDs, IRAs, and loans. Residential mortgages account for more than 30% of the bank's lending portfolio. It also issues multifamily real estate, commercial real estate, construction, business, consumer, and land loans.

ESL Federal Credit Union was known as Eastman Savings and Loan until 1996 when it changed its charter from a thrift to a credit union. The company has about 20 branches in upstate New York that offer deposit accounts, credit cards, insurance, and investment products. It originates consumer loans and mortgages, including automobile, boat, and home improvement loans. The credit union has some 290,000 members; membership is available to employees and retirees of Eastman Kodak and its subsidiaries as well as a handful of other employer groups and residents of Rochester, New York.

Beacon Federal was founded in 1953 as a credit union serving employees of air conditioner manufacturer Carrier Corporation. Beacon Federal Bancorp was created in 2007 to be the holding company for Beacon Federal, a thrift serving selected markets in Massachussetts, New York, Tennessee, and Texas. Beacon Federal Bancorp, Inc. operates about a half-dozen branches that offer standard retail products and loans, primarily residential mortgages, consumer loans, and home equity loans. Subsidiary Beacon Comprehensive Services provides investment products and tax preparation services.

Venture Finance, a unit of ABN AMRO, provides business financing through asset-based lending, invoice discounting, and factoring. Venture Finance focuses on small to midsized companies throughout the UK. The firm also has a structured finance unit, which focuses on refinancing, turnaround, management buyouts, and other transactions for midsized firms. Venture Finance, which was founded in 1989, has about a dozen offices throughout the UK.

UPS Capital Business Credit specializes in providing financing to small businesses. A subsidiary of UPS Capital, the company is a preferred Small Business Administration lender and also provides loans through government-guaranteed programs offered by the US Department of Agriculture and the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Its loans are used to finance such business-related functions as acquisitions, franchises, and real estate. The company operates through nearly 50 UPS Capital offices in the US and through international locations and representative agents in emerging markets. Formerly known as First International Bank, the company was bought by shipping giant United Parcel Service in 2001.

CommerceFirst Bancorp is the holding company for CommerceFirst Bank, which opened in 2000 and now has five branches in central Maryland. Catering to small to midsized businesses and professional clients, it offers deposit products including checking and savings accounts, NOW and money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. The bank mainly uses funds from deposits to write business loans (including Small Business Administration loans) and mortgages. Executive officers and board members of CommerceFirst Bancorp collectively own more than 20% of the company.

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Mason State Bank was founded in 1886 as The Farmer’s Bank of Mason. Since inception, tailoring financial solutions to meet customer’s needs has been the cornerstone of the Bank’s success. The Mason area has changed significantly, growing from a predominantly rural and agricultural community into a unique historical community within the greater Lansing area whose residents are employed by General Motors, State of Michigan and Michigan State University.

In 1911, legislation established the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. In 1959, this original body corporate was preserved as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in legislation, specifically to carry on the central banking functions; at that same time, the commercial and savings banking functions were transferred into a new institution, which carried on the old name of Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

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