First Financial Holding Co., Ltd is the holding company for First Commercial Bank, which provides retail and commercial banking to some five million customers in Taiwan and Asia-Pacific region. Originally founded in 1899, the bank has nearly 200 domestic offices and more than 20 international offices, including one in the US. Taiwanese business loans account for about 70% of its loan portfolio; consumer loans make up the remainder. In 2007 the bank joined with European insurer Aviva to create savings and pension products provider First-Aviva. In addition to First Commercial Bank, the holding company owns First Securities, First Venture Capital, and other financial companies.

Peoples Financial helps people with their money. The company owns The Peoples Bank, which operates more than 15 branches along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The bank offers traditional checking and savings products. Real estate mortgages make up about nearly 65% of its loan portfolio, which also includes business, construction, and personal loans. Other offerings include fixed-rate mortgages, and asset management and trust services. Peoples caters to individuals and middle-market businesses in industries such as seafood, retail, hospitality, gaming, and construction. Chairman and CEO Chevis Swetman owns about 16% of the bank; his family has had an interest in the bank since its inception in 1896.

OneUnited Bank is fulfilling the hundred year old civil rights dream by garnering the savings power of our communities and channeling it back into urban communities for economic development. With your support by simply opening an FDIC insured account with great rates here, we will continue to accomplish this dream everyday.

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.

Sterling Financial is doing what it can to prevent its reputation from being tarnished. It is the holding company for Sterling Savings Bank, which provides standard banking and lending services in the Pacific Northwest. Sterling Savings operates about 180 branch locations in California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Its wealth management division markets stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities, and other investments to bank customers. Mortgage and construction loans account for more than half of the company's portfolio. Bank subsidiary INTERVEST issues commercial mortgages throughout the West. Under orders from regulators, Sterling Financial is working to raise its capital levels.

Southern Community Financial is the holding company for Southern Community Bank and Trust, which operates more than 20 branches in the Piedmont Triad region and other parts of North Carolina. Serving area individuals, small and midsized businesses, and homebuilders, the bank offers such retail services as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and credit cards. The bulk of Southern Community Financial's loan portfolio is made up of commercial mortgages (about 35%), residential mortgages (25%), construction loans (20%), and commercial and industrial loans (more than 15%). The bank also offers insurance products through an agreement with The Phoenix Companies.

Nara Bank is committed to bringing positive change to the diverse communities we serve, consistent with the requirements of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). When it became apparent that low-income communities and individuals were being overlooked by financial institutions, Congress established CRA in 1977 to encourage banks to meet the needs of the entire communities they serve, including low and moderate-income areas. Nara Bank embraces the spirit and intent of CRA and maintains a "Satisfactory" CRA rating issued by the Federal Reserve Bank.Our business strategy is to promote economic growth and create a positive change within the underserved and low-to-moderate income communities we serve. Nara Bank, designated as a "Preferred Lender" by the Small Business Administration, provides SBA 504 and 7a loans in addition to its own lending programs targeted to small and minority-owned businesses. Investments and grants are extended to meet a variety of needs within our communities, including affordable housing, education, financial literacy, and social services. In 2001 Nara Bank made a $1,000,000 ten year commitment to the Nara Scholarship Foundation, whose mission is to provide scholarships to high school seniors demonstrating financial need as well as academic excellence. Working to be an integral part of our community, Nara Bank employees enthusiastically volunteer their time and expertise at bank-sponsored seminars for small businesses, financial literacy workshops, and other local area events

Akbank T.A.S. provides banking services in Turkey through more than 715 branches, almost 2,000 ATMs, and more than 250,000 point-of-sale terminals. Internationally Akbank operates branches in Germany and in Malta; it also has a subsidiary bank in the Netherlands. Akbank, which is Turkey's second-largest publicly traded bank after Is Bankasi, also provides private bank and international trade finance services. Subsidiaries provide non-banking financial, capital-market, and investment services. The Sabanci family and its companies control 55% of Akbank.

Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Clifton, New Jersey. Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. is a subsidiary of Clifton MHC. Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Clifton Savings Bank that provides various financial services to consumers and businesses in northeast New Jersey. It offers liquid and term deposit instruments, such as free checking accounts, business checking accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, high yield checking accounts, money market accounts, passbook and statement savings accounts, and club and certificates of deposit. The company’s loan portfolio includes one to four-family residential loans; multi-family and commercial real estate loans; residential construction loans; and consumer loans, including second mortgage loans, loans secured by passbook or certificate accounts, and home equity lines of credit. It operates 12 full-service banking offices.

The First of Long Island wants to be the first thing on Long Islanders' minds. The company owns The First National Bank of Long Island, which offers a variety of lending, investment, and deposit services through about two dozen branches on New York's Long Island and in Manhattan. Loans secured by real estate, including residential and commercial mortgages, home equity loans, and construction loans, make up more than 85% of the bank's loan portfolio. To a lesser extent, the bank also writes business and consumer loans. Other services include checking and savings accounts, IRAs, CDs, and credit cards. Subsidiary The First of Long Island Agency sells mutual funds and annuities.

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