Lloyds Banking Group plc provides various banking and financial services to personal and corporate customers primarily in the United Kingdom. It operates through four segments: Retail, Wholesale, Wealth and International, and Insurance. The Retail segment provides banking, mortgages, and other financial services to personal customers. Its products include current and savings accounts, personal loans, credit cards, and mortgages. This segment also operates as a general insurance and bancassurance distributor and sells a range of long-term savings, investment, and general insurance products. The Wholesale provides banking and related services for multinational corporates and financial institutions, and small and medium-sized businesses.

Independent Bank Corporation is the holding company for Independent Bank, which serves Michigan's Lower Peninsula from more than 100 branches and a handful of loan production offices. Independent Bank provides retail and commercial banking services including mortgage lending and wealth management. Commercial loans account for about a third of its loan portfolio, followed by mortgages and consumer installment loans. The company also owns Mepco Finance, which acquired payment plans for extended automobile warranties, and Independent Title Services.

Capitol Federal Financial operates as the holding company for Capitol Federal Savings Bank, which provides various banking services in Kansas. Capitol Federal Financial offers a range of deposit products, such as savings accounts, money market accounts, interest bearing and non-interest bearing checking accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its lending products include consumer loans comprising home equity loans and lines of credit, home improvement loans, auto loans, and loans secured by savings deposits; loans secured by first mortgages on non-owner-occupied one- to four-family residences; and commercial and multi-family real estate loans, as well as construction loans secured by residential or commercial properties. The company principally serves metropolitan areas of Topeka, Wichita, Lawrence, Manhattan, Emporia, and Salina, as well as a portion of the metropolitan area of greater Kansas City. As of September 30, 2009, it operated 42 branches. Capitol Federal Financial was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Topeka, Kansas.

The Norinchukin Bank (Nochu for short) acts as the de facto central bank for nearly 5,000 agricultural, forestry and fishery cooperative systems in Japan. Most of the bank's deposits come from these agricultural and fishery cooperatives, which the bank uses for investments. It then disburses the profits and offers services such as loans to its members. The bank has 35 branches in Japan with domestic and foreign offices in Tokyo, London, New York, and Singapore. The bank, with mutual insurer Zenkyoren, controls Norinchukin-Zenkyoren Asset Management, which provides pension plans.

Astoria Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association that provides various banking services in the United States. It primarily engages in generating deposits and originating loans. Astoria Financial Corporation company’s deposit products include passbook and statement savings accounts, money market accounts, NOW and demand deposit accounts, and liquid certificates of deposit, as well as certificates of deposit, which comprise time deposits. Its loan portfolio consists of one-to-four family mortgage loans; multi-family and commercial real estate loans; construction loans for various residential properties and certain commercial real estate properties; and consumer and other loans, including home equity lines of credit, as well as overdraft protection, commercial loans, and passbook loans. Astoria Financial Corporation, through its other subsidiaries, also operates as a life insurance agency. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 85 full-service banking offices. Astoria Financial Corporation was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Lake Success, New York.

Falcon International Bank is proud to call South Texas home. Founded in Laredo, Texas in 1986, Falcon knows well the distinct duality of border-town culture; in fact, we use it to blend the quality of Mexican tradition with the efficacy of modern American banking. The result is a bank with a sincere commitment to service—and an unparalleled track record of growth and achievement.

Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited has more than 550 branches throughout Thailand; almost half are in the Bangkok area. It also operates overseas branches in Hong Kong, Laos, and the Cayman Islands. Serving individuals and small to midsized businesses, the bank offers deposit, lending, insurance, and investment services. For corporations, it performs investment banking and trading services as well. The bank also provides deposit, trade, and investment services to other financial institutions. Bank of Ayudhya was founded in 1945 in Thailand's Ayudhya province. General Electric Capital owns about a third of the bank; Thai NVDR Co., owned by The Stock Exchange of Thailand, holds some 15%.

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.

Woodforest Financial Group Inc. family of companies includes both Woodforest National Bank and Woodforest Bank. Each bank plays an important role in the continued growth and strength of Woodforest.Woodforest Financial Group purchased Olympic Savings, a State Savings Bank out of Refugio, Texas in April 2007. Olympic soon had a new name, Woodforest Bank, and was converted to a Federal Savings Bank. Woodforest Bank currently has over 160 branches now open. With this new charter, Woodforest Financial Group brings the expertise and innovation of 30 years of banking success to all new Woodforest markets around the country.

Barclays Bank is the flagship subsidiary of financial services group Barclays PLC. The bank is primarily active in the UK, where it has some 1,700 branches, but also has significant retail and commercial operations in 50 countries throughout Europe and in several African nations, as well as the Middle East. It offers standard retail services such as current accounts, savings and investments, mortgages and other loans, insurance (it owns 59% of bancassurance provider Absa Group), credit cards (the Barclaycard), and online banking. Barclays Bank traces its roots to the late 17th century.

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