Citizens South Banking Corporation operates as the holding company for Citizens South Bank that provides savings bank services to local customers in the United States. The company offers various deposit products, including demand deposits, money market deposits, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises residential and nonresidential real estate loans, construction loans, commercial business loans, consumer loans, investment securities, and mortgage-backed securities. In addition, the company acts as a broker in the origination of loans secured by one-to-four family dwellings and in the sale of uninsured financial products. As of May 17, 2010, it operated a network of 21 branch offices. Citizens South Banking Corporation was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Gouverneur Savings and Loan Association that provides banking services to individuals and businesses in New York. It generates deposits products, such as savings accounts, NOW accounts, money market deposit accounts, checking accounts, and certificates of deposit. The companys loan portfolio comprises residential mortgage loans, including home equity and construction loans; commercial mortgage loans; automobile and other consumer loans, such as loans unsecured or secured by savings accounts or other consumer assets; and commercial non-mortgage loans to local businesses for working capital, machinery and equipment purchases, expansion, and other business purposes.

Jacksonville Bancorp, the holding company for Jacksonville Bank, which has about 10 branches in and around Jacksonville, Florida. The community bank offers standard deposit products, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Commercial mortgages make up more than half of the bank's loan portfolio; residential mortgages account for most of the rest. Subsidiary Fountain Financial sells insurance and investment products. The company nearly doubled its branch network with its 2010 acquisition of Atlantic BancGroup. Jacksonville Bancorp is unrelated to the Illinois corporation of the same name.

The Norinchukin Bank (Nochu for short) acts as the de facto central bank for nearly 5,000 agricultural, forestry and fishery cooperative systems in Japan. Most of the bank's deposits come from these agricultural and fishery cooperatives, which the bank uses for investments. It then disburses the profits and offers services such as loans to its members. The bank has 35 branches in Japan with domestic and foreign offices in Tokyo, London, New York, and Singapore. The bank, with mutual insurer Zenkyoren, controls Norinchukin-Zenkyoren Asset Management, which provides pension plans.

A. J. Smith Federal is the primary operating subsidiary of holding company AJS Bancorp. The bank serves customers in suburban Chicago from three branches in Midlothian and Orland Park, Illinois. Catering to area businesses and residents, A. J. Smith Federal offers checking and savings accounts, insurance and investments, and loans. One- to four-family residential mortgages make up more than two-thirds of the bank's loan portfolio; multifamily and commercial mortgages and home equity and consumer loans round out its lending activities. Arthur J. Smith founded A. J. Smith Federal in 1892 as a building and loan cooperative; it became a federally chartered savings bank in 1984.

New York Community Bancorp is the holding company for New York Community Bank (one of the largest thrifts in the US) and New York Commercial Bank. In New York, New York Community Bank operates through four divisions: Queens County Savings Bank, Richmond County Savings Bank, Roosevelt Savings Bank, and Roslyn Savings Bank. It also serves customers in New Jersey through its Garden State Community Bank division. Altogether, it has more than 200 branches throughout the two states. Nonbank subsidiaries offer asset management and life insurance. The company expanded into Arizona, Ohio, and Florida with its 2009 FDIC-assisted acquisition of the failed AmTrust Bank.

Emclaire Financial is the holding company for the Farmers National Bank of Emlenton, which operates about a dozen branches in northwestern Pennsylvania. Serving area consumers and businesses, the bank offers standard deposit products and services, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and CDs. The bank is mainly a real estate lender, with commercial mortgages, residential first mortgages, and home equity loans and lines of credit making up most of its loan portfolio. Emclaire Financial also owns title insurance and real estate settlement services provider Emclaire Settlement Services.

First Mariner Bancorp helps customers navigate banking seas (and fees). It's the holding company for First Mariner Bank, which operates more than two-dozen branches along the Baltimore/Washington, DC, corridor. Targeting individuals and businesses, First Mariner Bank offers standard deposit products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts. Lending activities consist of commercial mortgages (more than 30% of all loans), as well as consumer, residential construction and mortgage, and business loans. Subsidiary First Mariner Mortgage originates mortgages for sale to secondary markets. First Mariner Bancorp sold consumer finance subsidiary Mariner Finance in 2009.

Comerica Bank and is organized into three main segments: The Business Bank division is the largest, offering loans, deposits, and capital markets products to middle-market, large corporate, and government clients. The Retail Bank serves small businesses and consumers. Comerica's Wealth and Institutional Management arm provides private banking, investment management, financial advisory, investment banking, discount brokerage, insurance, and retirement services. Comerica has about 450 branches in about a dozen states across the US; Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, and Texas are its primary markets.

HSBC France (formerly Credit Commercial de France or CCF) represents the operations of big British bank HSBC in France. Rebranded in 2005, the company entails the former Union de Banque Nationale de Paris, Banque de Picardie, Banque Hervet, and Banque de Baecque Beau, as well as CCF. It offers retail and private banking services through approximately 375 branches throughout the country. HSBC France's corporate, investment banking, and markets division focuses on mergers and acquisitions advice, specialized finance, fixed income products, foreign exchange, equity brokerage, and equity derivatives.

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