Croghan Bancshares is helping to share the wealth in the Buckeye state. The firm is the holding company for Croghan Colonial Bank, which has about 10 branches in northern Ohio. Founded in 1888, the bank provides standard products and services, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and credit cards, Its lending activities primarily consist of residential and commercial mortgages and, to a lesser extent, agricultural, business, construction, and consumer loans. In addition, the bank offers wealth management, investments, estate planning, private banking, and trust services.

Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Patriot National Bank that provides consumer and commercial banking services to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, and professionals in Connecticut and New York. It offers various consumer and commercial deposit accounts, such as checking accounts, interest-bearing NOW accounts, insured money market accounts, time certificates of deposit, savings accounts, individual retirement accounts, and health savings accounts. The company also provides commercial real estate and construction loans to area businesses and developers; real estate loans, including home mortgages, home improvement loans, bridge loans, home equity loans, and lines of credit to individuals; personal loans, such as lines of credit, installment loans, overdraft protection, and credit cards; and commercial loans, including secured and unsecured loans to service companies, real estate developers, manufacturers, restaurants, wholesalers, retailers, and professionals, as well as to small and medium-sized businesses. In addition, it offers Internet banking, bill paying, remote deposit capture, debit card, money order, travelers checks, and automated teller machine services; and solicits and processes mortgage loan applications from consumers on behalf of permanent investors and originates loans for sale. As of March 16, 2010, the company operated 19 full service branches, including 16 branches in Connecticut and 3 branches in New York, as well as operated a loan production office in Stamford, Connecticut. Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Northwest Farm Credit Services is an agricultural lender that provides financial services to farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses, commercial fishermen, timber producers, and rural home owners in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The cooperatively-owned company has a network of some 45 branches and offers a broad range of flexible loan programs to meet the needs people in the agriculture business. Farm Credit also provides leasing services, appraisal services, and life, mortgage, disability, and crop insurance, as well as legal advocacy and assistance to customers in need.

M&F Bank has deep roots. Since 1890, M&F Bank has served a growing community of clients encompassing parts of four states. From 48 locations and the connected world M&F is delivering a wide array of financial products and services to individuals, businesses, organizations, governments and churches. From our base in Mississippi M&F now serves in Tennessee, Alabama and Florida. Our markets are diverse; our financial services are adapted to the needs of the client. Our mission is built on integrity and focused on exceeding the expectation of our customer. We believe in the basics of traditional banking. We also believe in a menu of related services including insurance, wealth management, investments, mortgage banking and specialized applications of the financial system. M&F is as relational as your best friend and neighbor while being as technologically adept as you require. Stewardship is the means and the end of our mission. As we grow shareholder value through exceptional service we are better able to do good and perpetuate the multiplication of value to customer, community and associate. Our calling is high, our commitment is unswerving and our mission is clear. At M&F Bank the focus is on results.

Newport Bancorp provides a big spread of financial services to the tiniest US state. It is the holding company for Newport Federal Savings Bank, which offers traditional deposit services like savings and checking accounts to both consumers and business owners through branches in Newport, Middletown, Wakefield, and Westerly, Rhode Island. The bank's lending portfolio includes auto and other personal loans and lines of credit, as well as real estate-related home equity, construction, commercial mortgage, and one- to four-family residential loans (the bank's largest segment). The bank's roots date back to 1888.

Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania is the holding company of Royal Bank America, which operates about 15 branches in southeastern Pennsylvania (including Philadelphia and its King of Prussia suburb) and another in New Jersey. Royal Bancshares has other units devoted to equipment leasing (Royal Leasing), commercial finance (Royal Investments America), and lender financing (RAB Capital). The company is selling Royal Asian Bank, which serves Korean-American markets through five branches in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, to a group led by the unit's CEO, Edward Shin.

Sapporo Hokuyo Holdings, Inc was formed in 2001 to serve as the holding company for North Pacific Bank and The Sapporo Bank; together the regional banks have some 230 offices in Hokkaido, as well as an office in Tokyo and two offices in China. North Pacific Bank, which is the largest bank in Hokkaido, accounts for most of the holding company's sales; the bank traces its roots to 1917. The company also has subsidiaries active in credit cards and leasing; bank subsidiaries engage in such activities as financing.

Turkiye Bankas A.. is banking in Turkey. The company, known as Isbank, is the country's largest publicly traded bank. It provides standard banking services, including commercial lending and retail banking, at more than 1,000 domestic branches, as well as nearly 20 more overseas. It additionally provides service through about 3,400 ATMs, more than 1,000 kiosks, and 65-plus Cash Receiving System machines. Isbank was founded in 1924 by mandate of the Turkish Republic's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Employees own more than 41% of Isbank through the Private Pension Fund of Employees. Some 28% of the bank is owned in the name of Ataturk by the Republican People's Party.

Enterprise Financial Services Corp operates as a financial holding company for the Enterprise Bank & Trust, which provides banking and wealth management services to individuals and business customers in the St. Louis and Kansas City metropolitan markets. It offers deposits products, such as demand deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, money market accounts, and savings deposits; and lending services, including commercial, commercial real estate, financial and industrial development, real estate construction and development, residential real estate, and consumer loans. Enterprise Financial Services Corp also provides financial planning, advisory, and trust services; personal advisory services that include estate planning, business succession planning, and retirement planning services; and investment management and fiduciary services for individuals, businesses, institutions, and nonprofit organizations. As of December 31, 2009, it operated four banking facilities in the St. Louis metropolitan area and seven banking facilities in the Kansas City Market. Enterprise Financial Services Corp was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Clayton, Missouri.

Fukuoka Financial has more than just a yen to serve the banking needs of Kyushu. The bank operates about 300 branches in southwestern Japan's Kyushu region (including the prefectures of Fukuoka, Jumamoto, and Nagasaki) and a handful of branches in China. Annually the bank makes loans of more than 3 trillion yen (more than $33 billion) to small and midsized companies and loans of more than 1 trillion yen (more than $11 billion) to individuals. The company isn't banking only on banking, though: It also owns 13% of retail chain Iwataya. Bank of Fukuoka bought Kumamoto Family Bank to form Fukuoka Financial in 2007; it then bought Kyushu-Shinwa's Shinwa Bank to create Japan's largest regional banking group.

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