Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) provides banking and financial services to a predominately Muslim clientele in the Middle East and North Africa. Offerings include retail and commercial banking, investment banking, portfolio management, and Islamic banking. The company also provides project finance, foreign exchange, derivatives, financial advisory services. ABC operates in about 20 countries, with representative and affiliate offices in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The Central Bank of Libya now owns a majority of ABC after acquiring about a third of the bank in two separate deals in 2010. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Kuwait Investment Authority also hold stakes.

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), one of Australia's Big Four banks and New Zealand's top banks, offers commercial and retail banking and financial services from more than 1,300 branches and offices, primarily in Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia/Pacific region. Offerings include standard deposit and lending services, credit cards, wealth management, agribusiness finance and insurance, and foreign exchange services for other financial institutions. The group is active in more than 30 countries including the US, the US, and China. ANZ traces its roots to the 1835 founding of Bank of Australasia.

NorthMarq Capital helps investors make their marq in real estate. The firm provides investment banking, brokerage, property management, construction management, and financing services for commercial real estate owners and investors. Operating from more than 30 offices throughout the US, NorthMarq offers a variety of transactions including fixed- and variable-rate mortgage, bridge loans, and mezzanine debt. The company services more than $35 billion worth of loans on behalf of institutional investors. It also manages some 50 million sq. ft. of commercial space. NorthMarq Capital was originally founded in the 1950s as Northland Mortgage. The company is owned by the Pohlad family through Marquette Financial.

Space Coast Credit Union (SCCU) takes deposits in dollars and moon money. The bank became Florida's third-largest credit union after taking over Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union in 2009. SCCU offers checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, money market accounts, Visa credit cards, mortgages, loans, and investment products to individuals and small businesses. The member-owned cooperative has more than 65 branches and 145 ATMs in eight counties across Central Florida, along the East Coast. SCCU's 360,000 members boast assets of more than $3.2 billion. The credit union was founded in 1951.

HCSB Financial has erased the state lines in the Carolinas. The institution is the holding company for Horry County State Bank, which operates more than a dozen branches that serve Horry and Marion counties in South Carolina, and Columbus and Brunswick counties in North Carolina. Horry County State Bank offers traditional deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, money market accounts, and IRAs. The bank originates primarily real estate loans (more than half of its loan portfolio), followed by business loans, construction and development loans, consumer loans, and agricultural loans. The bank also offers investment services.

Community Bank System is right up front about what it is. The holding company owns Community Bank, which operates about 150 branches across nearly 30 counties in upstate New York and five counties in northeastern Pennsylvania, where it operates as First Liberty Bank and Trust. Focusing on small, underserved towns, the bank offers such services as checking and savings, money market, and NOW accounts. The bank's loan portfolio is divided nearly equally among business loans, residential mortgages, and consumer loans. Community Bank System also provides trust services, brokerage services, investment management, insurance products, and employee benefits plan administration.

The Elmira Savings Bank is a community bank that serves individuals and small to midsized businesses through about a dozen branch offices in upstate New York's Cayuga, Chemung, Steuben, and Tompkins counties. The bank offers traditional deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. With these funds, it mainly originates residential and commercial mortgages, business loans, and auto and other consumer loans. The bank offers investments and financial planning through its ESB Advisory Services subsidiary. Elmira Savings Bank was organized in 1869.

Established in 1921, the Michinoku Bank is a regional bank offering financial services in the Aamori Prefecture in Japan. With about 120 branches and eight consolidated subsidiaries, Michinoku Bank offers traditional banking products, as well as real estate management and staffing supply services. With its "family bank" business approach, the company targets individual retail customers, as well as small-to-medium-sized businesses. It has key subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Michinoku Bank was also the first Japanese bank to open a subsidiary in Russia when it launched The Michinoku Bank (Moscow) Ltd. in 1999; it is now selling that operation to Mizuho Financial.

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".

Integra Bank, operates about 55 branches and loan production offices serving communities in southern Indiana and Illinois, Kentucky, and southwestern Ohio. The bank offers a variety of traditional deposit products for personal and business customers, including savings and money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Its lending activities mainly consist of commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans, construction and development loans, residential mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and consumer loans. In addition, Integra Bank offers annuities, insurance, credit and debit cards, and trust services.

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