Easton Bancorp, that is. Easton Bancorp is the holding company for Easton Bank & Trust, which serves Talbot and Caroline counties on Maryland's eastern shore. From about a half dozen offices, the bank provides standard retail products and services, including checking and savings accounts, IRAs, and credit cards to local businesses and individuals. It uses funds from deposits to write mostly commercial and real estate loans; other offerings include consumer loans and agricultural loans. Easton Bank & Trust also operates under the names Denton Bank & Trust and Oxford Bank & Trust. Easton Bancorp is taking itself private.

A Burdale in the hand may be worth a few bushels full of cash to midsized businesses in the UK and continental Europe. Burdale Financial, which was acquired from Wachovia by Bank of Ireland in 2005, provides comprehensive asset-based lending to businesses looking for growth financing. Burdale Financial shuns what it characterizes as piece-meal approaches (receivables lending, factoring) in favor of comprehensive asset-based financing, which typically sees Burdale lending to manufacturing, retail, or distribution clients undergoing a change, such as management-led buyout or turnaround. Officers Dennis Levine and Brian Gitlin founded Burdale Financial in 1992.

Sberbank is one of the largest banking institutions in Russia. It has more than 20,000 branches throughout the country (crossing 11 time zones) offering banking services ranging from savings to private and investment banking, and a complete range of lending and credit services to more than 1 million corporate and 250 million retail customers. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation, also known as The Bank of Russia, is a majority shareholder of Sberbank, owning about 60% of its ordinary shares.

AMB Financial Corp. operates as the holding company for the American Savings, FSB that offers a range of financial products and services to families and local businesses primarily in northwest Indiana. The company’s deposit products include passbook accounts, demand and NOW accounts, certificate accounts, money market accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises residential real estate, nonresidential real estate, home equity, multi-family, construction, consumer, land, commercial business, home improvement, and vehicle loans. AMB Financial Corp. also offers online banking, debit/ATM cards, automated clearing house, remote deposit capture, accounts receivable financing, and merchant services. In addition, the company provides investment, estate, business, and financial planning services. It operates through three full-service banking offices located in Dyer, Hammond, and Schererville, Indiana. AMB Financial Corp. was founded in 1910 and is based in Munster, Indiana.

Northern Star Financial is the holding company for Northern Star Bank, which has two offices in Mankato and St. Cloud, Minnesota. Serving local consumers and small and midsized businesses, the bank offers standard deposit services, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Real estate loans, including single-family residential, multifamily residential, commercial mortgage, construction, and land development loans, account for most of the company's portfolio. To a lesser extent, the bank makes business, consumer, municipal, and farm loans.

Mission Community Bancorp has about five offices in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. Its Mission Community Development arm provides financing for small businesses and affordable housing projects. An affiliated not-for-profit group offers training to the community and small businesses. The Carpenter Community BancFund owns about 25% of Mission.Mission Community Bancorp is on a mission to provide traditional community banking services and foster economic revitalization and community development. Subsidiary Mission Community Bank offers standard checking, savings products, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. It also focuses on agribusiness, commercial, construction, and consumer loans.

First Victoria National Bank is a story of pioneer venture and courage that has become the solid foundation of Victoria's steady growth and economic stability. Its beginnings are deeply intertwined with the colorful history and early development of the entire South Texas region. Within a short time, Victoria had grown to a thriving 2,000, commerce and trade were at a peak; and there was a need for a trusted and reliable banking system to ensure the continued success of the rugged farm and ranch communities taking root. In 1867, First Victoria National Bank was established as the pioneer bank to meet the challenges of this newly settled but growing community.

Aztec Financial Services helps businesses strike gold. The commercial lender and business services provider provides commercial mortgage brokerage services and equipment and software financing. Commercial loans include financing for mobile home parks, retail and industrial properties, golf courses, and hotels. Aztec also helps businesses buy computers, furniture, trucks, and construction equipment. Transactions typically range from $25,000 to $100 million. Its AFS Property Management arm provides services for multifamily residential properties and retail centers. Aztec customers include small to mid-size companies, large corporations, and non-profit organizations.

Citizens Holding Company has taken the proletariat approach to banking. The firm is the holding company for The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia, Mississippi, which operates some 20 locations in the eastern part of the state. Founded in 1908, the bank targets individuals and local businesses, offering products such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, IRAs, and trust services. Lending activities consist mostly of real estate loans (about 70% of the loan portfolio) and commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans (more than 10%). Citizens Holding offers discount brokerage services through an agreement with First Tennessee Bank. Subsidiary Title Services offers title insurance.

Whitney Holding Corporation was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. Whitney Holding Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Whitney National Bank that provides community banking services to commercial, small business, and retail customers. Whitney Holding Corporation offers various deposit products, such as non interest bearing demand deposits, interest-bearing deposits, NOW account, money market, savings, and other time deposits. Its loan portfolio includes commercial and industrial; commercial real estate; construction, land, and land development; residential mortgage; and consumer loans, as well as secured and unsecured loan products, such as revolving credit facilities. The company also offers letters of credit, financial guarantees, and financing for the development of housing. In addition, it provides treasury management services; trust and investment management services to retirement plans; investment brokerage services; and annuity products, as well as personal and business lines of insurance to customers in northwest Florida and the New Orleans metropolitan area. Whitney Holding Corporation offers its services in Texas, southern Louisiana, coastal region of Mississippi, central and south Alabama, and the western panhandle and the Tampa Bay metropolitan area of Florida, as well as in Grand Cayman in the British West Indies.

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