Glacier Bancorp is on a Rocky Mountain High. The multibank holding company owns about a dozen community banks in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Washington, Colorado, and Wyoming. Serving individuals, small to midsized businesses, not-for-profits, and public entities, the banks operate a total of about 100 branches. Glacier Bancorp offers traditional deposit products and credit cards, in addition to retail brokerage and investment services through agreements with third-party providers. Its lending activities consist of commercial real estate loans (almost half of the company's loan portfolio), as well as residential mortgages, business loans, and consumer loans.

Drake Financial is an Export-Import Bank Guaranteed Lender. Perhaps Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the world would have gone a little smoother had Drake Finance Group been involved. Working through a network of private lenders, Drake Financial Group secures trade financing for US exporters and foreign buyers of bulk agricultural products, capital equipment, consumer durables, raw materials, and spare parts. Additionally, Drake Finance Group, Inc facilitates asset-based loans, equipment leasing, factoring, and lines of credit for businesses based in the US and Canada.

Societe Generale wants to be top brass in the French banking industry. The bank (familiarly known as SocGen) commands a three-pronged campaign, with operations in global investment management (including SG Private Banking and majority-owned online brokerage Boursorama); retail banking and specialized financial services, including finance, leasing, and insurance; and corporate and investment banking, focusing on European capital markets, derivatives, and structured finance. In the US, the company controls asset manager The TCW Group. SocGen has about 3,000 branches in France (including its Credit du Nord division), and some 5,300 locations worldwide.

Baker Boyer National Bank serves individual and business customers through about 10 branches in southern Washington and northern Oregon. Founded in 1869, the family-owned company is the oldest bank in Washington State.For Baker Boyer Bancorp, it "is" personal. The holding company for Baker Boyer National Bank takes pride in the personal touch it applies to its services, which include standard deposit products, loans, financial planning, and insurance services. One- to four-family residential mortgages account for the largest portion of the bank's loan portfolio. Through Baker Boyer Wealth Management Services, the company offers investments, private banking, brokerage, and trust services.

Los Alamos National Bank was established in June 1963 by a group of local investors who saw the need for a convenient, full-service community bank. Now one of the largest and strongest banks in the state, LANB continues to be locally owned and operated by Trinity Capital Corporation, a one-bank holding company. We are committed to our customers and to those activities that foster a better quality of life in the communities they serve.

Rome Bancorp is the holding company for The Rome Savings Bank. Originally chartered in 1851, the bank serves residents and businesses of central New York's Oneida County through about five branches. One- to four-family mortgages make up more than half of the company's loan portfolio; commercial real estate, consumer, home equity, and business loans round out the bank's lending activities. Rome Savings' deposit products include checking, money market, and savings accounts; certificates of deposit; and IRAs. Rome Bancorp is being acquired by Massachusetts-based Berkshire Hills Bancorp (which is also buying Legacy Bancorp in a separate transaction) for $74 million.

Heartland Financial USA, Inc., through its bank subsidiaries, provides commercial and retail banking services to businesses and individuals. Its deposit products include checking and other demand deposit, negotiable order of withdrawal, savings, money market, individual retirement, and health savings accounts, as well as certificates of deposits and other time deposits. The company’s loans include commercial and industrial, agricultural, real estate mortgage, consumer, and home equity loans, as well as lines of credit. It also offers other products and services, including VISA debit cards, automated teller machines, online banking, safe deposit boxes, and trust services. In addition, the company engages in investment brokerage activities; and offers vehicle, property and casualty, life, and disability insurance, as well as tax-free annuities. Further, it offers trust and investment services for individuals and corporations. Heartland Financial USA, Inc. has strategic alliance with LPL Financial Institution Services to operate independent securities offices at its bank subsidiaries, as well as offers various investment services, such as mutual funds, annuities, retirement products, education savings products, brokerage services, employer sponsored plans, and insurance products. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 61 banking locations in the states of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Colorado, and Minnesota. Heartland Financial USA, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa.

Charter Financial is the savings and loan holding company for CharterBank, which operates more than a dozen branches and loan production offices in western Georgia and eastern Alabama. Deposit products include consumer and commercial checking accounts, savings and money market accounts, and CDs. The bank is focused on real estate lending, with residential and commercial mortgages each accounting for more than a third of its loan portfolio. It also makes consumer, business, construction, and land development loans. The bank gives cash awards to high school customers for making straight A's. Mutual holding company First Charter MHC owns more than 80% of Charter Financial.

Piedmont Federal Savings Bank focuses on offering sound financial solutions that truly fit people’s lives. We believe in getting to know customers by name, and providing a level of personalized service that just can’t be found at other financial institutions. In addition to our commitment to customer service, we have a wide range of financial products for just about any need, whether it’s a home loan, or a savings plan for college, retirement or medical expenses. Rates on all Piedmont Federal products are extremely competitive, and all our savings programs are safe, secure and backed by the FDIC.

Ceska sporitelna a.s,the savings bank is the largest in the country, with more than 600 branches scattered throughout the Czech Republic; it offers a complete range of financial products and related services. Among its 5.3 million clients are private citizens, small- and medium-sized businesses, municipalities, and corporations. The bank's 14 subsidiaries provide insurance, fund management and real estate and consulting services. Founded in 1825, the company started trading on the public stock exchange in 1991; it has been a member of the Erste Bank Financial Group since 2000, when Erste Bank purchased the company from the Czech National Property Fund.

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