The Rose Corporation has blossomed as a merchant bank specializing in real estate. Rose provides first mortgages and short-term mezzanine lending to developers primarily in Toronto and invests in such properties as senior living centers and resorts. Benefiting from Canada's thriving entertainment industry, subsidiary Toronto Film Studios will build and operate Filmport, a $250 million multistage film lot and media village in Toronto's port area. CEO Sam Reisman split from a family of homebuilders to found Rose (named for his wife) in 1982; he took the firm private in 2003.

Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: BMO) is a highly diversified financial services organization. With total assets of $397 billion as of July 31, 2010, and more than 38,000 employees, BMO provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions.

Oriental Financial Group Inc. is a financial holding company operating under U.S. and Puerto Rico banking laws and regulations. Now in its 46th year, Oriental is the fourth largest bank based in Puerto Rico.

Knightswood provides financing to companies residing in the agricultural, oil and gas, commercial real estate, and personal financing sectors through the issuance of bonds to investors. Subsidiaries include Opus Cranberries Corporation, Ponderosa Ginseng Farms, and Qwest Energy. Knightswood was established in 1987.

Los Alamos National Bank was established in June 1963 by a group of local investors who saw the need for a convenient, full-service community bank. Now one of the largest and strongest banks in the state, LANB continues to be locally owned and operated by Trinity Capital Corporation, a one-bank holding company. We are committed to our customers and to those activities that foster a better quality of life in the communities they serve.

The Bank of Yokohama concentrates its operations in its native Kanagawa prefecture and southern portions of neighboring Tokyo. The bank offers standard retail services such as deposits, housing loans, credit cards, securities brokerage, and investment products and advice. On the commercial side, it provides small and medium-sized commercial financing, including venture capital investment. The bank also has units that offer leasing and factoring. The Bank of Yokohama, which was formed in 1920, operates more than 600 Japanese branches, plus representative offices in Hong Kong, London, New York, and Shanghai. It is opening shared branches in a joint venture with Hamagin Tokai Tokyo Securities.

Colonial Financial Services, Inc operates as the holding company for Colonial Bank, FSB that provides various banking products and services. It offers various deposit accounts, which include certificates of deposit, savings accounts, NOW accounts, checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, club accounts, and individual retirement accounts, as well as commercial checking accounts for businesses and municipalities.

Sovereign Bank offers a broad array of financial services, including retail, business, and corporate banking; cash management; capital markets; private wealth management; and insurance. Its roots reach back to 1902, when it was established as a building and loan association helping Pennsylvania textile workers become homeowners.

BB&T, the banking company that covers the Southeast like kudzu. The company serves consumers, small to midsized businesses, and government entities through more than 1,800 branches. Its flagship subsidiary, Branch Banking and Trust (also known as BB&T), is one of North Carolina's oldest banks and a leading originator of residential mortgages in the Southeast. In addition to deposit accounts and loans, the company offers insurance, mutual funds, discount brokerage, wealth management, and financial planning services. Business services include leasing, factoring, and investment banking (through Scott & Stringfellow).

Center Bancorp is the holding company for Union Center National Bank, which operates about a dozen offices in northern New Jersey's Morris and Union counties. A full-service commercial bank, Union Center offers individuals and local businesses such deposit products as checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and IRAs. It also offers trust services. Commercial loans account for about 50% of the bank's loan portfolio; residential mortgages account for most of the remainder. Subsidiaries offer services such as advertising, insurance (annuities, property/casualty, life, and health), wealth management, and real estate investment trust (REIT) operations.

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