Astoria Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association that provides various banking services in the United States. It primarily engages in generating deposits and originating loans. Astoria Financial Corporation company’s deposit products include passbook and statement savings accounts, money market accounts, NOW and demand deposit accounts, and liquid certificates of deposit, as well as certificates of deposit, which comprise time deposits. Its loan portfolio consists of one-to-four family mortgage loans; multi-family and commercial real estate loans; construction loans for various residential properties and certain commercial real estate properties; and consumer and other loans, including home equity lines of credit, as well as overdraft protection, commercial loans, and passbook loans. Astoria Financial Corporation, through its other subsidiaries, also operates as a life insurance agency. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 85 full-service banking offices. Astoria Financial Corporation was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Lake Success, New York.

Wainwright Bank & Trust serves musical and non-musical customers alike from about a dozen branches in the Boston area. Serving individuals, businesses, municipalities, and not-for-profits, the bank is dedicated to progressive causes; it provides financing to organizations involved in affordable housing, preservation of natural resources, diversity programs, and health care for the homeless, elderly, and mentally disabled. It also originates "green loans" -- reduced-rate home equity loans for solar energy installations. Wainwright Bank & Trust a division of Eastern Bank Corporation, a mutually owned Massachusetts lender with some 90 branches.

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.

Manx Financial Group (MFG), formerly Conister Financial Group. The Isle of Man, being neither part of the UK nor a member of the EU, is a center for offshore banking. In the past few years, the company has evolved from an asset finance firm to a full-service financial institution, and in 2008 transitioned to a holding company structure. It owns Conister Bank (formerly Consiter Trust) which offers deposits, loans, and wealth management services to personal and business clients. Another subsidiary, TransSend, issues prepaid MasterCards. MFG hasn't neglected its roots, however; in 2010 it bought ECF Asset Finance.

Northeast Community Bancorp is the holding company for Northeast Community Bank, which serves consumers and businesses in the New York metropolitan area and Massachusetts. Through about a half-dozen branches, the thrift offers traditional deposit services like checking and savings accounts, as well as a variety of lending products such as commercial and multi-family real estate loans, home equity, construction, and secured loans. While its deposit services are confined to New York and Massachusetts, it markets its loan products throughout the northeastern US. The bank offers investment and financial planning services through Hayden Wealth Management. Northeast Community Bank's roots date back to 1934.

The Bank of Yokohama concentrates its operations in its native Kanagawa prefecture and southern portions of neighboring Tokyo. The bank offers standard retail services such as deposits, housing loans, credit cards, securities brokerage, and investment products and advice. On the commercial side, it provides small and medium-sized commercial financing, including venture capital investment. The bank also has units that offer leasing and factoring. The Bank of Yokohama, which was formed in 1920, operates more than 600 Japanese branches, plus representative offices in Hong Kong, London, New York, and Shanghai. It is opening shared branches in a joint venture with Hamagin Tokai Tokyo Securities.

One of the most important parts of being a bank is the customers and the community that we work with on a daily basis. Allied First Bank is very unique, as we have a nationwide customer base from our beginnings as a credit union, as well as our local Oswego community that we serve as the only true community bank in town.When we thought to ourselves what defines our local community, we decided it shouldn't be the bank that tells the story, but rather the people that live here should tell us what they think are the best parts of the town, So, we teamed up the Oswego East High School's Broadcasting Department lead by Bill Gutman, and they created their "Top 10 Reasons to Love Oswego":

Indiana Community Bancorp is holding company for Indiana Bank and Trust, which operates around 20 offices in south-central and southern regions of the Hoosier State. The bank offers such standard retail services as checking and savings accounts, NOW accounts, CDs, and IRAs. The bank earns much of its revenues from its lending activities. Commercial real estate loans account for more than half of the company's loan portfolio. Indiana Bank and Trust also writes residential, consumer, auto, construction, and other loans. The bank was founded as New Building and Loan Association in 1908.

Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester) offers deposit and lending services throughout the UK. Its largest segment is its traditional savings and home mortgage business, but the company also offers checking accounts, credit cards, and consumer finance, as well as commercial services such as cash management and asset financing. The firm has alliances with such firms as Legal & General and Zurich to provide investment and insurance products. Its approximately 5.5 million retail customers can access the bank through more than 300 branches, 2,500 ATMs, and 14,000 post offices across the UK. Spanish banking giant Santander bought Alliance & Leicester in 2008. It was rebranded Santander UK in 2010.

Established in 1989, the firm conducts business across Canada, the US, and internationally. CEO Bernard Shimkovitz led a management buyout of Alliance Financing in 2010. Alliance Financing unites business owners with capital. The firm works with various funding partners to provide financing to small and midsized businesses. Transactions include funding for anything from small equipment and machinery purchases to large working capital needs. Alliance also offers financing packages to municipalities and schools. Through a partnership with The Mortgage Alliance Company of Canada, Alliance Financing also offers mortgage and home equity loans to individuals and business owners.

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