Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, one of the country's top holders and servicers of student loans. The not-for-profit organization helps borrowers obtain education financing such as Federal Stafford, alternative or supplemental, and consolidation loans through lending institutions such as Bank of America and U.S. Bancorp. It also offers a "Rate Relief" program that can lower a borrower's interest rate by up to 3%, as well as deferment and forbearance options that either postpone or reduce a borrower's monthly payment. The authority also manages loan servicing for lending institutions nationwide.

Johnson Capital Group, Inc. company provides commercial real estate advisory services, helping property developers and investors access and structure capital. Johnson Capital Group specializes in debt and equity placement for construction and acquisitions; it participates in transactions for all types of commercial real estate including office, retail, multifamily, industrial, hospitality, and mixed-use properties. It also provides in-house servicing. Established in 1987, the firm has some 20 offices in the US, as well as offices in Mexico and Spain and operations in India and Dubai.

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Pinnacle National Bank, which provides commercial banking services to individuals, small-to medium-sized businesses, and professional entities in Tennessee. Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. engages in generating deposits and originating loans. It accepts various deposit products, including savings, checking, interest-bearing checking, money market, and certificate of deposit accounts. The company’s loan portfolio comprises commercial, real estate, and consumer loans, as well as secured and unsecured installment and term loans, residential first mortgage loans, home equity loans, and home equity lines of credit to individuals for personal, family, investment, and household purposes. It also offers telephone and Internet banking, debit cards, direct deposit, and cash management services, as well as a range of investment products, including mutual funds, variable annuities, money market instruments, treasury securities, bonds, fixed annuities, stocks, financial planning, asset management accounts, and listed options. Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. also provides insurance products in the property and casualty area. As of December 31, 2009, it provided its services through 34 banking locations.

First Bancshares is hoping you'll remember it for its banks. Iowa First Bancshares is the holding company for First National Bank of Muscatine (founded in 1870) and First National Bank in Fairfield (founded in 1865 and acquired by Iowa First Bancshares in 1985). The banks, which operate eight branches in the two southeastern Iowa towns for which they're named, offer individuals and businesses checking, savings, money market, and time deposit accounts, as well as other traditional products and services including loans, trust services, debit cards, credit-related insurance, Internet and telephone banking, and brokerage services.

California First National Bancorp (CalFirst) wants to be first on your mind when it comes to meeting your equipment leasing needs. Through subsidiaries Amplicon and California First Leasing (CalFirst Leasing), the firm leases mainly computers and software. It also leases retail point-of-sale systems, ATMs, telecommunications equipment, office furniture, and other equipment. CalFirst also operates California First National Bank (CalFirst Bank), a branchless retail bank that accepts deposits through the mail, by phone, or over the Internet. CEO Patrick Paddon owns 64% of the company.

American National Bankshares is the holding company for American National Bank and Trust. Founded in 1909, the bank operates about 20 locations serving southern and central Virginia and north central North Carolina. It offers checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and insurance. Its lending activities primarily consist of real estate loans: Commercial mortgages account for about one-third of the company's loan portfolio; residential mortgages are about, another quarter. The bank's trust and investment services division manages some $475 million in assets. American National Bankshares is acquiring bank holding company MidCarolina Financial to expand its presence in North Carolina.

Jeffersonville Bancorp is the holding company for The First National Bank of Jeffersonville. The bank serves businesses and consumers through about 10 locations in southeastern New York's Sullivan County. First National Bank of Jeffersonville offers such standard retail services as demand deposit, savings, and money market accounts; NOW accounts; CDs; and IRAs to fund a variety of loans. Nearly 40% of the bank's loan portfolio consists of residential mortgages, while commercial mortgages account for another 35%. The bank also provides home equity, business, consumer, construction, and agricultural loans.

Nedbank Group provides commercial and personal financial services in South Africa and other parts of the continent. The company offers a range of wholesale and retail banking services through principal business clusters Nedbank Corporate Banking, Nedbank Retail, Nedbank Business Banking and Nedbank Capital (investment banking). Other services include property finance, private banking, asset management, credit card processing, bancassurance, and foreign exchange and securities trading. Nedbank's 50.1%-owned Imperial Bank subsidiary focuses on motor vehicle finance, but also offers property, professional and supplier asset finance. UK-based insurer Old Mutual owns a controlling stake in Nedbank Group.

Southern First Bancshares operates in two markets: Greenville, South Carolina, where it operates under the Greenville First Bank moniker, and in Columbia, South Carolina as Southern First Bank. Selling itself as a local alternative to larger institutions, the company, which has more than five bank branches, targets individuals and small to midsized businesses. It offers traditional deposit services and products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, and CDs. The banks use funds from deposits mainly to write commercial mortgages, residential mortgages, and commercial business loans.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, through its subsidiaries, offers banking and financial services to personal, commercial, corporate, and institutional customers in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It provides private banking and investment services, and offshore banking services; and debt and equity financing and risk management services, as well as money markets, rates flow trading, currencies and commodities, equities, credit markets and portfolio management and origination services. The company also offers global payments, cash and liquidity management, and trade finance and commercial card products and services; sells and underwrites retail and SME insurance over the telephone and Internet, as well as through brokers and partnerships; and offers general insurance, including motor insurance under the brands of Direct Line, Churchill, Privilege, Green Flag, and NIG. In addition, it provides operational technology, customer support in telephony, account management, lending and money transmission, global purchasing, property, and other services. The company was founded in 1727 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc operates as a subsidiary of HM Treasury.

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