International Bancshares is leading post-NAFTA banking in South Texas. The institution's International Bank of Commerce (IBC) and Commerce Bank serve residents and businesses of Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico through more than 250 offices. International Bancshares Corporation facilitates trade between the US and Mexico and serves Texas' growing Hispanic population; about 30% of its deposits come from south of the border. In addition to commercial and international banking services, International Bancshares provides retail deposit services, insurance and investment products, and mortgages and consumer loans. The bulk of International Bancshares Corporation company's portfolio is made up of business and construction loans.

A. J. Smith Federal is the primary operating subsidiary of holding company AJS Bancorp. The bank serves customers in suburban Chicago from three branches in Midlothian and Orland Park, Illinois. Catering to area businesses and residents, A. J. Smith Federal offers checking and savings accounts, insurance and investments, and loans. One- to four-family residential mortgages make up more than two-thirds of the bank's loan portfolio; multifamily and commercial mortgages and home equity and consumer loans round out its lending activities. Arthur J. Smith founded A. J. Smith Federal in 1892 as a building and loan cooperative; it became a federally chartered savings bank in 1984.

Bank Leumi USA, operating in the U.S. for more than fifty years, is an FDIC-insured, full-service commercial bank that provides financial services to middle- to upper-middle market firms, and international businesses through offices in New York, Illinois, California, Florida, and an offshore office in the Cayman Islands.

TCF Banks are affiliated with TCF Financial Corporation, a financial holding corporation based in Minnesota.TCF has 440 banking offices in Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana, Arizona and South Dakota.TCF is now the 11th largest U.S. Visa® Classic debit card issuer ranked by sales volume.

A Burdale in the hand may be worth a few bushels full of cash to midsized businesses in the UK and continental Europe. Burdale Financial, which was acquired from Wachovia by Bank of Ireland in 2005, provides comprehensive asset-based lending to businesses looking for growth financing. Burdale Financial shuns what it characterizes as piece-meal approaches (receivables lending, factoring) in favor of comprehensive asset-based financing, which typically sees Burdale lending to manufacturing, retail, or distribution clients undergoing a change, such as management-led buyout or turnaround. Officers Dennis Levine and Brian Gitlin founded Burdale Financial in 1992.

Cornerstone Bancorp has laid the groundwork for three banking branches in northwestern South Carolina. The institution is the holding company for Cornerstone National Bank, which offers traditional products and services, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and credit cards. Commercial real estate loans comprise the largest portion of its lending portfolio; other offerings include residential mortgages, business and industrial loans, real estate construction, and consumer loans. Cornerstone National Bank has three offices in Easley, Greenville, and Powdersville, South Carolina. Cornerstone Bancorp also has an insurance agency that operates as Crescent Financial Services.

Bank of Granite Corporation is the holding company for a community bank of the same name that serves individuals and small businesses in about 10 west-central North Carolina counties. From 20 branches, Bank of Granite offers traditional demand and time deposit products mostly for individuals and small businesses. Before the economic downturn , mortgages made up more than half of Bank of Granite's loan portfolio. However, the slowdown deeply affected customers' ability to repay their loans and in 2009 Bank of Granite stopped originating mortgage loans altogether.

NB&T Financial Group, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for The National Bank and Trust Company that provides commercial banking and financial services to individuals and corporate customers in southwestern Ohio. The company offers various deposit products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, and term certificate accounts. Its loan portfolio includes commercial and industrial loans, such as loans to automobile dealers and loans guaranteed by the small business administration; loans secured by commercial real estate; real estate construction loans for constructing commercial and residential buildings; agricultural loans, including loans to finance farm operations, equipment purchases, and land acquisition; loans secured by one- to four-family residential real estate and multifamily real estate; and consumer installment loans, such as home equity loans, automobile loans, recreational vehicle loans, and overdraft protection. The company also offers credit card services; and trust services that consist of trust administration, investment purchase and management, estate planning and administration, tax and financial planning, and employee benefit plan administration. As of December 31, 2009, it operated a main office in Wilmington, as well as 25 full-service branch offices and 1 automated teller machine facility in Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Montgomery, and Warren Counties in Ohio. NB and T Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1859 and is based in Wilmington, Ohio.

AdvanceMe provides working capital to small and midsized businesses with a minimum of $5,000 in credit and debit card sales per month. Its merchant cash advances range from $6,000 to $150,000 and have no fixed time frame; customers, who may not qualify for conventional bank loans because they lack collateral or have spotty credit, repay AdvanceMe by selling the company a predetermined percentage of credit and debit card sales at a discount. The working capital is typically used to cover expenses, acquire equipment or inventory, renovate facilities, and for business expansion.

Jacksonville Bancorp, the holding company for Jacksonville Bank, which has about 10 branches in and around Jacksonville, Florida. The community bank offers standard deposit products, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Commercial mortgages make up more than half of the bank's loan portfolio; residential mortgages account for most of the rest. Subsidiary Fountain Financial sells insurance and investment products. The company nearly doubled its branch network with its 2010 acquisition of Atlantic BancGroup. Jacksonville Bancorp is unrelated to the Illinois corporation of the same name.

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