MidCarolina Financial likes to stay in the middle of all things financial in the Tar Heel State. The institution is the holding company for MidCarolina Bank, which has eight bank branches -- including two located in health care and long-term care facilities -- in Alamance and Guilford Counties. The bank offers standard retail products and services, such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and credit and debit cards. It uses funds from deposits primarily to write real estate loans; it also writes business and consumer loans. American National Bankshares is buying MidCarolina Financial for nearly $40 million.

Astoria Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association that provides various banking services in the United States. It primarily engages in generating deposits and originating loans. Astoria Financial Corporation company’s deposit products include passbook and statement savings accounts, money market accounts, NOW and demand deposit accounts, and liquid certificates of deposit, as well as certificates of deposit, which comprise time deposits. Its loan portfolio consists of one-to-four family mortgage loans; multi-family and commercial real estate loans; construction loans for various residential properties and certain commercial real estate properties; and consumer and other loans, including home equity lines of credit, as well as overdraft protection, commercial loans, and passbook loans. Astoria Financial Corporation, through its other subsidiaries, also operates as a life insurance agency. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 85 full-service banking offices. Astoria Financial Corporation was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Lake Success, New York.

Farmers National Banc is willing to help even nonfarmers grow their seed income into thriving bounties of wealth. The institution is the holding company for Farmers National Bank of Canfield, which provides commercial and personal banking from nearly 20 branches in Ohio. Founded in 1887, the bank offers checking and savings accounts, credit cards, and loans and mortgages. Farmers' lending portfolio is composed of real estate mortgages, consumer loans, and commercial loans. The company also includes Farmers National Insurance and Farmers Trust Company, a non-depository trust bank, which added to its trust services when it acquired wealth management and trust services provider Butler Wick Trust in 2009.

The Principal Financial Group® (The Principal®) is a leading global financial company offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services.Our range of products and services includes retirement solutions, life and health insurance, wellness programs, and investment and banking products through our diverse family of financial services companies and national network of financial professionals.

MB Financial doesn't stand for "Midsized Businesses," even though that's its target market. The holding company for MB Financial Bank has more than 85 branches in the Chicago area and one in Philadelphia. Commercial-related credits, including real estate mortgages, operating loans, lease financings, and construction loans, make up more than 80% of the bank's loan portfolio. In addition to serving small and middle-market companies, MB Financial provides retail banking and lending to consumers. The company also offers investment management and trust services.

Ames National Corporation is the multi-bank holding company for flagship subsidiary First National Bank, Ames, Iowa, as well as Boone Bank & Trust, Randall-Story State Bank, State Bank & Trust, and United Bank & Trust. With a total of about a dozen branches, the banks provide area individuals and businesses with standard services such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and credit and debit cards. Commercial and agricultural real estate loans account for about half of the company's loan portfolio, which also includes residential, construction, consumer, and business loans. The banks also offer trust and financial management services.

Abbey International is waiting. A unit of Spanish banking powerhouse Santander, Abbey National International (which does business as Abbey International) serves British expatriates with offshore banking services via telephone and the Internet. Offerings include standard deposit accounts, as well as tax-beneficial interest-bearing products denominated in British sterling, US dollars, and euros. Santander's UK divisions are adopting the parent company's brand.

Headquartered in San Francisco, UnionBanCal Corporation is a financial holding company with assets of $80 billion at September 30, 2010. Its primary subsidiary, Union Bank, N.A., is a full-service commercial bank providing an array of financial services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, and major corporations. The bank operated 397 banking offices in California, Oregon, Washington and Texas and two international offices, on September 30, 2010.

Founded in 1923 by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Amalgamated Bank serves working-class consumers, trade unions, and businesses through about 15 branches in and around New York City, as well as locations in California, New Jersey, and Washington, DC; it opened its first three branches in Las Vegas in 2008 to serve members of the Culinary Workers Union. Amalgamated Bank is owned by UNITE HERE, a trade union of textile and hospitality trade employees, making it the only union-owned bank in the US. The union was formed in 2004 through the merger of Unite (formerly Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees.

Grupo Financieros Interacciones offers financial services to customers in Mexico through its banking, brokerage firm, and insurance business units. Its commercial bank operations serve individuals, corporations, government, and agribusinesses; it specializes in financing construction, energy, and public infrastructure projects, including more than half of Mexico's motorways. Its Casa de Bolsa brokerage unit offers brokerage, investment, and portfolio management services, while its insurance arm offers protection on automobiles, health, life, and property. The family of company president Carlos Hank Rhon is a main shareholder of Grupo Financieros Interacciones.

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