LNB Bancorp is the holding company for The Lorain National Bank, which operates more than 20 branches in Ohio's Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain, and Summit counties. The bank serves local businesses and individuals, offering such deposit products as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. It also offers trust services and credit cards. The bank's lending activities primarily consist of commercial loans (approximately 60% of its portfolio) and real estate mortgages, as well as installment and home equity loans. The Lorain National Bank offers brokerage and investment services to customers through an agreement with Investment Centers of America.

Alliance Financial Corporation is the holding company for Alliance Bank, which operates about 30 branches in central New York. Targeting individuals and small to midsized businesses, the bank offers such deposit products as checking and savings accounts, IRAs, and CDs. Its loan and lease portfolio mainly contains residential mortgages (about 30%), commercial loans (nearly 25%), and indirect auto loans (around 20%). The company provides commercial equipment leasing in more than 30 states through its Alliance Leasing subsidiary. Alliance Financial also operates a trust department that manages some $1 billion worth of investment assets.

First Banks keeps it in the family. The holding company for its namesake First Bank, it is owned by chairman James Dierberg and his family; many of the bank's branches and ATMs are located in Dierbergs Markets, a Missouri-based grocery chain owned by relatives of the chairman. First Bank has about 160 branches in California, Florida, Illinois, and Missouri, with a concentration in metropolitan markets (e.g. Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa, and St. Louis). The bank offers standard services like deposits, mortgages, and business and consumer loans. Additional services include brokerage, insurance, trust, and private banking, as well as commercial treasury management and international trade services.

The First International Bank of Israel Ltd.,as one of the largest banks in Israel, FIBI bank offers an array of financial products such as deposits, mortgages, foreign exchange, portfolio management, underwriting, leasing, and fund and portfolio management services. Bolstered by its network of 175 branches and four chief domestic subsidiaries, the bank also owns key companies in London (FIBI Bank UK) and in Zurich (FIBI Bank Switzerland). It owns a 51% stake in Bank Massad, a bank that serves teachers.

Waccamaw Bancshares is the holding company for the Waccamaw Bank, which operates about 15 branches in the coastal Carolina region. With about 15 branch loactions, Waccamaw provides traditional products such as checking and savings accounts and IRAs. It primarily uses funds from deposits to write commercial loans and mortgages, including business loans, construction loans, and land development loans. Hit by an increase in bad loans, the company is working with regulators to raise its capital holdings. It is also tightening up its lending practices.

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.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) operates through four divisions: merchant banking, retail banking, asset management, and life insurance (Trygg Liv) through some 670 offices in a dozen countries, primarily nations in Northern Europe. SEB also has offices in such money centers as London, Paris, Shanghai, and Singapore. SEB's merchant banking division targets large corporations and other financial institutions. Business offerings include cash management, financing, foreign exchange, leases, credit card services, and payroll administration. SEB offers individuals mortgages, auto loans, credit cards, and other products.

Arbor Commercial Mortgage is a national direct lender that provides debt and equity capital for the multifamily, commercial real estate and health care industries. We have extensive experience in mortgage origination and servicing and have built a reputation for service, quality and flexibility. Arbor’s seasoned management team specializes in debt and equity financing for multifamily, office, retail, hotel and various other commercial real estate properties. We are a Top Ten Fannie Mae DUS® lender and a Top Fannie Mae DUS® Small Loan lender. Arbor offers a vast array of Fannie Mae products including financing for market-rate and affordable apartments, cooperatives, student housing and manufactured housing.Arbor is also licensed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to administer HUD’s FHA mortgage insurance programs for long-term, non-recourse financing for market rate and affordable apartments and cooperatives, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and seniors housing. Currently, Arbor services a multi-billion dollar portfolio of over 1,000 commercial real estate loans and is a third-party servicer rated by Standard and Poor’s and Fitch Ratings for both primary and special servicing. Arbor is headquartered in Uniondale, NY and New York, NY, with full-service lending offices nationwide.

Betcha banking's big business for BB Holdings. The company operates The Belize Bank, the largest commercial and retail bank located in the nation of Belize, with about a dozen branches. About half of the bank's loan portfolio consists of corporate loans that support the tourism, agriculture, and distribution industries. The bank also has operations in the Turks and Caicos Islands, where it is the largest issuer of loans. BB Holdings has a 25% stake in Numar, a Costa Rican palm seed and edible oil operation, which processes margarine and animal feed. BB Holdings is controlled by chairman Michael Ashcroft, a UK billionaire and Conservative party officer, who holds dual citizenship in the UK and Belize.

Camden National Corporation is the holding company for Camden National Bank, which was founded in 1875 and once issued its own US currency. With about 40 branches in 10 Maine counties, the bank provides checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Residential mortgages make up more than 40% of its loan portfolio; business loans, including commercial mortgages, make up another 40%; and consumer loans constitute the remainder. Subsidiary Union Trust operates nine branches in the coastal counties of Hancock and Washington, while Acadia Trust provides trust, fiduciary, investment management, and retirement plan administration services and Acadia Financial Consultants offers brokerage and insurance services.

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