Hitachi Capital helps business help customers buy stuff. Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC (HCUK) is a provider of financial services, including business cash flow, commercial asset finance, vehicle finance and management, and retailer finance. Hitachi Capital company, formerly Hitachi Credit, operates through various divisions and subsidiaries, including Hitachi Capital Business Finance, Hitachi Capital Credit Management, and Hitachi Capital Insurance Europe. HCUK provides finance for some 330,000 consumers, 45,000 fleet vehicles and provides asset finance and block discounting for 5,500 companies. Hitachi Capital Corporation, a unit of Japan's Hitachi, Ltd., owns HCUK and operates it as a wholly owned subsidiary.

VTB Bank offers a smorgasbord of financial services for corporate, financial, and retail clients in Russia, Western Europe, Africa, and Asia. VTB retail services, conducted through VTB 24, include deposit banking, credit and lending services, and money transfers serving individuals and small businesses through a network of some 500 branches in large Russian cities. The company also provides investment banking and services for financial institutions that include foreign exchange trading, Inter-bank lending, and securities trading. The Russian government owns some 85% of VTB, but plans to reduce its stake by about half by 2014.

St. James's Place Bank believes in the importance of advice in deciding how best to structure your banking arrangements. This advice (specifically relating to the products and services offered by St. James's Place Bank) will be provided by a St. James's Place Partner who will put you in touch with the dedicated team at St. James's Place Bank to make the process of opening a new Account as simple as possible.

Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) is one of India's largest state-controlled banks and provides banking and financial services throughout the country. Established with a focus on foreign exchange and overseas banking, IOB has some 1,800 domestic branches and about a half-dozen international branches. It provides deposit, lending, mortgage, currency transfer, agri-business consultation, and credit card services. Specialized branches offer services related to such concerns as commercial and industrial credit, industrial finance, and high-tech agriculture.

The banking division of Hong Kong's Dah Sing Group, DSBG operates three subsidiaries (Dah Sing Bank, Banco Comercial de Macau, and MEVAS Bank), a securities trading company, and a joint venture private banking business with SG Hambros Bank, which provides offshore private banking services. The bank's services include savings accounts, credit cards, loans, and e-banking. Dah Sing Bank has nearly 50 branches in Hong Kong, more than a dozen branches in Macau, and a handful of locations in China. It also owns about 20% of China's Bank of Chongqing, with 70 locations. Fellow Dah Sing Group subsidiary Dah Sing Financial Group owns DSBG.

Punjab and Sind Bank was founded in 1908 to help those economically challenged Indians traditionally underserved by financial institutions. PSB boasts more than 900 branches (about half in the state of Punjab) offering savings and checking accounts, credit cards, loans, and life insurance along with government pension accounts and remittance services. It also has about 100 limited service counters inside other businesses. PSB has been restructuring, closing or relocating underperforming branches to improve profits. It has asked the Indian government, its owner, to grant it an initial public offering.

Annapolis Bancorp serves individual and small business customers through about 10 branches in and around the Maryland capital. The bank offers such retail services as checking, savings, and money market accounts; IRAs; and CDs. It also provides private business banking, including cash management and credit products. Its lending activities are composed of commercial mortgages (about 30% of its total loan portfolio), one- to four-family real estate loans (more than 25%), business loans (some 20%), and to a lesser extent, construction and consumer loans.

WestLB acts as the central institution for the more than 100 "sparkassen," or savings banks, in Germany's largest state, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Brandenburg. The bank also serves midsized companies, public entities, multinational corporations, and individuals in Germany and abroad. A universal bank, WestLB offers a full range of financial services such as loans, asset management, investment banking, transaction processing, private banking, and real estate finance. It has about a dozen branches in Germany, plus more than a dozen in financial capitals in Europe and around the world. WestLB's savings bank partners collectively operate more than 3,000 branches.

The company was renamed Ally Financial in 2010, although it was founded in 1919 as the General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) to be a provider of financing to automotive customers. Since then, the business has expanded to include insurance, online banking, mortgage operations and commercial finance. See the timeline to trace Ally's evolution.

CBRE | Melody helps commercial real estate owners sing a sweeter tune. A unit of real estate powerhouse CB Richard Ellis, the real estate investment banking and commercial mortgage lending firm offers a variety of debt and equity financing products and related services through more than 35 offices in major cities throughout North America. Loan servicing is provided through GEMSA Loan Services, its joint venture with GE Real Estate. CBRE | Melody offers construction, permanent, mezzanine, and other types of financing for apartment complexes, office buildings, hotels, and industrial and retail properties.

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