FirstRand's FirstRand Bank Holdings operates FirstRand Bank and First National Bank in southern Africa, as well as asset financing firm WesBank and investment bank Rand Merchant Bank. FirstRand Limited owns and operates more than 750 branches and approximately 6,000 ATMs in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, and Zambia. It also has a presence on every continent except Antarctica, with an international focus on Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and the UK. The company's activities encompass retail and private banking, corporate and investment banking, insurance, and asset management.

Fidelity Bank is committed to providing exceptional service to all of our customers. As the second largest locally owned financial institution in Wichita, Kansas and a growing presence in the Oklahoma City area, we provide customers with a wide array of quality financial services. The forerunner of Fidelity Bank--The Fidelity Investment Company--opened its doors for business in Wichita in 1905 as a mortgage lender. In 1942 Homer C. Bastian, Kansas' first director of the Federal Housing Administration, recognized Wichita's growth potential as a trade area. He left the FHA and purchased one-half interest in Fidelity Investment.

1886 was a year that saw an emergence of new ideas and a growth of new concepts. It had been only twenty-three years since Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his Raiders had invaded and burned buildings in Salem. Grover Cleveland, the 22nd President of the United States, dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor and also became the first president to marry while in office. Baseball player Ty Cobb was born. The novel, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde had been published and was fast becoming a classic.

Savannah Bancorp's "garden" grows green, rather than good and evil. The holding company owns Savannah Bank, and Bryan Bank & Trust. Together, the banks operate about a dozen offices in coastal Georgia and South Carolina. The banks offer a variety of retail services, including checking, savings, and money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Real estate mortgage loans make up about 80% of the company's loan portfolio; the banks also write construction, business, and consumer loans. Investment services are offered to individuals, organizations, and other entities through subsidiary Minis & Co., Inc.

Colonial Financial Services, Inc operates as the holding company for Colonial Bank, FSB that provides various banking products and services. It offers various deposit accounts, which include certificates of deposit, savings accounts, NOW accounts, checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, club accounts, and individual retirement accounts, as well as commercial checking accounts for businesses and municipalities.

Established in 2001, Tokyo Star provides a range of retail banking and corporate finance services. Its retail operations boast about 35 domestic branches and more than 2,300 ATMs throughout the country. Non-recourse loans and mortgages, as well as loans to the health care, environmental, and shipping markets, are among its most popular offerings. Japan-based buyout outfit Advantage Partners bought Tokyo Star Bank, including the nearly 70% stake held by US-based Lone Star Funds, in 2008.

Peoples Federal Savings and Loan Association has participated with pride in the agricultural, commercial and industrial development that has graced Shelby County and shaped the destiny of its residents. At that time the only two services we were allowed to provide were mortgage loans and savings accounts. Through the years, fast paced expansion generated a growing need for creative financing. The Association experienced tremendous growth and saw a need to expand its physical quarters to more appropriately protect its depositor’s funds and valuable documents.

Merchants Bancorp operates as a bank holding for MBank that provides various banking services for businesses and individuals in Oregon. It generates demand deposits, fixed term money market and other interest-bearing accounts, time deposits, and certificates of deposit products. The company also provides working capital lines or business loans, short-term financing, and mortgage lending, including home improvements and construction loans.

Southern First Bancshares operates in two markets: Greenville, South Carolina, where it operates under the Greenville First Bank moniker, and in Columbia, South Carolina as Southern First Bank. Selling itself as a local alternative to larger institutions, the company, which has more than five bank branches, targets individuals and small to midsized businesses. It offers traditional deposit services and products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, and CDs. The banks use funds from deposits mainly to write commercial mortgages, residential mortgages, and commercial business loans.

As one of China's Big Four banks, China Construction Bank (CCB) has historically concentrated on providing medium- and long-term loans to large domestic corporations in the oil and gas, power, telecommunications, and infrastructure industries. As such, corporate banking makes up more than half of revenues. CCB is increasingly lending to small and midsized businesses, foreign multinationals, and consumers (a segment that represents about a fifth of its revenues). The bank operates some 13,600 domestic branches, which offer standard deposit products, credit cards, and home and auto loans. CCB also provides asset management and investment banking services. China's government owns about 58% of CCB.

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