Home Federal Bank originated in 1920 in Middlesboro, Kentucky as the Peoples Building and Loan Association. In those early years, with modest assets and prudent management, we established a record of dependability. In 1961, we became a federally chartered institution. As a means to better serve our customers' needs and to more effectively compete in today's market place, we converted from a mutual institution to a stockholder owned institution in December 1992.

First Mariner Bancorp helps customers navigate banking seas (and fees). It's the holding company for First Mariner Bank, which operates more than two-dozen branches along the Baltimore/Washington, DC, corridor. Targeting individuals and businesses, First Mariner Bank offers standard deposit products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts. Lending activities consist of commercial mortgages (more than 30% of all loans), as well as consumer, residential construction and mortgage, and business loans. Subsidiary First Mariner Mortgage originates mortgages for sale to secondary markets. First Mariner Bancorp sold consumer finance subsidiary Mariner Finance in 2009.

Rurban Financial is the holding company for State Bank and Trust, which has more than 20 branches in northwestern Ohio and another in northeastern Indiana. The banks offer products, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, credit cards, IRAs, and CDs. Commercial and agricultural loans account for approximately two-thirds of the company's loan portfolio; the bank also writes mortgage and consumer loans. Reliance Financial Services, a unit of State Bank and Trust, offers trust and investment management services, as well as brokerage services through an alliance with Raymond James. Subsidiary RDSI Banking Systems offers commercial bank data processing and item processing services.

Cortland Bancorp is the place to keep your bucks in the Buckeye State. Cortland Bancorp is the holding company for Cortland Savings and Banking Company (aka Cortland Banks), a community-oriented institution serving northeastern Ohio from about 15 banking locations. Cortland Banks offers standard banking services including checking and savings accounts, debit cards, and business and consumer loans. More than half of Cortland's loan portfolio is composed of commercial mortgages. Other offerings include discount brokerage and trust services.

The bank specializes in corporate lending and other finance products for companies in the aviation, shipping, land transport, and transport infrastructure sectors. It finances passenger and freight vessels, including rail rolling stock, crude tankers, and container carriers, and serves aviation clients such as Swiss International and Air Canada. Products and services include structured asset financing, equity sourcing, advisory services, and loan participations. DZ BANK owns 95% of DVB Bank.

Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. operates as the holding company for Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A. that provides financial products and services to large corporations, small and medium-sized companies, and individuals. The company’s Wholesale Banking division provides personalized advise; commercial banking and investment banking products; working capital loans; finance to middle and long term investment projects; transactional services, such as deposit accounts, commercial credit cards, collection and payment services, cash management, international trade services, direct payroll deposit, alternatives in the capital markets, foreign trade solutions, and e-banking services; corporate banking; international factoring; and corporate and real estate business development services to various companies. Its Retail Banking division offers financial products and services, transaction solutions, such as checking and savings accounts, credit and debit cards, and payroll direct deposit; investment products, including certificates of deposit, mutual funds, and life insurance products; Internet banking; personal loans, credit-card loans, overdraft loans, and residential mortgages; securities and foreign exchange brokerage, securities custody, and safety boxes; and private banking services to individuals, businesses, small retailers, and professionals. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides brand credit cards and consumer finance services; property and casualty insurance products; and financial related products. As of December 31, 2008, it had 238 full service banking branches; and 620 automated teller machines and 754 self-service terminals. Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. was founded in 1905 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

GE Facto (which also does business as GE Factofrance or Societe Factofrance) keeps businesses from having to factor in the time it takes customers to pay bills. Companies can avoid the typical 30- to 90-day billing cycle by selling their invoices to Factofrance, which then collects the money. Factofrance also provides accounts receivable management and debt recovery. Subsidiaries include Cofacredit and Factobail, which handle export and IT financing, respectively. Part of GE, Factofrance was formed by the 2002 merger of GE Capital Finance and Heller Financial. (The latter firm was founded in 1966 by Walter Heller, the Banque de l'Indochine, and BNP).

BPI Family Savings Bank, which has some 140 branches, traces much of its growth to remittances from Filipinos working abroad. The overseas foreign workers (OFWs) take higher-paying jobs outside of the island nation and send funds back home. (About 10% of Filipinos are OFWs.) The bank was formed in a 1985 merger between parent Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and the Family Savings Bank.

Great Florida Bank provides a range of consumer and commercial banking products and services to individuals, businesses, and industries in Florida. Its products and services include interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing demand deposit accounts, money market deposit accounts, NOW accounts, time deposits, credit cards, cash management, direct deposits, notary services, night depository, cashiers checks, domestic collections, bank drafts, and automated teller services, as well as automated teller machine cards and online banking services.

Axis Bank Limited,the private bank offers retail and corporate banking services through more than 800 branches and about 3,500 ATMs in India. Axis Bank also has branches in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and United Arab Emirates. Its retail banking group offers deposit accounts and auto, home, and other personal loans to individuals and small businesses; its corporate unit targets larger businesses with working capital loans, trade and warehouse financing, and cash management services. Axis Bank provides other products, including credit cards, mobile banking, and online tax payments. The bank offers insurance products through partnersips with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and MetLife India.

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