Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) provides banking and financial services to a predominately Muslim clientele in the Middle East and North Africa. Offerings include retail and commercial banking, investment banking, portfolio management, and Islamic banking. The company also provides project finance, foreign exchange, derivatives, financial advisory services. ABC operates in about 20 countries, with representative and affiliate offices in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The Central Bank of Libya now owns a majority of ABC after acquiring about a third of the bank in two separate deals in 2010. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Kuwait Investment Authority also hold stakes.

In 1911, legislation established the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. In 1959, this original body corporate was preserved as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in legislation, specifically to carry on the central banking functions; at that same time, the commercial and savings banking functions were transferred into a new institution, which carried on the old name of Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

United Security Bancshares (unrelated to the Alabama-based corporation of the same name) is the holding company for United Security Bank, which operates about 10 branches, loan offices and financial services offices in central California's San Joaquin Valley. The bank attracts deposits from area businesses and individuals by offering checking and savings accounts, NOW and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and IRAs. In 2007 United Security Bancshares bought Legacy Bank, which had a single branch in Campbell, California. A year later the company purchased ICG Financial and then formed a wealth management, consulting and insurance division, USB Financial Services.

SCBT Financial is the holding company for South Carolina Bank and Trust and South Carolina Bank and Trust of the Piedmont (both are also known as SCBT), which operate more than 40 branches throughout the Palmetto state. The company also owns North Carolina Bank and Trust, or NCBT, which has three locations in the Charlotte area. SCBT Financial entered northern Georgia in 2010 when it acquired the failed Community Bank & Trust in an FDIC-assisted transaction; the deal added nearly 40 locations, most of them inside supermarkets, though SBCT later shuttered several of them. Serving retail and business customers, the banks provide deposit accounts, loans, and mortgages, as well as trust and investment services.

First Midwest Bancorp, the holding company for First Midwest Bank. Through about 100 branches, the bank mainly serves suburban Chicago, though its market extends into central and western Illinois and neighboring portions of Iowa and Indiana. Focusing on area small to midsized businesses, it offers deposit products, loans, trust services, wealth management, insurance, and retirement plan services; it has approximately $3.5 billion of client trust and investment assets under management. Commercial real estate loans account for more than half of the company's portfolio; commercial and industrial loans are around a third.

County Bank Corp is the holding company for Lapeer County Bank & Trust (LCBT), which operates about 10 branches in southeastern Michigan's Lapeer County, north of Detroit. Founded in 1902, the bank offers traditional services such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and and trust services. LCBT focuses on real estate lending: Commercial and single-family residential mortgages together make up approximately three-quarters of its loan portfolio.

RCI Banque S.A. company provides loans for new and used Renault, Nissan, Dacia, and Renault Samsung Motors vehicles. RCI Banque finances its loans to the general public, its dealerships, and to third-party companies in need of fleet management. The company finances almost 1 million vehicle loans per year from offices in some 35 countries across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

FedFirst Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for the First Federal Savings Bank, which provides various banking and financial services to individuals and businesses in its market area. FedFirst Financial Corporation company provides deposit products, which include noninterest-bearing demand deposits, such as checking accounts; interest-bearing demand accounts, including NOW and money market accounts; statement savings accounts; and certificates of deposit comprising individual retirement accounts. Its loan products include residential mortgage loans, commercial and multi-family real estate loans, construction loans, commercial business loans, and consumer loans, including home equity lines of credit, home equity installment loans, loans on savings accounts, and personal lines of credit and installment loans. FedFirst Financial Corporation also operates as an insurance agent offering property and casualty, commercial liability, surety, and other insurance products. It operates nine banking offices in Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland counties, Pittsburgh. FedFirst Financial Corporation was founded in 1922 and is based in Monessen, Pennsylvania. FedFirst Financial Corporation is a subsidiary of FedFirst Financial Mutual Holding Company.

The Iyo Bank targets customers concentrated in the four prefectures of Shikoku and the Nishi Seto region of Honshu in Japan. The regional bank offers the typical array of retail products, including deposits, leasing services, trusts and pension products, and mergers and acquisitions support services; it even launched its first securities brokerage business arm in March 2005. Its Corporate Consulting Division helps companies galvanize their operations and capital. Established in 1941, the bank owns and operates branch offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and New York.

This Treasure State bank wants to be your treasury. First Interstate BancSystem is the holding company for First Interstate Bank, which has more than 70 branches in Montana, western South Dakota, and Wyoming. It offers individuals, businesses, and municipalities traditional banking services, including deposit accounts, insurance, wealth management, and agricultural, consumer, commercial, and mortgage loan products. It also offers trust and wealth management services. Commercial loans, including real estate loans, make up about 50% of the bank's loan portfolio; other loans include farm and home loans. First Interstate went public in 2010.

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