Members fly high with Alliant Credit Union. With about 10 locations near major US airports, Alliant is one of the largest credit unions in the country with some $7 billion in assets and more than 260,000 members. The credit union offers a fleet of products and services, including checking and savings accounts, credit cards, investments, and insurance. Alliant also offers mortgages, as well as home equity, auto, and student loans. Membership is open to all Chicagoland residents and current and retired employees (and families) of United Airlines, Aflac, Google, Kaiser Permanente, and over a hundred other qualifying companies and organizations. Alliant was founded by a group of United Airlines employees in 1935.

The National Bank of Indianapolis shareholders are concentrated in the Indianapolis metropolitan area-not Wall Street. The Bank’s experienced staff has strived to offer the highest level of local service and responsiveness while supporting the greater Indianapolis community. The results have created the largest locally-owned bank headquartered in greater Indianapolis and one of the nation’s fastest growing new banks.

BankFinancial Corporation was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Burr Ridge, Illinois. BankFinancial Corporation operates as the holding company for BankFinancial, F.S.B., which provides commercial, family, and personal banking services in Illinois. It accepts deposit accounts, such as savings accounts, NOW accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and IRAs and other qualified plan accounts. The company’s loan portfolio consists of investment and business loans, including multi-family, nonresidential real estate, commercial, construction and land loans, and commercial leases, as well as one-to-four family residential mortgage loans comprising home equity loans, lines of credit, and other second mortgage loans. It also provides financial products and services consisting of cash management, funds transfers, bill payment and other online banking transactions, automated teller machines, safe deposit boxes, wealth management, and general insurance agency services. In addition, the company offers investment, financial planning, and other wealth management services; and sells life insurance, fixed annuities, property and casualty insurance, and other insurance products on an agency basis. It provides its products and services through banking offices and an Internet Branch. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 18 full-service banking offices and 3 express branch facilities in Cook, DuPage, Lake, and Will Counties, Illinois.

Blue Valley Ban Corp, the holding company of Bank of Blue Valley. Founded in 1989, the bank targets closely-held small to midsized businesses and their owners, plus professionals and residents in Johnson County, Kansas. Through about a half dozen branches located within the Kansas City metropolitan area, the bank provides traditional deposit products, cash management services, investment brokerage, and trust services. Its lending activities are focused on construction loans, which account for about 30% of its portfolio, as well as business and commercial real estate loans, which each account for about a quarter.

Charter Financial is the savings and loan holding company for CharterBank, which operates more than a dozen branches and loan production offices in western Georgia and eastern Alabama. Deposit products include consumer and commercial checking accounts, savings and money market accounts, and CDs. The bank is focused on real estate lending, with residential and commercial mortgages each accounting for more than a third of its loan portfolio. It also makes consumer, business, construction, and land development loans. The bank gives cash awards to high school customers for making straight A's. Mutual holding company First Charter MHC owns more than 80% of Charter Financial.

Southern Connecticut Bancorp is the holding company for The Bank of Southern Connecticut, which serves greater New Haven from about five locations. The bank offers standard deposit products, such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. It is mainly a business lender, with operating loans and commercial loans secured by real estate comprising about 90% of the company's loan portfolio. Construction, consumer installment, and home equity loans round out its lending activities. Southern Connecticut Bancorp and Naugatuck Valley Financial called off plans to merge in 2010.

Kearny Financial is the holding company for Kearny Federal Savings Bank, which has some 40 branches in northern New Jersey. Kearny Federal Savings Bank offers such standard services as checking and savings accounts, CDs, ATM and debit cards, IRAs, and loans. Residential mortgages make up about two-thirds of its loan portfolio; multifamily and commercial mortgages and home equity loans round out most of the rest. Kearny also invests in mortgage-backed securities, government and municipal bonds, and other securities. In 2010 the company acquired Central Jersey Bancorp for $72.3 million, adding 13 branches to its branch network. Mutual holding company Kearny MHC owns some 70% of Kearny Financial.

North State Bancorp is the holding company for North State Bank, which serves the Raleigh/Durham and Wilmington metropolitan areas of North Carolina through about 10 locations. Targeting professionals, property managers, not-for-profits, community associations, and consumers, the bank offers standard services such as checking and savings accounts, as well as wealth management and brokerage services. It uses funds from deposits mainly to originate commercial real estate and construction loans. Directors and executive officers of North State Bancorp own nearly half of the company, which was established in 2000 by president and CEO Larry Barbour.

Finansbank has nearly 450 branches throughout the country offering financial services for both commercial and retail banking consumers. Finansbank also offers a network of ATMs, as well as online banking services. The number of credit cards issued by Finansbank grew from 2.3 million in 2005 to more than 3.5 million in 2008. The rapidly expanding bank, founded in 1987 as a four-branch institution by Hüsnü Özyegin, is controlled by the National Bank of Greece. The Greek bank bought more than 45% of Finansbank's stock in 2006, then raised its stake to more than 77% in 2009.

Export Development Canada (EDC) is trying to erase borders in a way. EDC provides a variety of financial services, including lending, insurance, and risk management, to help exporters and investors in Canada to expand their international business. It also performs financial reporting and economic analysis. The agency serves more than 8,000 companies annually, a majority of them small businesses. Created in 1944 as an official export credit agency, EDC is wholly owned by the Canadian government. It operates as a self-sustaining commercial entity, but it is accountable to Canada's Minister of International Trade and the Canadian Parliament.

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