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.

State Street Bank provides custody, shareholder services, brokerage, securities finance, research, and other management services for institutional clients around the world. Customers include mutual funds, pension plans, and investment managers. At the top of the custody-services heap, State Street has about $19 trillion in assets under custody. It also has nearly $2 trillion in assets under administration. Other subsidiaries include asset manager State Street Global Advisors and State Street Alternative Investment Solutions.

Societe Generale wants to be top brass in the French banking industry. The bank (familiarly known as SocGen) commands a three-pronged campaign, with operations in global investment management (including SG Private Banking and majority-owned online brokerage Boursorama); retail banking and specialized financial services, including finance, leasing, and insurance; and corporate and investment banking, focusing on European capital markets, derivatives, and structured finance. In the US, the company controls asset manager The TCW Group. SocGen has about 3,000 branches in France (including its Credit du Nord division), and some 5,300 locations worldwide.

Glacier Bancorp is on a Rocky Mountain High. The multibank holding company owns about a dozen community banks in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Washington, Colorado, and Wyoming. Serving individuals, small to midsized businesses, not-for-profits, and public entities, the banks operate a total of about 100 branches. Glacier Bancorp offers traditional deposit products and credit cards, in addition to retail brokerage and investment services through agreements with third-party providers. Its lending activities consist of commercial real estate loans (almost half of the company's loan portfolio), as well as residential mortgages, business loans, and consumer loans.

The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation is the holding company for The Bank of Kentucky, which provides a variety of personal and commercial banking services from more than 25 branches in northern portions of the Bluegrass State. It attracts deposits by offering checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Commercial real estate loans make up about 40% of the bank's loan portfolio, while residential mortgage loans account for more than 20%. The bank also offers business and consumer loans, as well as credit cards, investments, and trust services.

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.

Chicopee Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Chicopee Savings Bank that provides various financial services to individuals and businesses in Western Massachusetts. The company’s deposit products include non-interest-bearing demand accounts, such as checking accounts; interest-bearing accounts, which include NOW and money market deposit accounts; regular savings accounts, such as passbook accounts; and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises one-to four-family; multi-family; commercial real estate; commercial business; construction and development; and consumer loans, including home equity lines of credit and automobile loans. In addition, it offers non-deposit investment products, including mutual funds, debt, equity and government securities, retirement accounts, insurance products, and fixed and variable annuities. As of March 31, 2010, the company operated main office; lending and operations center; and seven branch offices located in Chicopee, Ludlow, South Hadley, Ware, and West Springfield. Chicopee Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1845 and is headquartered in Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Middlesex Savings Bank, with assets of nearly $4 billion, 31 branches, and 5 business-lending centers, is one of the largest and strongest banks in Massachusetts. We are also a mutual form of institution, that is, one without stockholders. We cannot be acquired and are firmly committed to remaining independent.

One of the largest independent bank holding companies based in Texas, Cullen/Frost Bankers owns Frost National Bank through a second-tier holding company, the New Galveston Company. The community-oriented bank serves individuals and local businesses, as well as clients in neighboring parts of Mexico, through more than 100 branches in Texas metropolitan areas. It offers commercial and consumer deposit products and loans, trust and investment management services, mutual funds, insurance, capital markets and brokerage services, and correspondent banking. Subsidiaries include Frost Insurance Agency, Frost Brokerage Services, Frost Investment Advisors, and investment banking arm Frost Securities.

Technology Credit Union is one of the nation’s largest credit unions with nine full service branches in the Silicon Valley. With more than $1.4 billion in assets and still growing, Tech CU is a financial leader in the Silicon Valley.personal loans, business loans and lines of credit, insurance, and investment services to more than 75,000 members in California's Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay area. Founded in 1960 by a group of Fairchild Camera and Instrument employees, the credit union has about ten branches. Membership is open to those who live, work, or go to school or church in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties.

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