Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) provides various consumer, commercial, corporate banking, and other financial services in Japan. The company offers deposit taking, lending, securities retail sales and trading, securities investment, fund transfer, foreign exchange, insourcing of financial futures transactions, corporate bond trustee and custody, trust bank, investment trust sales, and securities intermediary services, as well as engages in retail sale of insurance products. It also provides credit card, credit finance, sales promotion, and payment collection agency services; and operational services, including card issuance, invoicing cardholders, and settlement of accounts of other cards.

Itaúsa is an umbrella organization for financial services, real estate, building products, chemicals and electronics, and IT firms. The company's financial services arm its largest sector includes Itaú Unibanco, one of Brazil's largest banks. The bank operates more than branches 3,700 branches in Brazil and also has a presence in major markets in Europe, Asia, the US, and elsewhere in Latin America. Itaúsa's other operations include Duratex, which makes medium-density fiberboard and ceramic and metal bathroom fixtures; high-tech company Itautec; and chemical company Elekeiroz. Members of the Egydio de Souza Aranha family own a controlling stake in the company.

National Bankshares is the holding company for National Bank of Blacksburg (National Bank for short), which serves consumers and small business in southwestern Virginia through about two dozen branches. The community bank's services include deposit accounts, credit cards, and personal and corporate trust services. Commercial mortgages, including loans secured by college housing and professional office buildings, account for more than half of National Bankshares' loan portfolio; residential mortgages make up more than a quarter. To a lesser extent, the bank also writes business, construction, and consumer loans. Another subsidiary, National Bankshares Financial Services, provides investments and insurance.

Serving the Shizuoka Prefecture with its more than 75 branches, Shimizu Bank offers the typical assortment of wholesale and retail banking products and chiefly targets the Shimizu Port, which is a substantial area in regards to international trade. Key subsidiaries and affiliated companies include The Shimizu Business Service Co. (ATM transporting and maintenance), The Shimizu Carriere Co. (staff delegation), and The Shimizu General Maintenance (real estate). Shimizu Bank did some schmoozing in 1928 when it was forged from the merger of six banks.

Carolina Bank Holdings owns Carolina Bank, which serves individuals and small to midsized businesses through some 10 branches in northern portions of North Carolina. The community-oriented financial institution offers standard services such as checking and savings accounts, money market and individual retirement accounts, CDs, ATM and debit cards, and online banking and bill payment. Loans secured by commercial properties account for about 40% of the company's portfolio, followed by residential mortgages, construction and land development loans, commercial and industrial loans, and consumer loans.

KB Financial Group, holding company for Kookmin Bank, provides commercial and consumer banking services in South Korea. It offers asset management and life insurance through alliances with Netherlands-based ING Groep. The bank's lending activities mainly entail residential mortgages, home equity loans, consumer loans, and corporate loans. Kookmin Bank has more than 1,200 branches in its home country, where it claims some 26 million customers, or about half of the population of South Korea. The bank provides corporate services such as foreign exchange and securities trading from offices at home and abroad in New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Auckland, New Zealand.

First Hawaiian Bank is Hawaii’s largest and oldest bank offering our customers service, solutions and security for over 152 years. Consistently ranked in the top tier of all U.S. banks, First Hawaiian is a full-service bank providing personal, private and business banking services including equipment leasing, automobile financing, mortgage and commercial lending, merchant services, trust, insurance, wealth management and retirement planning. For generations, customers have come to rely on First Hawaiian for all of their financial needs.

Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires (Banco Galicia) is one of Argentina's top three private banks by assets. Through some 350 offices, the bank offers loans to a client base primarily of businesses and individuals. It also provides consumer, corporate, and investment banking; insurance (through its Sudamericana subsidiary); risk management; and credit and debit cards. The bank, founded in 1905, has branches in neighboring Uruguay. Grupo Financiero Galicia, which is controlled by the Escasany, Ayerza, and Braun families, owns a 95% stake in Banco Galicia. The bank is looking to boost lending in the private sector.

Independence Federal Savings Bank operates as a federally chartered stock savings bank in Washington. It offers various deposit products, including money market deposit accounts, commercial deposit accounts, individual retirement accounts, checking accounts, savings accounts, automatic payroll, social security payment deposits, and certificates of deposit. The company also provides loan products, such as real estate loans consisting of mortgage loans secured by single-family dwellings, duplexes, and condominiums; commercial and other consumer loans, including small business, home equity, property improvement, credit card, and deposit account secured loans; and home equity lines of credit.

Heritage Bank, a state chartered commercial bank, has been serving metro Atlanta's Southern Crescent since 1955. The independent community bank has six full service offices, features a well-rounded offering of commercial and consumer products, and is an active, involved member of the community it serves. The company's stock is traded under the symbol "CCFH.OB".

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