Citizens of the Republic! Citizens Republic Bancorp is the holding company for Citizens Bank, which operates about 220 branches primarily in Michigan, but also in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana. In addition to consumer and commercial banking, Citizens Republic Bancorp also offers wealth management, brokerage services, mutual funds, annuities, and trust services. Commercial loans, including real estate, construction, and industrial loans, make up approximately 60% of the company's portfolio; consumer loans represent about 25%. Citizens sold its F&M Bank-Iowa subsidiary to Great Western Bank, a unit of National Australia Bank, in 2010.

Summit State Bank is a community bank committed to serving our customers and community with the highest standards. In addition to our consistently strong financial stability, our responsive, knowledgeable and friendly staff will change the way you look at what your bank can really do for you.We are more than just your bank- we are your partner. We support our customers by buying their products and using their services in a way that only a community bank can. We attribute our success to making sound financial decisions, having dedicated employees and attracting quality customers. Our Summit Way Service Standards outline our unwavering commitment to the exceptional service our customers receive.As a Sonoma County-based community bank, our customers know that by banking locally, their money is put back into our community to support our local economy, jobs, businesses and nonprofits.

BPI Family Savings Bank, which has some 140 branches, traces much of its growth to remittances from Filipinos working abroad. The overseas foreign workers (OFWs) take higher-paying jobs outside of the island nation and send funds back home. (About 10% of Filipinos are OFWs.) The bank was formed in a 1985 merger between parent Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and the Family Savings Bank.

Established in 1902, First South Bank is a local community bank located throughout Eastern North Carolina. Over the past 103 years, banking products and services have evolved. However, the Bank's commitment to its community has never wavered. We have always believed it is important to be a significant contributing member of our community. We know that, as a community bank, we have a responsibility to make a positive difference in the place we both live and serve, not because it is good for business, but because it is the right thing to do.

QNB Corp. is the holding company for QNB Bank, which provides commercial banking services through about 10 branches serving Bucks, Lehigh, and Montgomery counties in southeastern Pennsylvania. QNB offers standard banking services including checking, savings, and money market acccounts; IRAs; and CDs. It uses funds from deposits to originate business loans, residential mortgages, and consumer loans. Commercial loans and mortgages account for more than half of its lending portfolio. Unlike many of its peers, QNB Bank does not directly offer trust services or full-service insurance. Through a partnership with Raymond James Financial, though, it offers wealth management services.

Monroe Bancorp owns Monroe Bank, which operates about 20 branches in the central part of the state. Founded in 1892, the bank provides standard products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and credit cards. Its lending activities consist mainly of real estate loans, including commercial and residential mortgages, construction and home equity loans, and farmland loans. The bank also provides trust, investment advisory, private banking, estate planning, and brokerage services. Old National Bancorp is buying Monroe Bancorp for more than $80 million.

As one of China's Big Four banks, China Construction Bank (CCB) has historically concentrated on providing medium- and long-term loans to large domestic corporations in the oil and gas, power, telecommunications, and infrastructure industries. As such, corporate banking makes up more than half of revenues. CCB is increasingly lending to small and midsized businesses, foreign multinationals, and consumers (a segment that represents about a fifth of its revenues). The bank operates some 13,600 domestic branches, which offer standard deposit products, credit cards, and home and auto loans. CCB also provides asset management and investment banking services. China's government owns about 58% of CCB.

State Bank of Countryside (SBC) was founded by a group of local businessmen who saw a need for a community-focused, local bank. They implemented their idea of high-quality, personalized service in a warm, inviting atmosphere by opening State Bank of Countryside in 1975. The first office was made up of a few desks in a small, cozy storefront location—our focused growth and vision over the past three decades have moved us a long way from that humble beginning.

First Keystone Corporation operates as the holding company for First Keystone National Bank that provides commercial banking product and services, and trust services to individuals and small to medium sized businesses in Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania market areas. The company offers various deposit products, which include demand deposits, money market accounts, savings accounts, and time deposits, as well as interest bearing demand deposits, such as NOW accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial, financial, and agricultural loans; real estate mortgage loans; and consumer and other loans. In addition, the company provides personal, corporate, and agency services that include trust investment accounts, investment advisory services, mutual funds, estate planning, management of pension, and profit sharing plans to individuals, corporations, and others. It has 15 branch locations, including 5 branches in Columbia County, 5 branches in Luzerne County, 1 branch in Montour County, and 4 branches in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in Berwick, Pennsylvania.

American National Bankshares is the holding company for American National Bank and Trust. Founded in 1909, the bank operates about 20 locations serving southern and central Virginia and north central North Carolina. It offers checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and insurance. Its lending activities primarily consist of real estate loans: Commercial mortgages account for about one-third of the company's loan portfolio; residential mortgages are about, another quarter. The bank's trust and investment services division manages some $475 million in assets. American National Bankshares is acquiring bank holding company MidCarolina Financial to expand its presence in North Carolina.

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