Timberland Bancorp is the holding company for Timberland Savings Bank, which operates more than 20 branches in western Washington. The bank targets individuals and regional businesses, offering checking, savings, and money market accounts, and CDs. The bank concentrates on real estate lending, including commercial and residential mortgages, multifamily residential loans, and land develoment loans; it also writes business loans and other types of loans. Timberland Savings Bank was founded in 1915 as a savings and loan.

Turk Ekonomi Bankasi Anonim Sirketi offers standard retail and commercial services from about 340 branches (it has about triped its locations since 2005) and more than 120 ATMs in Turkey, mostly in Istanbul. Subsidiaries include TEB Investment, TEB Insurance, and The Economy Bank in the Netherlands. Together, the group provides leasing, factoring, insurance, asset management, and investment brokerage services. BNP Paribas owns 50% of TEB Mali Yatirimlar, which in turn owns some 85% of TEB. BNP Paribas is merging the business of Fortis Bank in Turkey with that of TEB, a move that will nearly double TEB's branch network.

United Bank of India provides a variety of retail, deposit, and commercial banking services throughout India. Tracing its roots to 1914, UBI offers a variety of deposit services, such as fixed deposits, reinvestment plans, and stock investment instruments. Its retail credit division provides auto, home, and education loans, as well as consumer loans. UBI operates through about 30 regional offices and more than 1,450 branches and has historically been involved in rural and semi-urban development initiatives. The bank also has international branches located at Kolkata, New Delhi, and Mumbai. The company, nationalized in 1969, plans to go public in 2010.

Alliance Financial Corporation is the holding company for Alliance Bank, which operates about 30 branches in central New York. Targeting individuals and small to midsized businesses, the bank offers such deposit products as checking and savings accounts, IRAs, and CDs. Its loan and lease portfolio mainly contains residential mortgages (about 30%), commercial loans (nearly 25%), and indirect auto loans (around 20%). The company provides commercial equipment leasing in more than 30 states through its Alliance Leasing subsidiary. Alliance Financial also operates a trust department that manages some $1 billion worth of investment assets.

Malaysia's largest bank, Malayan Banking Berhad (better known as Maybank) and its subsidiaries operate some 500 branches, mostly in Malaysia, but also in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and elsewhere throughout Southeast Asia. Its core services consist of deposits, mortgages and other loans, and credit cards to individuals and businesses. Other offerings include investment banking, asset management, online banking, brokerage, insurance, unit trusts and other investments, and corporate finance. Amanah Raya, a trust company controlled by the Malaysian government, owns more than 45% of Maybank.

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (Garanti Bank Turkey) provides retail, corporate, and commercial banking services from about 725 domestic branches and more than 2,500 ATMs. Subsidiaries and branches can also be found in Germany, Luxembourg, Romania, and Russia. In addition to traditional deposit products, Garanti Bank provides brokerage, factoring, insurance, leasing, personal pension plans, portfolio management, and other services. The bank serves about 8 million customers. GE Consumer Finance has acquired some 20% of the bank once owned by the Dou Group through the formation of an equitable partnership. Turkiye Garanti Bankasi was founded in 1946.

The Bank of Yokohama concentrates its operations in its native Kanagawa prefecture and southern portions of neighboring Tokyo. The bank offers standard retail services such as deposits, housing loans, credit cards, securities brokerage, and investment products and advice. On the commercial side, it provides small and medium-sized commercial financing, including venture capital investment. The bank also has units that offer leasing and factoring. The Bank of Yokohama, which was formed in 1920, operates more than 600 Japanese branches, plus representative offices in Hong Kong, London, New York, and Shanghai. It is opening shared branches in a joint venture with Hamagin Tokai Tokyo Securities.

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Cornerstone Bancorp has laid the groundwork for three banking branches in northwestern South Carolina. The institution is the holding company for Cornerstone National Bank, which offers traditional products and services, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and credit cards. Commercial real estate loans comprise the largest portion of its lending portfolio; other offerings include residential mortgages, business and industrial loans, real estate construction, and consumer loans. Cornerstone National Bank has three offices in Easley, Greenville, and Powdersville, South Carolina. Cornerstone Bancorp also has an insurance agency that operates as Crescent Financial Services.

Southern Missouri Bancorp is the holding company for Southern Bank (formerly Southern Missouri Bank and Trust), which serves local residents and businesses in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas through more than 10 branches. Residential mortgages account for the largest percentage of the bank's loan portfolio, followed by commercial mortgages and business loans. Construction and consumer loans round out its lending activities. Deposit products include checking, savings and money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. The bank also offers financial planning and investment services. Originally chartered in 1887, Southern Bank acquired Arkansas-based Southern Bank of Commerce in 2009.

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