Washington Federal, Inc. operates as the holding company for Washington Federal, which provides various financial services in the United States. The company’s deposit products include checking accounts, passbook and statement accounts, insured money market accounts, and time deposits or certificate accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises first lien mortgages on single-family dwellings, construction loans, land acquisition and development loans, loans on multi-family and other income producing properties, home equity loans, and business loans. The company also engages in the real estate investment and insurance brokerage activities. As of March 22, 2010, the company operated 160 offices in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico. Washington Federal, Inc. was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) provides banking and financial services to a predominately Muslim clientele in the Middle East and North Africa. Offerings include retail and commercial banking, investment banking, portfolio management, and Islamic banking. The company also provides project finance, foreign exchange, derivatives, financial advisory services. ABC operates in about 20 countries, with representative and affiliate offices in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The Central Bank of Libya now owns a majority of ABC after acquiring about a third of the bank in two separate deals in 2010. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Kuwait Investment Authority also hold stakes.

Private & Commercial Finance Group provides financing to individuals for new and used cars, motorcycles, light commercial vehicles, and yes, horseboxes, otherwise known as horse trailers. The commercial segment of Private & Commercial Finance Group's business consists of its equipment finance division, providing commercial loans for businesses primarily needing plant equipment and vehicle financing. The company's e-Quote proposal system connects the company to a network of finance sources; the system generates and efficiently processes the high volume of loan applications central to the company's strategy.

Itaúsa is an umbrella organization for financial services, real estate, building products, chemicals and electronics, and IT firms. The company's financial services arm its largest sector includes Itaú Unibanco, one of Brazil's largest banks. The bank operates more than branches 3,700 branches in Brazil and also has a presence in major markets in Europe, Asia, the US, and elsewhere in Latin America. Itaúsa's other operations include Duratex, which makes medium-density fiberboard and ceramic and metal bathroom fixtures; high-tech company Itautec; and chemical company Elekeiroz. Members of the Egydio de Souza Aranha family own a controlling stake in the company.

Centrix Bank likes to be central in the lives of its customers. Founded in 1998 to serve small to midsized businesses, as well as not-for-profits, municipalities, and professionals, the bank bank operates about a half-dozen branches in southern New Hampshire. It offers such traditional deposit products as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Lending is focused on area businesses, with commercial mortgages accounting for more than half of the bank's loan portfolio and other business loans contributing more than a third. Personal loans, residential construction loans, and home equity lines of credit help to round out Centrix Bank's lending activities.

Chester National Bank is located approximately 60 miles south of St. Louis, Missouri on the Mississippi River with its Main Office located in Chester, Illinois, "The Home of Popeye". Originally organized in 1919, Chester National Bank conducts business from the main office in Chester, IL with two full service offices in Sparta and Red Bud, IL. Chester National Bank of Missouri is located in Perryville, Missouri. Chester National Bank of Missouri was formed in 1996 and conducts business from the main office located in Perry County, Missouri.

Svenska Handelsbanken is Swedish for universal banking. The group provides corporate and individual clients with deposit products, loans, credit cards, and other banking services. Subsidiaries operate in several related areas, including life insurance, mortgages, pensions, fund management, and Internet banking. The bank has more than 460 branches in Sweden and some 240 branches in the rest of Scandinavia, the UK, and other countries; it has a presence in countries including Austria, China, Hong Kong, Russia, and the US. Subsidiaries include Handelsbanken Finans corporate financing unit, Handelsbanken Asset Management, and Handelsbanken Liv (asset management and pension products).

Bar Harbor Bankshares is a Maine-stay for communities in the Pine Tree State's Hancock, Knox, and Washington counties. Through about a dozen branches, subsidiary Bar Harbor Bank & Trust offers such deposit products as checking, savings, and money market accounts; NOW accounts; IRAs; and CDs. Real estate mortgages make up some 80% of the bank's loan portfolio, which also includes consumer, commercial, and agricultural loans. About 10% of the bank's lending is focused on the tourist industry associated with nearby Acadia National Park. Bar Harbor Trust Services, a subsidiary of the bank, offers trust and estate planning services.

Apollo Bancorp is the holding company for Apollo Trust Company, a community bank serving Western Pennsylvania's Kiski Valley, northeast of Pittsburgh. Through about five branches, the bank offers checking, savings, and investment accounts to individuals and local businesses. It also offers trust services. One- to four-family residential mortgages and commercial real estate loans make up most of the bank's loan portfolio. It also offers construction and land development loans, consumer loans, and farm loans, in addition to lending to area municipalities. Apollo Trust Company opened in 1871.

Established in 1880, National Bank of Romania (NBR) serves as the central bank for Romania and is the only entity in the country authorized to distribute and issue legal tender. (In Romania, the currency is measured with the paper leu and the coin ban). The bank is responsible for overseeing and regulating credit institutions, maintaining the exchange rate, and managing the official reserves. It also closely monitors inflation and financial stability. Operating some 20 branches throughout the country, NBR is controlled by a board of nine directors appointed by Romania's parliament. It was established in 1880.

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