M&F Bank, a state-chartered commercial bank, was organized in 1907 under the authority of a charter issued by the Legislature of the State of North Carolina . The original incorporators were a group of nine prominent businessmen, headed by R. B. Fitzgerald. The other incorporators included: J. A. Dodson, J. R. Hawkins, John Merrick, Aaron M. Moore, W.G. Pearson, James E. Shepard, G. W. Stephens, and Stanford L. Warren. Many people today lack appreciation of the origin of the Bank's name. The founders and original customers represented various trades, crafts and professions in which the African American community had achieved success and prominence, so "Mechanics" likely was derived from the legal term "mechanics lien" that grouped such occupations together. Additionally, most of North Carolina 's wealth at the turn of the 20 th century was based on the ownership of real property, especially farmland, hence the term "Farmers." That means the name "Mechanics and Farmers" denotes that this Bank is an institution dedicated to serving all facets of the community.

Meta Financial Group is the holding company for MetaBank, a thrift with about a dozen branches in Iowa and South Dakota. MetaBank offers standard deposit products and services including checking and savings accounts. Its lending and investment activities are weighted towards real estate and real estate-related assets; the bank also writes consumer and agriculture loans. MetaBank division Meta Payment Systems (MPS), the company's fastest-growing segment, provides prepaid cards and electronic payment services nationwide. Meta Financial also owns Meta Trust Company, which provides a full range of trust services.

Liberty Bank is the oldest mutual bank in the state of Connecticut and provides customers with best-in-class products, services and rates. Chartered way back in 1825, we have grown with the state, and currently serve more than 190,000 individual and business customers here It offers investment services through an agreement with Raymond James Financial. Liberty Bank writes commercial real estate loans for apartment communities, shopping centers, and office buildings throughout the Northeast, and is also one of the nation's top timeshare lenders. However, one- to four-family mortgages, which account for more than 40% of the bank's loan portfolio, remain its bread and butter, as do loans to local small businesses.

MBT Financial is the holding company for Monroe Bank & Trust, which operates some two dozen branches in southeastern Michigan. Serving residents and businesses in Monroe and Wayne counties, the bank offers a range of services including checking and savings accounts, CDs, retirement accounts, personal trust services, employee benefit plans, and investment management. More than 80% of the loans in MBT Financial's portfolio are secured by commercial or residential real estate. The bank also originates business, agricultural, and personal loans.

Bank Sarasin, one of Switzerland's largest and most reputable private banks, specializes in asset management, investment funds, securities trading, and investment counseling, catering to both private and corporate clients. The bank also offers complementary services such as corporate finance and brokerage analysis. The bank's financial services businesses are run through several subsidiaries, including Sarasin Funds Management and Sarasin Investment Management, which manages the bank's fund advisement activities in the UK. Netherlands-based Rabobank owns a majority of Bank Sarasin, which was established in 1841.

Citibank A. S.,the commercial and consumer bank offers many of its parent Citigroup's standard products and some tailored for the market. For businesses Citi Turkey provides loans, financing, foreign trade finance, and cash management. Its consumer group offers personal loans, credit cards, local and foreign currency deposit products, and local and offshore mutual funds. The company conducts programs to educate its customers on starting and running a business, and on personal finance and saving. It has about 60 branches, mostly in Istanbul. Citi came to Turkey in 1975.

Valiant Holding was formed in 2002 with the merger of regional Swiss banks Valiant Bank (retail banking) and Valiant Privatbank (asset management) with IRB Interregio Bank and Luzerner Regiobank. Today, Valiant Bank serves German-speaking clients in Switzerland, while Banque Romande Valiant serves the country's Francophone population. Together, the two banks have more than 100 offices. Valiant Holding also owns Spar + Leihkasse Steffisburg, a bank with two branches in Switzerland. The banks offer savings and investments, mortgages and loans, retirement planning, and private banking services, including asset management for retail and institutional investors.

Bangor Savings Bank has been serving Maine for more than 150 years. In addition to traditional deposit and lending services, the bank also provides credit cards, insurance, and trust and investment management services. Residential mortgages and commercial real estate loans make up most of its loan portfolio; consumer, business, construction, and land development loans round out its lending activities. The bank's Bangor Payroll unit performs payroll management and tax services for more than 1,000 small business clients.

First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancorp is the holding company for First Federal of Northern Michigan, a savings bank serving area residents and businesses from nearly 10 locations in the northern part of the state's Lower Peninsula. Deposit services include checking, savings, and money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. The bank's lending activities mainly consist of residential mortgages (nearly half of its loan portfolio), commercial mortgages, business loans, and home equity loans. It also offers construction loans, consumer loans, and credit cards. In 2009 First Federal sold InsuranCenter of Alpena (ICA), which provided life, property/casualty, and health insurance and investment products.

Fidelity Bancorp is the holding company for Fidelity Bank, which has faithfully served the Greater Pittsburgh area since 1927. The bank caters to individuals and small business customers from about a dozen branch offices in the city and its northern suburbs in Allegheny and Butler counties. Deposit products include checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and money market accounts. Real estate loans, including single-family residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, and construction loans, make up about two-thirds of the bank's loan portfolio, which also includes consumer installment loans and business loans and leases.

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