Laurentian Bank of Canada offers commercial and consumer banking services from more than 150 branches, located mostly in Quebec. Residential mortgages account for about half of the bank's loan portfolio; personal loans are more than a third. Other retail products include checking and savings accounts, mutual funds, and Visa cards. The bank also has some 30 commercial banking centers that serve small to midsized businesses, real estate developers, and agricultural concerns. Subsidiary B2B Trust provides supplies financial products to financial planners, advisors, and brokers.

Waterstone Financial, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is based in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Waterstone Financial, Inc. is a subsidiary of Lamplighter Financial, MHC. Waterstone Financial, Inc. operates as the holding company for WaterStone Bank that provides various banking services. It generates various deposit products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, demand deposits, and negotiable order of withdrawal accounts. The company’s loan portfolio comprises one- to four-family residential mortgage loans; over four-family real estate loans; residential construction and land loans; commercial real estate loans; home equity loans and home equity lines of credit; commercial loans secured by accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, and real estate; and consumer loans. It operates eight banking offices and nine automated teller machines, including stand-alone automated teller machine facilities in Milwaukee, Washington, and Waukesha counties, Wisconsin. The company was formerly known as Wauwatosa Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Waterstone Financial, Inc. in August 2008.

Middleburg Financial is the holding company for Middleburg Bank, which serves individuals and small to midsized businesses through about 10 branches in northern Virginia. The bank offers standard deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, money market and NOW accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Middleburg Bank focuses heavily on real estate lending: Commercial, agricultural, and residential mortgages account for about three-quarters of its loan portfolio; real estate construction loans add another 15%. Business and consumer installment loans round out the company's loan book.

1st Constitution Bancorp is the parent of 1st Constitution Bank, which serves consumers, small businesses, and not-for-profits through about a dozen branches in Middlesex, Mercer, and Somerset counties in New Jersey. Services and products include demand, savings, and time deposits, as well as loans and mortgages. Commercial mortgages, business loans, and construction loans make up more than 60% of the company's lending portfolio. Directors and executive offices of 1st Constitution Bancorp own about 15% of the company.

Wells Fargo & Company, through its subsidiaries, provides retail, commercial, and corporate banking services principally in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Community Banking; Wholesale Banking; and Wealth, Brokerage, and Retirement. The Community Banking segment offers deposit products, including checking accounts, savings deposits, market rate accounts, individual retirement accounts, time deposits, and debit cards. Its loan products include lines of credit, equity lines and loans, equipment and transportation loans, education loans, residential mortgage loans, and credit cards.

Allstate Bank is a wholly-owned subsidary of The Allstate Corporation, the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurance company. The Allstate Corporation owns Allstate Insurance Company and Allstate Financial Group, which is comprised of America’s 17th largest life insurance business as well as businesses that market annuities, savings and financial services products through licensed financial professionals.

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.

Prudential Bancorp is the holding company for Prudential Savings Bank, a thrift serving the Philadelphia area from about a half-dozen locations. Established in 1886, the bank offers traditional retail products, including checking and savings accounts, IRAs, and credit cards, as well as investments and insurance. One- to four-family residential mortgages make up about three-quarters of the company's loan portfolio; the bank also originates commercial real estate, construction, and land development loans. Prudential Mutual Holding Company owns a majority of Prudential Bancorp, which converted to a mutual holding structure in 2005.

Citizens of the Republic! Citizens Republic Bancorp is the holding company for Citizens Bank, which operates about 220 branches primarily in Michigan, but also in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana. In addition to consumer and commercial banking, Citizens Republic Bancorp also offers wealth management, brokerage services, mutual funds, annuities, and trust services. Commercial loans, including real estate, construction, and industrial loans, make up approximately 60% of the company's portfolio; consumer loans represent about 25%. Citizens sold its F&M Bank-Iowa subsidiary to Great Western Bank, a unit of National Australia Bank, in 2010.

Luzerner Kantonalbank (LUKB) provides standard retail and corporate banking, loans, small-business financing, and private banking services from about two-dozen branches and offices in the central Swiss canton of Lucerne. Its Adler & Co. subsidiary operates two private banking branches serving high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors in Zurich and Basel. More than 20 cantonal banks today vie for the market share not dominated by UBS or Credit Suisse. Like all contanal banks, the cantonal government provides backing for LUKB's lending products. LUKB was founded in 1850 and began trading publicly in 2001; the canton owns about two-thirds of the bank.

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