American River Bankshares serves area small to midsized businesses and individuals, offering traditional deposit products such as checking and savings accounts and CDs. It offers commercial and residential mortgages, as well as business, construction, and consumer loans, and lease financing for business equipment.

One of India's largest banks, Canara Bank (also known as CanBank) has a network of more than 2,700 branches throughout India, in addition to branches in Hong Kong and London. All of Canara Bank's branches including those located in rural areas are computerized, in a country where that is not a given. The modernization of all branches allows the bank to offer its customers networked ATMs, telebanking, internet banking, and debit card services. Canara Bank's lending focus is on agriculture, retail, housing, and infrastructure loans. Other services include asset management and factoring. The financial institution is 73% owned by India's government.

One of Spain's top banks (after giants Banco Santander and BBVA), Banco Popular offers commercial and retail banking services through more than 2,200 branches. It operates mainly at home, where it specializes in commercial loans to small and midsized businesses. Non-banking offerings include mutual funds, asset management, life insurance, factoring, and securities brokerage. Banco Popular also owns Banco Popular Portugal and mortgage bank Banco Popular Hipotecario, and it owns a 60% stake in private bank Popular Banca Privada. (Dexia owns the rest.) The bank also sells property/casualty coverage by German insurer Allianz.

First California Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCAL) is emerging as a regional force of strength and stability in Southern California banking, celebrating 31 years of business. Operating under the First California Bank brand, the bank specializes in serving the financial needs of the commercial market, particularly small-and middle-sized businesses, professional firms and commercial real estate, development and construction companies. With a commitment to provide the best client service available in the region, First California Bank offers a full line of quality commercial banking products through 18 full-service branch offices in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties. For additional information on First California Bank's products and services.

GrandSouth Bancorporation operates as the bank holding company for GrandSouth Bank that provides commercial banking services to individuals and businesses in South Carolina. Its deposit products include business and personal checking accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, term certificates of deposit, and IRA accounts. The companys loan portfolio comprises secured and unsecured, short-to-intermediate term loans with floating and fixed interest rates for commercial, consumer, and residential purposes.

Centinel Bank Shares is the holding company for Centinel Bank of Taos. Catering to the Hispanic community, the bank provides traditional deposit services and products such as checking and savings accounts, as well as loans from four branches in New Mexico. CEO Rebeca Rainey's grandfather, Eliu Romero, founded the bank in 1969. He was motivated to establish a bank that would serve the Hispanic community when he was denied for a loan to help start his law practice

NewBridge Bancorp shows a marked preference for "lettuce." Formerly LSB Bancshares, the holding company owns NewBridge Bank (formerly Lexington State Bank and FNB Southeast), which operates about 40 branches and a half-dozen loan production offices in North Carolina and Virginia. The bank offers personal and business banking products and services, including checking and savings accounts and loans. Through a partnership with Raymond James Financial, it offers securities and investment advisory services and insurance products.

Tompkins Financial, formerly Tompkins Trustco, is the holding company for Tompkins Trust Company, The Bank of Castile, and The Mahopac National Bank, which all offer traditional banking products and services through some 45 offices in upstate New York. Deposit products include checking, savings, and money market accounts. The company offers investment management services through Tompkins Investment Services, and financial planning and wealth management through subsidiary AM&M Financial Services. Tompkins Insurance Agencies sells property/casualty coverage to consumers and businesses in central and western New York.

BEO Bancorp began in 1945 as the Gilliam County Bank, Arlington.BEO Bancorp wants to be the bank of choice for rural Oregonians. BEO, which is the holding company for Bank of Eastern Oregon, has about a dozen offices in north central Oregon; it is the state's largest agricultural bank. BEO serves area consumers and businesses, offering standard deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, and lending products including mortgages and commercial loans. Through BEO Financial Services, the company offers customers investment and insurance products.

South Africa's largest bank, Standard Bank Group Limited offers a variety of retail and commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, investment management, and life insurance services through more than 600 locations in its home country. The bank also has some 400 additional branches in other sub-Saharan African nations, where it operates as Stanbic. Beyond Africa, the bank has offices in more than 15 countries on five continents. It serves individuals and business and corporate customers. Standard Bank holds a controlling stake in South African insurance firm Liberty Group.

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