The Iyo Bank targets customers concentrated in the four prefectures of Shikoku and the Nishi Seto region of Honshu in Japan. The regional bank offers the typical array of retail products, including deposits, leasing services, trusts and pension products, and mergers and acquisitions support services; it even launched its first securities brokerage business arm in March 2005. Its Corporate Consulting Division helps companies galvanize their operations and capital. Established in 1941, the bank owns and operates branch offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and New York.

First Federal Savings & Loan Association was federally chartered January of 1935. First Federal grew in the tradition of the building and loan association and served the savings and loan needs of our area for 60 years.On June 10, 1995, First Federal Savings & Loan changed its savings and loan charter to a state commercial bank charter and our new name became FIRST SOUTHERN BANK. Today, First Southern Bank provides full service banking to individuals, families and businesses through our five offices in Lauderdale and Colbert counties of Alabam

Entrepreneurs who want to put a tiger in their customers' tanks, give them the Midas touch, or help them make a run for the border are saying, "Oh, thank heaven for GE Franchise Finance." The General Electric Capital subsidiary provides real estate and other financing for more than 6,000 franchise operators at some 21,000 locations in the US and Canada. The firm finances restaurants, hotels and other hospitality providers, and auto service and parts retailers. It also offers credit for buying equipment or acquiring new or expanding locations.

Timberland Bancorp is the holding company for Timberland Savings Bank, which operates more than 20 branches in western Washington. The bank targets individuals and regional businesses, offering checking, savings, and money market accounts, and CDs. The bank concentrates on real estate lending, including commercial and residential mortgages, multifamily residential loans, and land develoment loans; it also writes business loans and other types of loans. Timberland Savings Bank was founded in 1915 as a savings and loan.

ABN AMRO got a fresh start with the Dutch government. In 2010 the bank, one of the largest in the Netherlands, separated from Royal Bank of Scotland and was transferred to a new holding company, ABN AMRO Group, which is wholly owned by the government. The new ABN AMRO Bank serves commercial, consumer, and private clients in the Netherlands, and nearly 30 other countries. In 2010, the Dutch banking operations of state-owned insurer ageas (formerly Fortis) were merged with ABN AMRO Bank. ABN AMRO announced plans to cut up to 5,000 jobs in the Netherlands in relation to the merger. The cuts represent about 17% of the combined workforce of the banks.

Banco di Sardegna operates some 1,300 branches in Sardinia and in 17 regions on the Italian mainland. Banco di Sardegna offers traditional financial products and services, including certificates of deposit; asset management services; finance, including leasing through its Sardaleasing subsidiary; life insurance and other insurance lines; pension management services; and credit and cash cards. The bank also offers a variety of commercial and personal loans. Banco di Sardegna received its charter in 1995, but its roots date back to the 1600s. Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna owns 51% of Banco di Sardegna.

Founded in 1952, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) reigns supreme as the largest and most dominant financial services company in Kuwait (fifth among worldwide Arab banks). Through about 65 branches in Kuwait, the bank offers traditional personal banking services such as money accounts, credit cards, loans, and other related banking packages, and it also caters to businesses and commercial clients. Brokerage services and several different kinds of investment funds are offered by the bank as well. NBK has operations in about a dozen additional countries in places such as London, Paris, New York, and Singapore.

Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited has more than 550 branches throughout Thailand; almost half are in the Bangkok area. It also operates overseas branches in Hong Kong, Laos, and the Cayman Islands. Serving individuals and small to midsized businesses, the bank offers deposit, lending, insurance, and investment services. For corporations, it performs investment banking and trading services as well. The bank also provides deposit, trade, and investment services to other financial institutions. Bank of Ayudhya was founded in 1945 in Thailand's Ayudhya province. General Electric Capital owns about a third of the bank; Thai NVDR Co., owned by The Stock Exchange of Thailand, holds some 15%.

HDFC Bank may not fulfill your spiritual needs, but it can help with your finances. The bank provides a variety of wholesale, retail, and depository financial services through more than 1,700 branches and some 5,000 ATMs throughout India. Established by financial institution Housing Development Finance Corporation in 1994, the bank offers deposit accounts, loans, credit cards, insurance, investments, and related services. Subsidiary HDFC Securities provides online brokerage services. HDFC Bank targets individual customers in the middle and upper-class, as well as trusts, small businesses, and not-for-profit organizations in the country.

Pacific Continental Corporation is the holding company for Pacific Continental Bank, which has about 15 locations in the metropolitan areas of Eugene and Portland, Oregon, and Seattle. The bank attracts deposits from consumers, local businesses, professional service providers, and not-for-profits by offering such retail products as checking and savings accounts, IRAs, and CDs. Services for commercial clients also include credit card transaction processing and business credit cards. Its lending activities consist mainly of residential and commercial real estate loans (more than three-quarters of its loan portfolio). Pacific Continental Bank also makes consumer and business loans.

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