Credit Industriel et Commercial, commonly known as CIC, is made up of seven banks that serve Paris and five other regions of France. The company offers savings accounts, mortgages, and loans; it also owns stakes in specialized entities involved in private banking, asset management, leasing, securities brokerage, and property/casualty insurance. CIC serves more than 3 million retail customers and 100,000 business clients through about 1,900 offices in France. The bank also has representative offices in some 35 countries around the world. Entities affiliated with French banking group Credit Mutuel own more than 90% of CIC.

Southern First Bancshares operates in two markets: Greenville, South Carolina, where it operates under the Greenville First Bank moniker, and in Columbia, South Carolina as Southern First Bank. Selling itself as a local alternative to larger institutions, the company, which has more than five bank branches, targets individuals and small to midsized businesses. It offers traditional deposit services and products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, and CDs. The banks use funds from deposits mainly to write commercial mortgages, residential mortgages, and commercial business loans.

County Bank Corp is the holding company for Lapeer County Bank & Trust (LCBT), which operates about 10 branches in southeastern Michigan's Lapeer County, north of Detroit. Founded in 1902, the bank offers traditional services such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and and trust services. LCBT focuses on real estate lending: Commercial and single-family residential mortgages together make up approximately three-quarters of its loan portfolio.

Established in 1957, Hitachi Capital also provides payment and collection services through its outsourcing business and issues credit cards and non-life insurance. Hitachi Capital Corporation, which has nearly 220 locations in Japan, serves some 2 million customers in the medical, agricultural, logistics, and industrial manufacturing sectors, among others. In need of a car, tractor, or personal computer? Hitachi Capital can help. A subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Capital Corporation provides a variety of financial services through its group of companies around the globe. The firm's offerings include financing for the lease and rental of industrial machinery and information equipment, as well as for auto and home loans.

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.

Bank Millennium offers brokerage, investment funds, leasing services, and pension and savings plans. The company has nearly 500 locations and more than 500 ATMs around Poland. Bank Millennium is the primary member of the Bank Millennium Group, which also includes Millennium Leasing, Millennium Brokerage House, and Millennium TFI (investment funds). Banco Comercial Portugues owns 66% of the company.

France's largest bank, Credit Agricole owns a 25% stake each in about 40 regional banks, which in turn own more than half of Credit Agricole. It offers retail and business banking, lending, and deposit services at more than 9,000 locations throughout the country, including those of subsidiary Le Credit Lyonnais (LCL). The company also is involved in investment banking and capital markets (through its Credit Agricole CIB unit), in addition to insurance, leasing, and private banking. Credit Agricole combined its asset management operations with those of rival French bank Society Generale to form Amundi.

People's United Financial is the holding company for People's United Bank (formerly People's Bank). Founded in 1842, the bank has more than 300 locations (including traditional branches, supermarket branches, commercial banking offices, investment and brokerage offices, and equipment leasing offices) in New England and New York. In addition to retail and commercial banking services, the bank offers trust, wealth management, brokerage, and insurance services. Its lending activities mainly consist of commercial mortgages (more than a third of its loan portfolio), commercial and industrial loans, equipment financing, and consumer loans.

Fidelity Federal is true to its community. It's the holding company for United Fidelity Bank (aka United Bank), which operates about a half-dozen branches in southern Indiana. In addition to traditional products like checking and savings accounts, CDs, and credit cards, the bank offers investments such as IRAs, heath savings accounts, education savings accounts, and savings bonds. One- to four-family residential mortgages account for the largest portion of the company's loan portfolio, followed by commercial real estate, construction and land development, and business loans. United Bank also offers private banking services.

Susquehanna Bancshares rolls down the eastern seaboard. It is the holding company for Susquehanna Bank, which serves individuals and regional businesses through more than 220 branches in south-central and southeastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and West Virginia. The bank offers standard services such as deposit products, loans, and credit cards, while non-banking subsidiaries provide wealth management, insurance brokerage and employee benefits, commercial finance, and vehicle leasing. Loans secured by commercial real estate account for more than 30% of the bank's portfolio; residential mortgages and business loans are more than 20% apiece.

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