Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation stands atop a "big hill" in Pennsylvania. It is the holding company for Bryn Mawr Trust, which operates some 25 offices (several being limited-service branches located in retirement communities) in Pennsylvania's Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties, including Philadelphia's tony Main Line suburbs. In addition to such traditional services as checking and savings accounts, CDs, mortgages, and business and consumer loans, the bank also provides insurance products, equipment leasing, investment management, retirement planning, tax planning and preparation, and trust services. Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation has approximately $3 billion of assets under administration and management.

The banking division of Hong Kong's Dah Sing Group, DSBG operates three subsidiaries (Dah Sing Bank, Banco Comercial de Macau, and MEVAS Bank), a securities trading company, and a joint venture private banking business with SG Hambros Bank, which provides offshore private banking services. The bank's services include savings accounts, credit cards, loans, and e-banking. Dah Sing Bank has nearly 50 branches in Hong Kong, more than a dozen branches in Macau, and a handful of locations in China. It also owns about 20% of China's Bank of Chongqing, with 70 locations. Fellow Dah Sing Group subsidiary Dah Sing Financial Group owns DSBG.

Manx Financial Group (MFG), formerly Conister Financial Group. The Isle of Man, being neither part of the UK nor a member of the EU, is a center for offshore banking. In the past few years, the company has evolved from an asset finance firm to a full-service financial institution, and in 2008 transitioned to a holding company structure. It owns Conister Bank (formerly Consiter Trust) which offers deposits, loans, and wealth management services to personal and business clients. Another subsidiary, TransSend, issues prepaid MasterCards. MFG hasn't neglected its roots, however; in 2010 it bought ECF Asset Finance.

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.

Fidelity Federal is true to its community. It's the holding company for United Fidelity Bank (aka United Bank), which operates about a half-dozen branches in southern Indiana. In addition to traditional products like checking and savings accounts, CDs, and credit cards, the bank offers investments such as IRAs, heath savings accounts, education savings accounts, and savings bonds. One- to four-family residential mortgages account for the largest portion of the company's loan portfolio, followed by commercial real estate, construction and land development, and business loans. United Bank also offers private banking services.

The Singer Organization can help you join the chorus of companies seeking debt and equity funding. The commercial brokerage company (which does business as The Singer & Bassuk Organization or SBO) provides debt and equity funding and consulting services for commercial real estate firms, primarily in the New York metropolitan area. The Singer Organization's average deal size is in excess of $50 million. Typically the firm arranges financing for high-rise residential buildings, hotels, retail centers, and offices. Big developers such as the Moinian Group, Rockrose Development, and Douglaston Development are among its clients. Executives Andrew Singer and Richard Bassuk lead the firm, which they founded in 1995.

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.

WSB Holdings was formed in 2008 to be the holding company for The Washington Savings Bank, a thrift with about five branches and a loan production office in Maryland's Baltimore/Washington, DC, corridor. Targeting middle-class consumers and midsized businesses, it offers standard deposit services such as checking savings, money market, and retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit. Although the bank has traditionally focused on single-family mortgages and construction loans, it has diversified its loan portfolio amid the troubled housing market; commercial loans now account for the largest portion of its portfolio. Chairman William Harnett owns more than 40% of WSB Holdings.

One of the largest independent bank holding companies based in Texas, Cullen/Frost Bankers owns Frost National Bank through a second-tier holding company, the New Galveston Company. The community-oriented bank serves individuals and local businesses, as well as clients in neighboring parts of Mexico, through more than 100 branches in Texas metropolitan areas. It offers commercial and consumer deposit products and loans, trust and investment management services, mutual funds, insurance, capital markets and brokerage services, and correspondent banking. Subsidiaries include Frost Insurance Agency, Frost Brokerage Services, Frost Investment Advisors, and investment banking arm Frost Securities.

Founded in 1960, Cohen Financial, L.P. has nearly 10 offices in major US markets. Cohen Financial is an investment bank that provides capital and other financial services to those in the commercial real estate industry. Cohen funds loans both directly and indirectly through a cadre of capital sources. Borrowers typically use loans to acquire, construct, or renovate industrial, multifamily, office, and retail properties. The firm spun off its investment management unit into a joint venture, Wrightwood Capital, which manages commercial real estate investments on behalf of foundations and endowments, institutions, private investors, and private and public pension funds.

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