Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Ltd. was founded in 1946 during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan to foster the country's burgeoning cooperative system. Today the bank still provides financing for economic development, particularly for cooperative enterprises and small and middle-market businesses, with a focus on the fishing and farming sectors. It also provides standard banking services such as deposits and financial management to businesses and consumers. TCB has more than 300 branches in its home country, plus six offices in the US, China, Belgium, and Philippines. The Taiwanese government owns nearly 40% of the bank.

KBC Group is one of Belgium's largest financial services firms. The company operates more than 850 bank branches in Belgium and another 1,300 in Central and Eastern Europe. It has other operations in Western Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia. KBC caters to individuals, small and midsized businesses, and private banking clients. It also offers insurance, and asset management. The bank is organized into four primary business units: Belgium; Central and Eastern Europe and Russia; Merchant Banking; and European Private Banking. In 2009 KBC received its third government bailout upon reporting losses related to toxic investments.

Valiant Holding was formed in 2002 with the merger of regional Swiss banks Valiant Bank (retail banking) and Valiant Privatbank (asset management) with IRB Interregio Bank and Luzerner Regiobank. Today, Valiant Bank serves German-speaking clients in Switzerland, while Banque Romande Valiant serves the country's Francophone population. Together, the two banks have more than 100 offices. Valiant Holding also owns Spar + Leihkasse Steffisburg, a bank with two branches in Switzerland. The banks offer savings and investments, mortgages and loans, retirement planning, and private banking services, including asset management for retail and institutional investors.

Porter Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Porter Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for PBI Bank that provides commercial and personal banking products and services in Kentucky. The company’s deposit products include checking accounts, savings accounts, term certificate accounts, time deposits, money market deposit accounts, NOW accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises residential mortgage, commercial, consumer, and agriculture loans; and real estate loans, including commercial, construction, residential, and home equity loans. The company also provides drive-through banking facilities, automatic teller machines, night depository, personalized checks, credit cards, debit cards, Internet banking, electronic funds transfers, domestic and foreign wire transfers, travelers’ checks, cash management, vault services, loan and deposit sweep accounts, and lock box services. In addition, Porter Bancorp offers personal trust services, employer retirement plan services, and personal financial and retirement planning services. As of May 20, 2010, it operated 18 full service banking offices in 12 counties in Kentucky.

France's largest bank, Credit Agricole owns a 25% stake each in about 40 regional banks, which in turn own more than half of Credit Agricole. It offers retail and business banking, lending, and deposit services at more than 9,000 locations throughout the country, including those of subsidiary Le Credit Lyonnais (LCL). The company also is involved in investment banking and capital markets (through its Credit Agricole CIB unit), in addition to insurance, leasing, and private banking. Credit Agricole combined its asset management operations with those of rival French bank Society Generale to form Amundi.

Sparkasse Dachau,the regional savings bank ("Sparkasse" is German for "savings bank") offers a variety of personal banking services, including savings accounts and real estate financing, as well as auto, accident, health, homeowners', and life insurance. It also operates its own travel agency. The bank traces its roots as far back as the 1880 founding of its predecessor, the Marktsparkasse Dachau; it attained its current form in 2000 when the Kreis- und Stadtsparkasse Dachau-Indersdorf merged with the Marktsparkasse Altomunster. Sparkasse Dachau touts itself as the leading credit instituion in the Dachau administrative region.

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.

UPS Capital Business Credit specializes in providing financing to small businesses. A subsidiary of UPS Capital, the company is a preferred Small Business Administration lender and also provides loans through government-guaranteed programs offered by the US Department of Agriculture and the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Its loans are used to finance such business-related functions as acquisitions, franchises, and real estate. The company operates through nearly 50 UPS Capital offices in the US and through international locations and representative agents in emerging markets. Formerly known as First International Bank, the company was bought by shipping giant United Parcel Service in 2001.

Santa Lucia Bancorp is home on the range. The Santa Lucia Range, that is. Santa Lucia Bancorp is parent to Santa Lucia Bank, which has four offices that serve San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties along the scenic central coast of California. The bank offers such standard services as checking and savings accounts and credit cards. Commercial mortgages and operating loans, including loans for the development or purchase of vineyards, make up the bulk of its lending activities. One of the company's founding directors, vice chairman Doug Filipponi, owns Filipponi and Thompson Drilling Company, Filipponi and Thompson Vineyards, and Santa Margarita Cattle Company.

Century Bancorp is the holding company for Century Bank and Trust, which serves Boston and surrounding parts of northeastern Massachusetts from more than 20 branches. The bank offers standard deposit products, including checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and IRAs. More than 40% of the company's loan portfolio is dedicated to commercial real estate. The bank also writes residential mortgages, construction and land development loans, business loans, and home equity loans. It offers brokerage services through an agreement with third-party provider LPL Financial.

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