HSBC France (formerly Credit Commercial de France or CCF) represents the operations of big British bank HSBC in France. Rebranded in 2005, the company entails the former Union de Banque Nationale de Paris, Banque de Picardie, Banque Hervet, and Banque de Baecque Beau, as well as CCF. It offers retail and private banking services through approximately 375 branches throughout the country. HSBC France's corporate, investment banking, and markets division focuses on mergers and acquisitions advice, specialized finance, fixed income products, foreign exchange, equity brokerage, and equity derivatives.

Parke Bancorp is the holding company for Parke Bank, which has three branches in the New Jersey communities of Sewell and Northfield, as well as two loan production offices in the Philadelphia area. The bank provides such traditional products as checking and savings accounts, money market and individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit. Parke Bank has a strong focus on business lending -- including operating loans, commercial mortgages, and construction loans -- which accounts for about 90% of the company's loan portfolio. The bank also writes residential real estate and consumer loans.

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.

Sberbank is one of the largest banking institutions in Russia. It has more than 20,000 branches throughout the country (crossing 11 time zones) offering banking services ranging from savings to private and investment banking, and a complete range of lending and credit services to more than 1 million corporate and 250 million retail customers. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation, also known as The Bank of Russia, is a majority shareholder of Sberbank, owning about 60% of its ordinary shares.

Malvern Federal Bancorp was formed in 2008 to be the holding company for Malvern Federal Savings Bank, which has been in business since 1887. The bank operates seven financial centers in Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia. It offers standard deposit services such as checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and retirement plans. The community-oriented institution has traditionally been a leading originator of residential home loans in Chester County, but has been shifting its focus toward issuing more commercial real estate, construction, and consumer loans.

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Wilshire State Bank that offers a range of financial products and services. It accepts various deposit products, including certificates of deposit, regular savings accounts, money market accounts, checking and negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, installment savings accounts, and individual retirement accounts. The company’s loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans and home mortgage lending, commercial business loans and trade finance, small business administration loans, consumer loans, and construction loans. It also provides trade finance products that include the issuance and negotiation of commercial and standby letters of credit, as well as handling of documentary collections. In addition, the company offers Internet banking, automatic teller machines, and armored carrier services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 23 branch offices in California, Texas, New Jersey, and New York; and 5 loan production offices in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, and Annandale. Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

CommerceFirst Bancorp is the holding company for CommerceFirst Bank, which opened in 2000 and now has five branches in central Maryland. Catering to small to midsized businesses and professional clients, it offers deposit products including checking and savings accounts, NOW and money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. The bank mainly uses funds from deposits to write business loans (including Small Business Administration loans) and mortgages. Executive officers and board members of CommerceFirst Bancorp collectively own more than 20% of the company.

First PacTrust Bancorp was founded in 1941 as Rohr Employees Federal Credit Union; a handful of former Rohr executives remain on First PacTrust's board of directors. Executives, directors, and employees of First PacTrust own about a third of the company's stock.First PacTrust Bancorp is the holding company for Pacific Trust Bank, which offers standard deposit and loan services from about 10 branches in Southern California's Riverside and San Diego counties. Mortgages secured by one- to four-family residences account more than half of its loan portfolio; multifamily residential and commercial mortgages and business, construction, consumer, and land loans round out its lending activities.

WGNB Corp. operates as the holding company for First National Bank, which provides banking services to individuals and small to medium-sized businesses in Georgia. The company’s deposits products primarily include checking accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans, construction and development loans, residential real estate loans, home equity loans, commercial loans, financial loans, and agricultural loans, as well as consumer loans for personal and household purposes, including secured and unsecured installment and term loans, and lines of credit.

Whitney Holding Corporation was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. Whitney Holding Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Whitney National Bank that provides community banking services to commercial, small business, and retail customers. Whitney Holding Corporation offers various deposit products, such as non interest bearing demand deposits, interest-bearing deposits, NOW account, money market, savings, and other time deposits. Its loan portfolio includes commercial and industrial; commercial real estate; construction, land, and land development; residential mortgage; and consumer loans, as well as secured and unsecured loan products, such as revolving credit facilities. The company also offers letters of credit, financial guarantees, and financing for the development of housing. In addition, it provides treasury management services; trust and investment management services to retirement plans; investment brokerage services; and annuity products, as well as personal and business lines of insurance to customers in northwest Florida and the New Orleans metropolitan area. Whitney Holding Corporation offers its services in Texas, southern Louisiana, coastal region of Mississippi, central and south Alabama, and the western panhandle and the Tampa Bay metropolitan area of Florida, as well as in Grand Cayman in the British West Indies.

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