FirstFed Bancorp is the holding company for First Financial Bank, which has about 10 branches in central Alabama. The bank offers standard deposit products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts; IRAs; and CDs. With funds from deposits it originates loans in its market area, which includes Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa counties. First Financial's lending activities primarily consist of commercial real estate loans, single-family residential mortgages, and construction and land development loans. The bank also writes business and consumer loans.

One of India's largest banks, Canara Bank (also known as CanBank) has a network of more than 2,700 branches throughout India, in addition to branches in Hong Kong and London. All of Canara Bank's branches including those located in rural areas are computerized, in a country where that is not a given. The modernization of all branches allows the bank to offer its customers networked ATMs, telebanking, internet banking, and debit card services. Canara Bank's lending focus is on agriculture, retail, housing, and infrastructure loans. Other services include asset management and factoring. The financial institution is 73% owned by India's government.

United Security Bancshares (unrelated to the Alabama-based corporation of the same name) is the holding company for United Security Bank, which operates about 10 branches, loan offices and financial services offices in central California's San Joaquin Valley. The bank attracts deposits from area businesses and individuals by offering checking and savings accounts, NOW and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and IRAs. In 2007 United Security Bancshares bought Legacy Bank, which had a single branch in Campbell, California. A year later the company purchased ICG Financial and then formed a wealth management, consulting and insurance division, USB Financial Services.

First Federal Community Bank of Bucyrus was chartered in 1888 as Bucyrus Loan & Building Company. Business was initially conducted from the law offices of D.W. Locke, located in the current FirstMerit Bank building on the square in downtown Bucyrus. Bucyrus Loan & Building Co. soon moved to the rear of the First National Bank building, located in the 100 block of West Rensselaer Street. That office was only open one hour per week, with weekly board meetings held shortly after closing.

United Community Financial is the holding company for The Home Savings and Loan Company of Youngstown, Ohio, a community bank with some 40 branches and a half-dozen loan production offices in Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Real estate loans account for about 80% of the company's loan portfolio; business and consumer loans make up the remainder. The bank also offers checking and savings accounts, CDs, retirement accounts, investments, and credit cards. In 2007 United Community Financial planned to buy Cleveland-area banking company PVF Capital, but both parties later canceled the deal.

Sekerbank provides banking services for the residents of Turkey and abroad. The company focuses on providing a variety of corporate and commercial, retail, and small business banking services and products. Sekerbank has more than 200 branches and more than 200 ATMs in about 60 cities throughout Turkey. Its subsidiaries include Seker Yatirim (investment banking), Seker Leasing (leasing), Seker Bilisim (information technology services), and Seker Off-Shore (off-shore banking). The company was founded as Seker Pancari Kooperatifleri Bankasi in 1953. Sekerbank's pension fund owns more than 50% of the company. Sekerbank plans to continue to develop new products for its customers.

The Ehime Bank provides a range of banking and other financial services to residents of the Ehime Prefecture and to the larger Shikoku area. Services offered include savings, loans, credit card issuing, foreign currency exchange, leasing, and more. The Ehime Bank has more than 90 offices, including two in Osaka and one in Tokyo, and the bank focuses on serving individuals and small- to medium-sized businesses. Minority shareholders in the bank include Japan Trustee Services Bank, Mizuho Corporate, and Aozora.

Deutsche Bank is a leading global investment bank with a strong private clients franchise. Its businesses are mutually reinforcing.A leader in Germany and Europe, the bank is continuously growing in North America, Asia and key emerging markets.With 82,504 employees and 1,977 branches in 73 countries (as of September 30, 2010), Deutsche Bank offers unparalleled financial services throughout the world.

San Diegans like their money sunny-side up. San Diego County Credit Union operates more than two dozens branches that offer standard deposit services such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. The credit union also offers home, auto, and business loans, Visa credit cards, and individual retirement accounts. It opened in 1938 as San Diego County Employees' Credit Union, a one-branch operation serving local government employees. It opened its membership to all residents of San Diego county in the 1970s, dropped the "Employees'" from its name, and today serves more than 200,000 members in Southern California's San Diego, Riverside, and Orange counties.

Fidelity Bank is committed to providing exceptional service to all of our customers. As the second largest locally owned financial institution in Wichita, Kansas and a growing presence in the Oklahoma City area, we provide customers with a wide array of quality financial services. The forerunner of Fidelity Bank--The Fidelity Investment Company--opened its doors for business in Wichita in 1905 as a mortgage lender. In 1942 Homer C. Bastian, Kansas' first director of the Federal Housing Administration, recognized Wichita's growth potential as a trade area. He left the FHA and purchased one-half interest in Fidelity Investment.

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