The Rose Corporation has blossomed as a merchant bank specializing in real estate. Rose provides first mortgages and short-term mezzanine lending to developers primarily in Toronto and invests in such properties as senior living centers and resorts. Benefiting from Canada's thriving entertainment industry, subsidiary Toronto Film Studios will build and operate Filmport, a $250 million multistage film lot and media village in Toronto's port area. CEO Sam Reisman split from a family of homebuilders to found Rose (named for his wife) in 1982; he took the firm private in 2003.

Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia's second Islamic bank, has a full range of financial services in compliance with Shariah (Islamic law). It offers consumer and business lending, savings accounts, remittance, and investment services as well as trade financing, offshore banking, and foreign exchange products. Bank Muamalat also helps Muslims meet their zakat (charitable giving) obligations by setting up accounts and providing calculators for that purpose. The bank was formed in 1999 from the Islamic banking components of the then Bank Bumiputra, Bank of Commerce Malaysia, and BBMB Kewangan. Bukhary Capital now owns 70% while Khazanah Nasional owns 30%.

Patelco Credit Union has evolved as well. Founded in 1936, it has grown from a five-member organization with $500 in assets serving employees of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph to a nearly 300,000-member credit union serving employees from more than 1,100 organizations, as well as other residents of California who qualify for membership. A telephone company credit union until 1983, Patelco Credit Union now operates about 40 offices in Northern California and one in the Chicago area. It provides deposit, lending, insurance, and investment services, as well as credit cards, debit cards, and online banking.

Founded in 1984 in Houston, Texas, Amerisource was born out of the realization that for any business to thrive, it needs access to working capital. Our founding partner, an entrepreneur in his own right, understood first-hand the importance of cash flow for both start-up and mature businesses. For over 25 years, Amerisource has provided small and middle market businesses with financing solutions and outsourced management of accounts receivable ("A/R"), credit and collection functions – all of which are vital to the success of any business. Having financed over $1 billion of A/R for thousands of companies in virtually every U.S. state and Canada, Amerisource maintains one of the largest and most sophisticated back-offices in the business. Our creative approach to A/R management and financing has enabled thousands of companies to achieve their short-term and long-term financing goals.

Societe Generale wants to be top brass in the French banking industry. The bank (familiarly known as SocGen) commands a three-pronged campaign, with operations in global investment management (including SG Private Banking and majority-owned online brokerage Boursorama); retail banking and specialized financial services, including finance, leasing, and insurance; and corporate and investment banking, focusing on European capital markets, derivatives, and structured finance. In the US, the company controls asset manager The TCW Group. SocGen has about 3,000 branches in France (including its Credit du Nord division), and some 5,300 locations worldwide.

IBW Financial Corporation operates as the holding company of Industrial Bank, National Association (Bank). The Bank provides a range of commercial and consumer lending services primarily to individuals and small businesses. It also offers a variety of loans for the needs of small businesses, including accounts receivable lines of credit, Small Business Administration loans, and equipment loans. The Bank also provides a range of deposit services to its customers, including personal checking; low activity student checking.

Community Bank Shares of Indiana is the holding company for Your Community Bank and Scott County State Bank. The banks serve customers from about 20 locations in southern Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky. Both banks offer deposit products such as checking, money market, and savings accounts, as well as IRAs and CDs. Their lending activities center on commercial mortgages and residential real estate loans (each around 25% of the company's loan portfolio), but also include business, construction, and consumer (including home equity, home improvement and auto) loans and credit cards. Community Bank Shares of Indiana is focused on organic growth within existing markets.

Venture Finance, a unit of ABN AMRO, provides business financing through asset-based lending, invoice discounting, and factoring. Venture Finance focuses on small to midsized companies throughout the UK. The firm also has a structured finance unit, which focuses on refinancing, turnaround, management buyouts, and other transactions for midsized firms. Venture Finance, which was founded in 1989, has about a dozen offices throughout the UK.

The Farm Credit Bank of Texas is owned by the lending cooperatives it serves. Part of the federal Farm Credit System, the Farm Credit Bank of Texas provides loans and financial services to more than 20 lending cooperatives and financial institutions in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas. The co-ops include federal land credit associations, which offer real estate loans on farms, ranches, and other rural property, and agricultural credit associations, which provide agricultural production loans, agribusiness financing, and rural mortgage financing. Its Capital Markets Group partners with banks and other institutions to provide capital to food, energy, agribusiness, and telecom companies.

Suffolk County National Bank, which serves Suffolk County, New York, through about 30 branches. Targeting individuals and small to midsized businesses, the bank offers standard services such as checking, savings, and money market accounts, and trust and asset management. It also provides insurance and investment products, including IRAs, mutual funds, annuities, bonds, and brokerage services. Commercial mortgages account for about a third of the company's loan portfolio; business loans make up another 20%. The portfolio also includes residential mortgages and consumer and construction loans.

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