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.

First Financial Corporation is the holding company for First Financial Bank, which operates about 50 branches in west-central Indiana and east-central Illinois. With roots dating back to 1834, the banks offer traditional deposit services such as CDs and checking and savings accounts, as well as Internet banking. Residential mortgages account for about half of the company's loan portfolio. First Financial also operates an insurance agency and two investment subsidiaries.

There's nothing half way about HLF, or Hong Leong Finance. The company, with some 30 branches across Singapore, offers personal and business loans, insurance, wealth management, foreign exchange, and corporate financing services. The largest finance company in the country by assets, HLF specializes in financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and it sponsors an annual forum for budding entrepreneurs. Hong Leong Finance Limited company also provides investment banking services including handling IPOs and other public offerings and M&A consulting. Investment firm Hong Leong Group Malaysia owns 73% of HLF.

Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Wayne Savings Community Bank, a community-oriented institution that provides consumer and business financial services in northeast Ohio. It accepts various consumer and commercial deposits, which include checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, term certificate of deposit accounts, commercial repurchase agreements, and individual retirement accounts. The company originates one-to four-family residential, multi-family residential, construction, non-residential real estate and land, commercial business, and consumer loans. It also invests in mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by the United States government or agencies. The company offers its services to individuals, business, and other organizations through its main banking office located in Wooster, and other 10 additional full service branch offices in Wayne, Holmes, Ashland, Medina, and Stark counties, as well as the surrounding localities in northeastern Ohio. Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Wooster, Ohio.

Founded in 1889 as a building and loan association, the bank offers traditional retail products such as savings, NOW, checking, and money market accounts; IRAs; and CDs. Real estate loans make up about 85% of the bank's lending activities; it also writes business and consumer loans. Through affiliations with Fenimore Asset Management and Essex Corp., Greene County Bancorp offers investment products. Subsidiary Greene County Commercial Bank is a state-chartered limited purpose commercial bank. This company helps put the "green" in upstate New York. Greene County Bancorp is the holding company for The Bank of Greene County, serving New York's Catskill Mountains region from about a dozen branches.

Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester) offers deposit and lending services throughout the UK. Its largest segment is its traditional savings and home mortgage business, but the company also offers checking accounts, credit cards, and consumer finance, as well as commercial services such as cash management and asset financing. The firm has alliances with such firms as Legal & General and Zurich to provide investment and insurance products. Its approximately 5.5 million retail customers can access the bank through more than 300 branches, 2,500 ATMs, and 14,000 post offices across the UK. Spanish banking giant Santander bought Alliance & Leicester in 2008. It was rebranded Santander UK in 2010.

Established in 1989, the firm conducts business across Canada, the US, and internationally. CEO Bernard Shimkovitz led a management buyout of Alliance Financing in 2010. Alliance Financing unites business owners with capital. The firm works with various funding partners to provide financing to small and midsized businesses. Transactions include funding for anything from small equipment and machinery purchases to large working capital needs. Alliance also offers financing packages to municipalities and schools. Through a partnership with The Mortgage Alliance Company of Canada, Alliance Financing also offers mortgage and home equity loans to individuals and business owners.

First State Bank was originally chartered in 1909 to serve the local and surrounding agrarian community of Chilton, Texas. In 1987, the institution was relocated to the nearby urban community of Temple. Since that time First State Bank has engaged in a strategy of market expansion, opening branches throughout Central Texas. The efforts during the last 20 years have resulted in an annual asset growth rate of 24%, an increase in shareholder equity of over 380%, and expanding the operating market from the original base in Bell and It offers home mortgages and insurance through agreements with local providers.

Citizens Equity First Credit Union (CEFCU) first gained traction in 1937 as the credit union of mammoth equipment manufacturer Caterpillar. Through some 20 branches, CEFCU now serves employees of more than 550 companies and people who live and work in about a dozen counties in central Illinois and portions of northern California. It boasts more than 275,000 members who have access to standard deposit products such as checking and savings accounts and certificates of deposit; loans for education and auto and home purchases; credit cards.

Jacksonville Bancorp, the holding company for Jacksonville Bank, which has about 10 branches in and around Jacksonville, Florida. The community bank offers standard deposit products, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Commercial mortgages make up more than half of the bank's loan portfolio; residential mortgages account for most of the rest. Subsidiary Fountain Financial sells insurance and investment products. The company nearly doubled its branch network with its 2010 acquisition of Atlantic BancGroup. Jacksonville Bancorp is unrelated to the Illinois corporation of the same name.

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