First Place Financial is the holding company for First Place Bank, which serves businesses and consumers through some 45 branch offices in northeastern and central Ohio and southwestern Michigan. It also operates about 20 loan production offices in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Maryland. The bank offers standard services such as deposits, investments, and loans. Commercial loans -- primarily mortgages -- make up about half of the company's loan portfolio; residential mortgages account for about another third. First Place Financial also operates insurance and title insurance agencies and a real estate brokerage.

Westamerica Bank, chartered in 1884, also originates construction, residential mortgage, and consumer loans.Annie get your checkbook? Maybe not as wild as Buffalo Bill's West, but Westamerica Bancorporation still shoots high with its subsidiary Westamerica Bank. The bank operates more than 90 branches in northern and central California. It offers individuals and businesses such standard fare as checking and savings accounts, as well as electronic banking, trust services, and credit cards. It focuses on the banking needs of small businesses; business loans and commercial mortgages together account for more than half of the company's loan portfolio.

Bank of the Ryukyus, which serves consumers, as well as small and medium-sized businesses in the tourism-dependent prefecture of Okinawa. The regional financial institution has nearly 70 banking offices, including one in Tokyo. Bank of the Ryukyus and its subsidiaries offer such financial products and services as credit cards, financing, home loans, leasing, securities, and trust banking. It was established in 1948 under a US Navy ordinance for economic development in Okinawa while it was under US control, which ended in 1972.

New England Bancshares is the holding company for New England Bank, a thrift serving central and north-central Connecticut from about 20 branches. It offers standard deposit products and services, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. New England Bank primarily originates residential and commercial real estate loans, as well as business, construction, and consumer loans. In 2009 New England Bancshares merged its former Enfield Federal Savings and Valley Banks subsidiaries to create New England Bank. It then acquired the three-branch Apple Valley Bank & Trust.

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.

The bank specializes in corporate lending and other finance products for companies in the aviation, shipping, land transport, and transport infrastructure sectors. It finances passenger and freight vessels, including rail rolling stock, crude tankers, and container carriers, and serves aviation clients such as Swiss International and Air Canada. Products and services include structured asset financing, equity sourcing, advisory services, and loan participations. DZ BANK owns 95% of DVB Bank.

Wing Lung Bank, founded in 1933, is among the oldest local Chinese banks in Hong Kong. The bank provides comprehensive banking services, including deposits, loans, foreign exchange, credit cards, Internet banking, and wealth management. Through subsidiaries, the bank also provides hire-purchase and leasing, trustee, futures broking, securities broking services, insurance sales, and underwriting. Wing Lung Bank has about 40 banking offices, primarily in China; it also operates through overseas branches in Los Angeles and the Cayman Islands. China Merchants Bank acquired a majority stake in Wing Lung Bank in 2008 and bought the company's remaining outstanding shares later that year.

Union First Market Bankshares is the holding company for Union Bank & Trust, which operates approximately 100 branches in central, northern, and coastal portions of Virginia. The bank offers standard services such as checking and savings accounts, credit cards, and certificates of deposit. Union Bank & Trust maintains a diverse loan portfolio: Commercial real estate loans make up about 30%, while one- to four-family residential mortgages and construction loans account for approximately 20% and 15%, respectively. The bank also originates personal and business loans.

Mound City Bank began operations as a state-chartered bank on February 18, 1915 in Platteville, Wisconsin. The founders of the bank mirrored the 4,500 residents of the City of Platteville, representing both farming and business interests. Their fierce independence and commitment to community remains the cornerstone of the bank's philosophy even today. In 1935, Mound City Bank established a branch in Belmont, WI in order to expand the bank's credit and deposit service area. Full financial services are still provided today through the Belmont office.

Santa Lucia Bancorp is home on the range. The Santa Lucia Range, that is. Santa Lucia Bancorp is parent to Santa Lucia Bank, which has four offices that serve San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties along the scenic central coast of California. The bank offers such standard services as checking and savings accounts and credit cards. Commercial mortgages and operating loans, including loans for the development or purchase of vineyards, make up the bulk of its lending activities. One of the company's founding directors, vice chairman Doug Filipponi, owns Filipponi and Thompson Drilling Company, Filipponi and Thompson Vineyards, and Santa Margarita Cattle Company.

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