Sturgis Bancorp is the holding company for Sturgis Bank & Trust, which has about 10 branches in south-central Michigan. Founded in 1905, the bank offers checking and savings accounts, CDs, trust services, and other standard banking fare. Real estate loans comprise the bulk of its lending activities: one- to four-family residential mortgages make up more than half of the company's loan portfolio. Subsidiary Oak Leaf Financial Services provides insurance and investment products and services from third-party provider Linsco/Private Ledger.

Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: BMO) is a highly diversified financial services organization. With total assets of $397 billion as of July 31, 2010, and more than 38,000 employees, BMO provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions.

MainStreet BankShares, Inc. serves southern Virginia from about five offices. Chartered in 2002, Franklin offers such deposit products as checking and savings accounts, money markets, and CDs. The bank primarily uses funds from deposits to write real estate loans, including commercial and residential mortgages, construction loans, and home equity loans. Franklin Community's market is centered in the rural communities of Virginia's Franklin County.

Credito Emiliano, one of Italy's leading midsized bank holding companies. Through its 20 financial subsidiaries and affiliates, Credito Emiliano (also known as Credem) offers a host of retail, commercial, and institutional banking services through some 590 branches across Italy. In addition to its lending and deposit products, the financial group offers life and liability insurance, pensions, asset management, leasing, and various corporate financial services. Credem Holding, owned by the Maramotti family (known in fashion circles for its design house Max Mara), controls the company.

Southwest Bancorp is the holding company for Stillwater National Bank and Trust Company, which has about 10 branches in Oklahoma and another six in Texas, operating as SNB Bank of Austin, SNB Bank of Dallas, SNB Bank of San Antonio, and SNB McMullen Bank. It also operates the three-branch Bank of Kansas, which it acquired in 2007 and promptly renamed SNB Bank of Kansas. The banks primarily use funds collected from deposits such as CDs and checking, savings, and money market accounts to originate commercial mortgages (more than one-third of the company's loan portfolio), construction loans (about 30%), commercial loans (about 20%), and guaranteed student loans.

TowneBank is ready to serve you in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. The bank, which has more than 25 branches, offers such standard deposit products as checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, IRAs, and money market accounts. Subsidiaries provide insurance, investments, residential real estate brokerage, mortgage products, and employee benefit services. Real estate loans, including commercial mortgages, construction loans, and residential real estate loans make up most of the bank's portfolio, which also includes consumer installment and business loans. TowneBank was founded in 1999.

Provident Financial Holdings is the holding company for Provident Savings Bank, which operates more than a dozen branches in Southern California's Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Catering to individuals and small to midsized businesses, the bank offers such standard retail products as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and CDs, as well as retirement planning services. Real estate loans including single-family, multifamily, and commercial mortgages and construction loans make up essentially all of the company's loan portfolio. Single-family residential mortgages make up more than half of all loans.

alWest Bancorp is the holding company for South County Bank. Serving Southern California, the bank has branches in Irvine and Rancho Santa MargaritaSouth County Bank is headquartered in Irvine, California with branches in Rancho Santa Margarita, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Moreno Valley and Redlands. Deeply committed to the communities served, the Bank has established divisions with products and services to respond to the culture and development of each unique market.

Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited has more than 550 branches throughout Thailand; almost half are in the Bangkok area. It also operates overseas branches in Hong Kong, Laos, and the Cayman Islands. Serving individuals and small to midsized businesses, the bank offers deposit, lending, insurance, and investment services. For corporations, it performs investment banking and trading services as well. The bank also provides deposit, trade, and investment services to other financial institutions. Bank of Ayudhya was founded in 1945 in Thailand's Ayudhya province. General Electric Capital owns about a third of the bank; Thai NVDR Co., owned by The Stock Exchange of Thailand, holds some 15%.

United Financial Bancorp is the holding company for United Bank, which operates about 20 branches serving residents and businesses in western Massachusetts. It offers such standard deposit products as CDs and checking, money market, NOW, retirement, and savings accounts. Deposits are United Bank's primary source of funds for its lending activities, which focus on residential mortgages, commercial real estate loans, and home equity loans. To a lesser extent, the bank provides business, construction, and consumer loans. Its United Wealth Management Group provides investments and financial planning services.

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