Zions Bancorporation originated as Keystone Insurance and Investment Co., a Utah Corporation, in April 1955. In April 1960, Keystone, together with several individual investors, acquired a 57.5 percent interest in Zions First National Bank from the LDS Church. In 1965, the name of the company was changed to Zions Bancorporation. (However, it operated as Zions Utah Bancorporation from 1966 to 1987.) The first public offering of shares in Zions Bancorporation was made in January 1966. There continued to be some minority shareholders until April 1972, when the company exchanged the remaining minority shares for common shares. Zions Bancorporation's common stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol ZION. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ Financial 100 Index.

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.

Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Alaska Pacific Bank, which provides various financial services to individuals and small businesses in southeast Alaska. The company offers a range of deposit products, including savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing demand deposits, and certificates of deposits. Its loan portfolio comprises one-to-four-family mortgage, multi family, commercial nonresidential, commercial business, consumer, construction, conventional mortgage, commercial real estate, and land loans. The company offers its banking services through offices in Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka, Alaska. It operates 11 automated teller machines, including 6 in Juneau, 2 in Sitka, 2 in Ketchikan, and 1 in Hoonah. Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Juneau, Alaska.

Community Trust Bancorp is the holding company for Community Trust Bank, one of the largest banks based in Kentucky. It operates about 75 branches throughout the state, as well as in Tennessee and southern West Virginia. The bank offers standard retail banking services to area businesses and individuals, including checking and savings accounts, NOW accounts, and CDs. Loans secured by commercial properties and other real estate account for more than half of the bank's lending portfolio, which also includes business, consumer, and construction loans. The company provides trust services through subsidiary Community Trust and Investment Company.

The Co-operative Bank provides individuals and business with traditional services (checking and savings accounts, mortgages, loans, and credit cards), along with such ethical financial services products as credit cards that benefit charities. The bank also offers insurance (offered through sister firm Co-operative Insurance Society) and investments such as ISAs, unit trusts, pensions, and trust funds. The institution, which has more than 100 branches throughout the UK, also operates Internet banking business smile. Founded in 1872 by what is now Co-operative Group, the bank was incorporated in 1970.

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) provides a variety of financial services, primarily to customers in the canton of Vaud in southwestern Switzerland. With about 70 retail locations, it offers commercial, corporate, and private banking services, as well as wealth management and securities brokerage. The bank is dedicated to the canton's development and in fact does business with some two-thirds of Vaud's small and midsized enterprises. The Vaud government owns more than half of BCV, which was originally founded in 1845.

The subsidiary of German financial services firm Deutsche Bank, like its parent, divides its business into two units: corporate and investment banking, and private clients and asset management. In addition to traditional personal and corporate banking services, the company offers asset and wealth management, insurance, and investment and brokerage services. Its nearly 275 branches are concentrated mostly in Lombardy, Liguria, Campania, and Puglia; customers can also conduct their banking business via the phone or the Internet. Deutsche Bank opened its first Italian office in 1977.

WSFS Financial is the holding company for Wilmington Savings Fund Society (WSFS Bank), a thrift with about 35 branches in Delaware and a handful of locations in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Founded in 1832, WSFS Bank attracts deposits from individuals and local businesses through such standard retail services as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. The bank primarily lends to businesses: Commercial loans and mortgages account for about 75% of its loan portfolio. Bank subsidiary Cypress Capital Management provides trust and advisory services to wealthy clients and institutional investors.

Green Bankshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for GreenBank that provides commercial banking services primarily in Tennessee. Green Bankshares, Inc offers a range of deposit products, such as non-interest bearing and interest-bearing demand deposits, savings deposits, brokered deposits, time deposits, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, interest-bearing checking accounts, and retirement savings plans. It also provides a portfolio of loan products, including commercial real estate loans; residential real estate loans, such as one-to-four family, owner-occupied residential mortgage loans; commercial loans for various business purposes, including working capital, inventory and equipment, and capital expansion; and consumer loans for personal, family, or household purposes. In addition, Green Bankshares, Inc, through its other subsidiaries, provides consumer finance, sub-prime automobile loans, and title insurance services. As of December 31, 2009, it had 63 Tennessee-based full-service banking offices located in Greene, Blount, Cocke, Hamblen, Hawkins, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Sullivan, Washington, Davidson, Lawrence, Macon, Montgomery, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, and Williamson Counties; and 2 full service branches located in Madison County, North Carolina; and Bristol, Virginia, as well as a mortgage banking location in Knox County, Tennessee. Green Bankshares, Inc was founded in 1890 and is based in Greeneville, Tennessee.

Brookline Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Brookline Bank, which provides various banking products and services. Brookline Bancorp, Inc. offers various deposit products, such as non-interest-bearing checking accounts and interest-bearing NOW accounts, savings accounts, money market savings accounts, certificate of deposit accounts, and other qualified plan accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises first mortgage loans secured by multi-family, commercial, and one-to-four family residential real estate properties; indirect automobile loans; loans to condominium associations and business entities; and commercial lines of credit, as well as loans to finance equipment used by small businesses. It also offers financing for construction and development projects, home equity and second mortgage loans, and other consumer loans. In addition, it offers finance for coin-operated laundry, dry cleaning, and convenience store equipment and businesses. As of December 31, 2009 it operated 18 full-service banking offices in Brookline, Medford, and adjacent communities in Middlesex County and Norfolk County in Massachusetts. Brookline Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1871 and is based in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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