Norwood Financial Corp. serves individuals and local businesses through about a dozen branches in northeastern Pennsylvania. It offers standard deposit products and services including checking and savings accounts, money market savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Residential and commercial mortgages account for about 80% of Wayne Bank's loan portfolio. The bank also runs a trust and wealth management division; subsidiary Norwood Investment provides annuities and mutual funds; Norwood Settlement (70%-owned by the bank) offers title and settlement services. Norwood Financial is buying North Penn Bank; the deal will add five branches in northeastern Pennsylvania.

United PanAm Financial flies the choppy skies of subprime lending. Operating through subsidiaries United Auto Credit Corporation (UACC) and United Auto Business Operations (UABO), the specialty finance firm originates, buys, and services auto loan contracts for high-risk customers. The company buys contracts from independent and franchised used car dealers. Most borrowers have less-than-perfect credit histories, which impairs their ability to secure loans. UACC, once heavily localized in California, now has more than 15 offices throughout the country -- a dramatic decrease from what it had only a few years ago. Chairman Guillermo Bron and investment firm Pine Brook Road are buying United PanAm.

Park Bancorp, the holding company for Park Federal Savings Bank. The community-oriented bank serves Chicago and Westmont, Illinois, through about five offices. It offers deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Its lending activities focus on residential mortgages (one- to two-family residential mortgages account for nearly 60% of its loan portfolio and multifamily mortgages represent more than 15%). Other loan products include commercial real estate mortgages and land, construction, and consumer loans. As a group, board members and executive officers own more than a third of Park Bancorp.

The Chiba Bank serves Japan's Chiba prefecture -- located east of Tokyo -- through about 170 branches and sub-branches. The bank, in addition to providing traditional banking services to individuals and businesses, offers investment trusts, credit cards, leasing, financial consulting, annuities, and securities. Its lending focuses on home mortgages, regional businesses, and residential construction companies. The bank has more than 28,000 ATMs nationwide and operates international offices in Hong Kong, London, New York, and Shanghai. In 2008 Chiba Bank joined with banks in Thailand and China to provide financial services in those countries.

Home Loan Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for The Home Loan Savings Bank (bank). The bank’s deposit services include passbook savings accounts, demand deposits, NOW accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its lending activities comprise mortgage loans secured by one- to four-family residential, nonresidential real estate loans, commercial loans, home improvement loans, education loans, loans secured by savings accounts, motor vehicle loans, unsecured loans, and credit cards services. The bank conducts business from two offices in Coshocton, Ohio and one office at West Lafayette, Ohio. The bank primarily invests in FHLB stock, U.S. agency securities, obligations of state and political subdivisions, and mortgage-backed and related securities. Home Loan Financial Corporation was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Coshocton, Ohio.

Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c., together with its subsidiaries, provides retail and corporate banking, investment banking, and asset management services in the Republic of Ireland and internationally. The company accepts demand deposits, time deposits, and current accounts, as well as provides lending services, such as vehicle, plant, machinery, and equipment leasing; retail and investment property loans; vehicle, plant, machinery, and equipment hire purchase; and personal loans. It also offers wealth management services, as well as a range of life and pension products. In addition, the company provides corporate finance, treasury, risk management, stock broking, and outsourced financial services

First Internet Bancorp was formed in 2006 to be the holding company for First Internet Bank of Indiana (First IB). Launched in 1999, the bank was the first state-chartered, FDIC-insured institution to operate solely via the Internet. It now operates two locations in Indianapolis after adding one via its 2007 purchase of Landmark Financial (the parent of Landmark Savings Bank), a deal that also brought aboard residential mortgage brokerage Landmark Mortgage. First IB offers traditional checking and savings accounts in addition to CDs, IRAs, credit and check cards, consumer installment and residential mortgage loans, and lines of credit. It serves customers in all 50 states.

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Bank of the Ozarks that provides a range of retail and commercial banking services. The company’s deposit products include checking, savings, money market, time deposit, and individual retirement accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises real estate loans, which include loans secured by residential one to four family, non-farm/non-residential, construction/land development, multifamily residential properties, and other land loans; and consumer loans for the purchase of automobiles, recreational vehicles, boats, and mobile homes. The company’s loan portfolio also includes loans for commercial, industrial, and professional purposes, including loans to fund working capital requirements, and purchases of machinery and equipment, as well as term loans, balloon loans, and lines of credit; and agricultural loans for financing agricultural production, such as loans to businesses or individuals engaged in the production of timber, poultry, livestock, or crops. It also provides mortgage lending; treasury management services, including wholesale lock box services; remote deposit capture services; trust and wealth management services, including financial planning, money management, custodial services, and retirement planning; real estate appraisals; credit-related life and disability insurance; ATMs; telephone banking; on-line banking, including on-line bill pay; debit cards; and safe deposit boxes. Further, the company offers credit cards for consumers and businesses; processing of merchant credit card transactions, and full service investment brokerage services. As of December 31, 2009, it had 73 offices, including 65 banking offices in 34 communities throughout northern, western, and central Arkansas; 7 Texas banking offices; and a loan production office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Automotive Finance Corporation (AFC) is a premier capital funding source for the used car industry. Founded in 1987 and based out of Carmel, Indiana, AFC's commitment to the success of our customers, our employees, and our company has made us one of the largest independent providers of dealer floorplan financing in North America. With more than 85 strategically located branch offices servicing dealers at more than 800 auctions throughout North America, AFC offers outstanding customer service and solutions to the independent dealer's unique business needs. AFC offers innovative products and services designed with the independent dealer in mind, including Vehicle Inventory Protection (VIP) and 24-hour account management through www.afcdealer.com. Additional floorplan programs for salvage vehicles, daily rental operators, and for non-auction purchases are also available.

National Bancshares Corporation operates as the holding company for First National Bank that provides a range of financial services to individuals and companies in Ohio. The company accepts various deposits, which include checking and savings accounts, regular and money market savings accounts, NOW accounts, and fixed-maturity and fixed-rate certificates. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, construction loans, residential mortgage and home equity loans, and secured and unsecured consumer installment loans. In addition, the company offers debit cards, gift cards, travel cards, travelers` checks, official checks, money orders, ATM services, and individual retirement accounts.

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