Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) provides a veritable alphabet soup of products and services to customers across China. One of the country's largest state-owned commercial banks, ABC specializes in financing and providing services to agricultural, industrial, commercial, and transportation enterprises in rural areas. The bank also offers personal banking, credit cards, and foreign exchange services. Founded in 1951, ABC operates approximately 31,000 branches and banking offices, as well as more than 30 provincial-level offices, serving every county in China. It also operates branches in Hong Kong and Singapore, and representative offices in London, New York, and Tokyo.

Savannah Bancorp's "garden" grows green, rather than good and evil. The holding company owns Savannah Bank, and Bryan Bank & Trust. Together, the banks operate about a dozen offices in coastal Georgia and South Carolina. The banks offer a variety of retail services, including checking, savings, and money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Real estate mortgage loans make up about 80% of the company's loan portfolio; the banks also write construction, business, and consumer loans. Investment services are offered to individuals, organizations, and other entities through subsidiary Minis & Co., Inc.

IBW Financial Corporation operates as the holding company of Industrial Bank, National Association (Bank). The Bank provides a range of commercial and consumer lending services primarily to individuals and small businesses. It also offers a variety of loans for the needs of small businesses, including accounts receivable lines of credit, Small Business Administration loans, and equipment loans. The Bank also provides a range of deposit services to its customers, including personal checking; low activity student checking.

Chartered in the 1950s as a credit union to serve its hometown Marine base, HeritageBank of the South has remained "always faithful" to its local customers. The flagship subsidiary of Heritage Financial Group operates some 15 branches that provide traditional deposit and loan products and services to individuals and small to midsized businesses in southwestern Georgia and Ocala, Florida. Consumer loans and residential mortgages each account for about a quarter of the company's loan portfolio, which also includes business loans and commercial property loans. The bank also offers investment and insurance products and services. Mutual holding company Heritage MHC owns more than 70% of Heritage Financial.

The underlying principles that have made Johnson Financial Group so successful are the same values that serve all of the Johnson family's enterprises. A high level of integrity and accountability and the strong belief in the dignity of all people are at the heart of everything we do; and, as a privately-held company, we also maintain the ability to focus on the next quarter century rather than the next quarter's earnings report. This way of doing business has stood the test of time, trends and challenges.

Banco Espanol de Credito (Banesto) operates more than 1,900 branches across Spain. The country's fourth-largest bank, Banesto offers a wide variety of products and services to corporate and individual customers, including deposits and savings, investment banking, private banking, credit and loans, portfolio management, and financing for real estate and small businesses. The company also provides international wholesale banking services. Spanish bank Grupo Santander owns a controlling stake of about 89% in Banesto, which was founded in 1902.

First Community Bank adventure began during a rafting trip down the Colorado River. That trip inspired President & CEO H. Patrick "Pat" Dee and others to start a different kind of bank. They envisioned a bank where employees were given responsibility and trust, customers were treated like friends, and serious banking could be fun. In 1988 First State Bank of Taos was purchased. Already rich in tradition and deeply rooted in community values, the best of our charter bank was preserved while feeding it the resources and perseverance the bank would need to continue growing. That little bank has now grown to a $2.6 billion regional bank covering most of New Mexico and the Phoenix area.

New Century Bancorp is the holding company for the aptly named New Century Bank, which opened for business in 2000. The bank has about 10 branches in central North Carolina's Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, and Sampson counties. Targeting individuals and small to midsized businesses, New Century Bank offers such services as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and loans. Its loan book largely comprises real estate loans (75% of the portfolio); the remaining quarter includes business and consumer loans. The company merged its New Century Bank South subsidiary into New Century Bank in 2008.

The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Our mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results and to help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.

SCBT Financial is the holding company for South Carolina Bank and Trust and South Carolina Bank and Trust of the Piedmont (both are also known as SCBT), which operate more than 40 branches throughout the Palmetto state. The company also owns North Carolina Bank and Trust, or NCBT, which has three locations in the Charlotte area. SCBT Financial entered northern Georgia in 2010 when it acquired the failed Community Bank & Trust in an FDIC-assisted transaction; the deal added nearly 40 locations, most of them inside supermarkets, though SBCT later shuttered several of them. Serving retail and business customers, the banks provide deposit accounts, loans, and mortgages, as well as trust and investment services.

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