Ally Financial wants to be your friend in the financing business. Ally Financial Inc. (formerly GMAC) opted for its friendlier-sounding name in 2010 after it converted to a bank holding company. In addition to owning Ally Bank, it provides auto financing for General Motors (GM) and Chrysler dealerships and their customers around the world. Its Residential Capital (ResCap) subsidiary issues residential mortgages in the US and Canada. Ally Financial also provides financing services for large- and mid-market companies around the world through Ally Commercial Finance (formerly GMAC Commercial Finance). Although GM owns a stake in Ally, the lender was not included in GM's 2009 Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.

Banca di Legnano is a midsized bank serving northern Italy in and around Milan. The company offers standard retail and commercial banking services including deposit accounts and consumer and business loans and mortgages from about 100 branch locations. It also also provides asset management, pension planning, and related services. Banca di Legnano was founded in 1887 and is owned by Banca Popolare di Milano, which is in talks to merge with Banco Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, through its subsidiaries, offers banking and financial services to personal, commercial, corporate, and institutional customers in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It provides private banking and investment services, and offshore banking services; and debt and equity financing and risk management services, as well as money markets, rates flow trading, currencies and commodities, equities, credit markets and portfolio management and origination services. The company also offers global payments, cash and liquidity management, and trade finance and commercial card products and services; sells and underwrites retail and SME insurance over the telephone and Internet, as well as through brokers and partnerships; and offers general insurance, including motor insurance under the brands of Direct Line, Churchill, Privilege, Green Flag, and NIG. In addition, it provides operational technology, customer support in telephony, account management, lending and money transmission, global purchasing, property, and other services. The company was founded in 1727 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc operates as a subsidiary of HM Treasury.

Premium Credit can lay claim to being one of the largest insurance premium financiers in the UK simply because it is one of the few such companies. The firm lends money to individuals and small businesses for payments on a range of insurance products such as business insurance, professional indemnity coverage, and motor and household insurance. Premium Credit also handles outsourced collections of recurring annual or monthly payments such as those collected by accountants and lawyers, magazines and newspapers, property managers, and clubs and organizations. Through Holmwood Termtime, a partnership with HSBC, the company collects school fees from parents of students at some 650 schools across the UK.

SunTrust Banks, Inc. operates as the holding company for SunTrust Bank, which provides various financial services to consumer and corporate customers in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Retail and Commercial, Wealth and Investment Management, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Household Lending. The Retail and Commercial segment offers various financial products and services that include consumer deposits; home equity lines; consumer lines; commercial and commercial real estate lending; financial risk management; insurance premium financing; treasury and payment solutions, including commercial card services; and specialized commercial real estate investments.

First West Virginia Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Progressive Bank, N.A., which provides various consumer and commercial banking products and services to individuals, businesses, professionals, and governments. The company offers various deposit accounts, including non-interest bearing demand checking accounts, interest bearing checking/negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, and Christmas club accounts.

The years following Ashley’s retirement saw rapid growth and expansion as Ashe Federal became AF Bank and opened five additional branch locations in Ashe, Watauga, and Alleghany Counties. A mutual holding company, AsheCo, MHC, was established in 1996. A mid-tier holding company, AF Bankshares, Inc. was created in 1998 and in 2002 the company’s shareholders voted to change its name to AF Financial Group.

Punjab and Sind Bank was founded in 1908 to help those economically challenged Indians traditionally underserved by financial institutions. PSB boasts more than 900 branches (about half in the state of Punjab) offering savings and checking accounts, credit cards, loans, and life insurance along with government pension accounts and remittance services. It also has about 100 limited service counters inside other businesses. PSB has been restructuring, closing or relocating underperforming branches to improve profits. It has asked the Indian government, its owner, to grant it an initial public offering.

Abbey International is waiting. A unit of Spanish banking powerhouse Santander, Abbey National International (which does business as Abbey International) serves British expatriates with offshore banking services via telephone and the Internet. Offerings include standard deposit accounts, as well as tax-beneficial interest-bearing products denominated in British sterling, US dollars, and euros. Santander's UK divisions are adopting the parent company's brand.

The Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank provides banking and other financial services in the Gifu prefecture in central Japan. The bank serves consumers and businesses from more than 140 domestic branch locations and from 3 international offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and New York. Services include banking, credit cards, credit guaranty, and leasing. Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank was established in 1896.

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