Pinnacle Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is based in Jasper, Alabama. Pinnacle Bancshares, Inc. operates as a holding company for Pinnacle Bank, which provides various commercial banking products and services in central and northwest Alabama. The company’s deposit products include savings deposits, time deposits, money market accounts, checking accounts, certificates of deposit, and interest and noninterest-bearing accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises mortgage, consumer, commercial, residential and commercial real estate mortgage, and real estate construction loans, as well as home equity lines of credit and letters of credit. Pinnacle Bancshares, Inc. also offers automated teller cards, Visa CheckCards, and travelers’ and official checks, as well as provides safe deposit box, notary, overdraft protection, savings transfer, bill payment, telebanking and Internet banking services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated seven branches in Jasper, Haleyville, Sumiton, Vestavia, Trussville, and Gardendale, Alabama.

The Dutch bank,N.V. Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG for short) is a government-owned entity that helps finance the operations of the country's municipalities, housing associations, health care institutions, and public utilities. The majority of the company's funding is funneled to the public sector, with the balance going to public-private partnerships. The bank also provides funds transfer, electronic banking, asset management, and investment consulting services for Dutch public authorities, and is involved in regional development.

A state-owned organization, IDBI provides corporate clients funding for expansion, modernization, and diversification of their businesses--including equipment financing, asset credit, corporate loan, and working capital loans. IDBI operates through several subsidiaries: IDBI Bank, IDBI Capital Market Services (financial services), IDBI Intech (information technology), IDBI Gilts Ltd. (bond trading), and IDBI Homefinance (housing financing). Its banking unit also offers traditional deposit and loan services to consumers through a network of more than 680 branches, 450 banking centers, and 1,140 ATMs.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is all about the euro. Established in 1999, ECB and the national central banks of the 16 European Union (EU) member states that use the euro as their primary currency make up the Eurosystem, whose foremost task is to maintain euro price stability. ECB is also responsible for setting the monetary policy of the EU (with the objective of sustained employment and non-inflationary growth), ensuring the smooth operation of payment systems, and managing the foreign reserves of member countries. Its revenue is derived from interest on investments in foreign-reserve assets, money-market instruments, and securities, as well as from the allocation of euro banknotes in the EU.

Key Equipment Finance gives business owners access to lease-based financing. The division of KeyCorp advises clients and provides funding for office and medical equipment, vehicles, machinery, aircraft, and more. It serves businesses of all sizes, as well as equipment manufacturers and distributors; nonprofits; local and state municipalities; and the US federal government. Key Equipment Finance manages a portfolio of nearly $15 billion, making one of the nation's largest bank-owned equipment financing companies. Key Equipment Finance conducts business in more than two dozen countries in North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) serves as the central bank for the country. Tracing its roots back to 1939, BOT serves in a variety of central banking functions, including promoting monetary stability and policies, supervising financial institutions, providing banking facilities to the government and financial organizations, managing national reserves, and printing and issuing banknotes. Headquartered in Bangkok, BOT operates three regional offices which manage banking facilities, supervise foreign exchange control, and monitor economic conditions in their respective regional areas. BOT also has international representation in New York and London.

Founded in 1984, Cash Plus was bought in 1996 by CEO Craig Wells and his wife Julie. Cash Plus can get you cash -- plus money orders, wire transfers, fax services, postage stamps, maybe even a prepaid debit card. Cash Plus runs a network of more than 80 franchises in about a dozen states. Specializing in check-cashing and payday loans, the company's stores also offer bill payment, notary public, and mailbox rental services. Local operators, who must have a minimum net worth of $400,000, pay Cash Plus a franchise fee and are responsible for building costs; Cash Plus provides the training and know-how.

If Old McDonald's farm is in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, or Tennessee, he might have a loan-loan-here and a loan-loan-there from Farm Credit Services of Mid-America. The cooperative association, one of the largest in the National Farm Credit System, provides lending and other financial services to these states' farmers and rural homeowners. Borrowers use Farm Credit's products to purchase real estate, homes, livestock, and farming equipment, to fund capital improvements, and to cover operating and living expenses. It has a loan volume of about $12 billion and serves some 85,000 customers through nearly 100 offices located throughout its service area.

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.

ECB Bancorp Enjoys Community Banking. The holding company owns The East Carolina Bank, which serves individuals, small to midsized businesses, and local governments through about 25 branches in eastern North Carolina and the Outer Banks. The bank, which opened in a barbershop in 1920, provides checking, savings, money market, NOW, and individual retirement accounts, plus certificates of deposit. It mainly originates real estate loans (approximately 80% of its loan portfolio), including residential and commercial mortgages and construction and land development loans. The East Carolina Bank also writes commercial, consumer, and construction loans. Members of the Gibbs family own about 15% of ECB Bancorp.

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