First Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston that provides various banking and other related financial services. Its deposit products include demand deposit transaction accounts, time deposit accounts, non-interest-bearing checking accounts, interest-bearing checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposits. The company’s loan portfolio comprises residential real estate mortgage and construction loans, commercial and multifamily real estate mortgage loans, home equity, manufactured housing, and other consumer loans; credit card receivables; and commercial business loans. As of September 30, 2009, it operated 44 full service retail branch sales offices, 18 in-store retail branch sales offices, and 3 limited services branches in Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Hilton Head area of Beaufort, Georgetown, Horry, and Florence Counties, South Carolina; and Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender Counties, North Carolina. First Financial Holdings, Inc., through its other subsidiaries, engages in full-service brokerage activities; property, casualty, life, and health insurance sales; third party administrative services, including services to retirement plans; trust and fiduciary services; reinsurance of private mortgage insurance; and premium finance activities. First Financial Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Royal Bank of Scotland International is the offshore banking branch of leading financial services provider The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Established in Jersey in 1996, the bank offers personal and corporate banking services such as property lending, foreign exchange hedging, online banking, portfolio advisement, commercial mortgages, currency loans, investment management, and other related products. The Royal Bank of Scotland International owns and operates facilities in Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man, plus an affiliated office in Gibraltar.

The Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation, Inc. (“Brazos”) is a non-profit service corporation which provides administrative support and management services to a number of independent non-profit corporations each of whom are dedicated to helping students and parents finance the cost of higher education. The Brazos Managed Companies is a term commonly used to describe the independent non-profit companies, collectively, which are managed by Brazos. With the first company founded in 1975, Brazos and the companies it manages have continued forward with the primary purpose of financing higher education. Through the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) to private student loans, the individual companies have historically acquired pools of student loans through the issuance of student loan revenue bonds or bank warehouse facilities. Brazos and the companies it manages have been the key participants in student loans for over 30 years.

First Business Financial Services serves small and midsized companies, entrepreneurs, professionals, and high-net-worth individuals through First Business Bank and First Business Bank - Northeast. The banks offer deposits, loans, cash management, and trust services from about five offices in Wisconsin. About half of First Business Financial's loan portfolio is devoted to commercial mortgages; business loans and leases add about another quarter. Subsidiary First Business Capital specializes in asset-based lending, while First Business Equipment Finance provides commercial equipment financing. First Business Trust & Investments offers investment management and retirement services.

Britton & Koontz Capital Corporation operates as the holding company for Britton & Koontz Bank, National Association that provides commercial and consumer banking services in Mississippi and Louisiana. The company offers various deposit products, including personal and commercial checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, savings accounts, non-interest bearing accounts, NOW accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial, financial, and agricultural loans; real estate construction, residential, and other loans; and installment loans. In addition, the company provides automated clearinghouse services; safe deposit box facilities; brokerage services; automated teller machines; cash management services, including remote deposit, money transfer, direct deposit payroll, and sweep accounts; VISA credit cards; and letters of credit. As of May 18, 2010, it operated three full service offices in Natchez, two in Vicksburg, Mississippi; and three in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Natchez, Mississippi.

Velocity Commercial Capital has a deal for you. The specialty finance company acquires and originates commercial real estate loans up to $3 million for small businesses. Its average loan is less than $400,000. It currently holds mortgages for more than 300 properties, 30% of which are in California. Its loan portfolio includes multi-family housing, retail space, mixed-use developments, warehouses, offices, industrial complexes, restaurants, and mobile home parks. Velocity Commercial Capital does not make construction loans or lend for undeveloped land. The company, which filed to go public in 2010, intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust (REIT).

First Financial Holding Co., Ltd is the holding company for First Commercial Bank, which provides retail and commercial banking to some five million customers in Taiwan and Asia-Pacific region. Originally founded in 1899, the bank has nearly 200 domestic offices and more than 20 international offices, including one in the US. Taiwanese business loans account for about 70% of its loan portfolio; consumer loans make up the remainder. In 2007 the bank joined with European insurer Aviva to create savings and pension products provider First-Aviva. In addition to First Commercial Bank, the holding company owns First Securities, First Venture Capital, and other financial companies.

Rome Bancorp is the holding company for The Rome Savings Bank. Originally chartered in 1851, the bank serves residents and businesses of central New York's Oneida County through about five branches. One- to four-family mortgages make up more than half of the company's loan portfolio; commercial real estate, consumer, home equity, and business loans round out the bank's lending activities. Rome Savings' deposit products include checking, money market, and savings accounts; certificates of deposit; and IRAs. Rome Bancorp is being acquired by Massachusetts-based Berkshire Hills Bancorp (which is also buying Legacy Bancorp in a separate transaction) for $74 million.

Pacific Continental Corporation is the holding company for Pacific Continental Bank, which has about 15 locations in the metropolitan areas of Eugene and Portland, Oregon, and Seattle. The bank attracts deposits from consumers, local businesses, professional service providers, and not-for-profits by offering such retail products as checking and savings accounts, IRAs, and CDs. Services for commercial clients also include credit card transaction processing and business credit cards. Its lending activities consist mainly of residential and commercial real estate loans (more than three-quarters of its loan portfolio). Pacific Continental Bank also makes consumer and business loans.

BankFinancial Corporation was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Burr Ridge, Illinois. BankFinancial Corporation operates as the holding company for BankFinancial, F.S.B., which provides commercial, family, and personal banking services in Illinois. It accepts deposit accounts, such as savings accounts, NOW accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and IRAs and other qualified plan accounts. The company’s loan portfolio consists of investment and business loans, including multi-family, nonresidential real estate, commercial, construction and land loans, and commercial leases, as well as one-to-four family residential mortgage loans comprising home equity loans, lines of credit, and other second mortgage loans. It also provides financial products and services consisting of cash management, funds transfers, bill payment and other online banking transactions, automated teller machines, safe deposit boxes, wealth management, and general insurance agency services. In addition, the company offers investment, financial planning, and other wealth management services; and sells life insurance, fixed annuities, property and casualty insurance, and other insurance products on an agency basis. It provides its products and services through banking offices and an Internet Branch. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 18 full-service banking offices and 3 express branch facilities in Cook, DuPage, Lake, and Will Counties, Illinois.

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