MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. operates as a holding company for MetroBank, National Association; and Metro United Bank that provide commercial banking products and services in Texas and California. The company offers retail deposit products and services, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, time deposits, individual retirement accounts, noninterest-bearing demand deposit transaction accounts, and interest-bearing NOW accounts. Its loan portfolio includes commercial and industrial loans comprising loans to wholesalers, manufacturers, and business service companies; commercial mortgage loans to finance the purchase of real property; loans for the construction of residential and non-residential properties; loans for commercial properties, such as multi-family, office, industrial, warehouse, and retail centers; and consumer loans comprising automobile loans, lines of credit, and other personal loans. The company also provides government guaranteed lending programs; trade finance loans and letters of credit to facilitate export and import transactions for small and medium-sized businesses; and single-family residential mortgage products through third party mortgage companies, as well as offers ATM cards, debit cards, and online banking services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 19 branches in the greater Houston, Dallas, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco metropolitan areas. MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Cattles offers a herd of financial services to the UK's subprime market. Its primary operating unit, Welcome Finance, makes secured and unsecured personal loans ranging from £2,000 to more than £9,000 to borrowers who may have questionable credit or employment histories. Its Shopacheck unit issues smaller short-term loans (around £300) at higher interest rates, collecting weekly payments at the borrowers' homes. Cattles also finances and sells used automobiles (through Welcome Car Finance) and acquires and services consumer debt (The Lewis Group). In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the debt-laden Cattles will undergo a restructuring, through which it will be acquired by newly created vehicle Bovess.

IXE Grupo Financiero has mucho places to stash your dinero. IXE is a financial group whose main subsidiary, Banco Ixe, has more than 100 branches across Mexico. The holding company also owns brokerage firms Ixe Casa de Bolsa and Ixe Securities, mutual fund manager Ixe Fondos, investment advisors IPATI, and pension fund manager Ixe Afore. IXE controls a majority interest in mortgage lender Fincasa Hipotecaria (Deutsche Bank owns the remaining 49%) and auto financing company Ixe Automotriz, which is comprised of Ixe Fleet and Ixe Equipamiento. New York-based private equity firm Brysam Global Partners bought 28% of IXE Grupo Financiero in 2007 for $228 million.

The subsidiary of German financial services firm Deutsche Bank, like its parent, divides its business into two units: corporate and investment banking, and private clients and asset management. In addition to traditional personal and corporate banking services, the company offers asset and wealth management, insurance, and investment and brokerage services. Its nearly 275 branches are concentrated mostly in Lombardy, Liguria, Campania, and Puglia; customers can also conduct their banking business via the phone or the Internet. Deutsche Bank opened its first Italian office in 1977.

Central Bancorp is the holding company for Central Co-operative Bank. Operating as Central Bank, it serves Middlesex County in the northwestern suburbs of Boston through about 10 bank branches and loan centers. The bank's primary business is gathering deposits by offering NOW, money market, checking, and savings accounts; CDs; and retirement savings plans. It primarily uses these funds to originate commercial mortgages (more than half of all loans in the company's portfolio, up from 20% in 2001). Residential mortgages have gone down from around 70% to less than 40% since then. The bank also offers construction, home equity, business, and consumer loans, as well as credit cards.

PrivateBancorp is the holding company for two PrivateBank subsidiaries that provide commercial and private banking, business and real estate lending, investments, and money management services to middle-market companies, commercial real estate investors, business owners, executives, and wealthy individuals and their families. The banks have some 35 offices in major markets in the Midwest and Southeast. PrivateBancorp is modeled after a traditional European private bank, placing emphasis on personal service in an effort to establish life-long relationships with its clients.

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.

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.

NBT Bank and its Pennstar Bank division, which together operate about 120 branches in central and upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, and Burlington, Vermont. The community banks offer such standard products and services as checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and trust services. The company's lending activities are dominated by business and commercial real estate loans. Other subsidiaries offer insurance, financial and retirement planning, and investment products. Its NBT Capital subsidiary provides venture funding to area businesses.

Captive Capital capitalizes on clients' captive audiences. Captive Capital Corporation provides turnkey retail financing programs for primarily equipment manufacturers and distributors in the US and Canada. Captive Capital manages the in-house finance programs of equipment manufacturers (including creating and managing customer branded financing Web sites) and matches up lenders with pre-qualified borrowers. Subsidiary Star Capital Group provides direct leasing and financing for commercial equipment acquisitions from $5,000 to $500,000. Internet Capital Group leads investors in Captive Capital, which was founded in 1999 by CEO Jonathan Moran and vice presidents Brian Voland and Jeff Whitcomb.

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