Sydbank serves some 345,000 retail banking customers and small-to-medium businesses, primarily in Denmark (where it is the fourth-largest bank, with about 105 branches). Sydbank's core geographical regions are Aarhus, Funen, and southern Jutland; it also has branches in Copenhagen, and its 2008 acquisition of bankTrelleborg boosted its operations in Zealand. In addition, the company has a handful of branches in Germany and Switzerland. Sydbank, which offers a range of private banking services and asset management, is part of the Sydbank Group, which holds DMK-Holding, SBK-Invest, Ejendomsselskabet, and Sydbank (Schweiz) AG. Sydbank was formed in 1970 after the merger of four local banks in southern Jutland.

Sierra Bancorp was formed in November 2000 and operates primarily through Bank of the Sierra (the Bank), which it acquired in August 2001. The Bank is a California state-chartered bank headquartered in Porterville, California. It opened for business in January 1978, and has since grown to be the largest independent bank head-quartered in the South San Joaquin Valley. Our growth has primarily been organic, but includes the acquisition of Sierra National Bank in 2000. The Bank is a multi-community financial institution that offers a full range of retail and commercial banking services, primarily in the central and southern sections of the San Joaquin Valley. On the southern end, our footprint extends east through the Tehachapi plateau and into the northwestern tip of the Mojave Desert. At the present time, the Company’s only other direct subsidiaries are Sierra Statutory Trust II and Sierra Capital Trust III, which were formed in March 2004 and June 2006, respectively, solely to facilitate the issuance of capital trust pass-through securities (“TRUPS”).

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.

DBS Group is the holding company for DBS Bank, the largest bank in Singapore and a significant presence throughout Southeast Asia. DBS Bank offers personal and private banking in addition to enterprise services to small and midsized companies through some 80 branches in its home country. The company also has around 60 locations in Hong Kong, plus operations in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, and Thailand. In addition, DBS Group owns a 20% stake in the Bank of the Philippine Islands (that country's second-largest bank). Other services include treasury, brokerage, and fund management.

Value Financial Services gives customers bucks for their bling. Founded in 1994 by former CEO John Thedford, the company runs about 70 pawn shops in Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, and Tennessee, operating as Value Pawn and Jewelry and Check Jewelry & Loan. It makes non-recourse loans secured by customers personal items, including jewelry, electronics, and musical instruments. The average amount of the company's pawn loans is about $150; its pawn service charges range from about 188% to 300% annually. At the end of 2008 Texas-based EZCORP acquired the company after initial talks had fallen through.

Tennessee Commerce Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Tennessee Commerce Bank that offers various retail and commercial banking services to small to medium-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, and professionals in the Nashville metropolitan statistical area, Tennessee. It offers various deposit products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, money market investment accounts, certificates of deposits, and retirement accounts. The company’s loan portfolio comprises consumer installment loans, various mortgage loans, personal lines of credit, home equity loans, credit cards, real estate construction loans, commercial loans, and letters of credit. In addition, it issues VISA credit cards and serves as a merchant depository for cardholder drafts under VISA credit cards; and offers check cards and debit cards, courier services, access to third-party automated teller machines, and electronic banking services. As of December 31, 2009, Tennessee Commerce Bank provided its services from a single location in the Cool Springs commercial area of Franklin, Tennessee, as well as operated three loan production offices in Birmingham, Alabama; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Atlanta, Georgia. Tennessee Commerce Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

Swedbank AB offers various financial products and services to private individuals, corporates, organizations, and municipalities. The company’s corporate banking services include cash management, financing, corporate finance, securities, capital market, asset management, and life and pension services; and banks and financial institutions services comprise transaction, custody, correspondent banking, trade finance, and relationship management services. It also offers loan and mortgage, savings and investing, payment, and insurance services for private customers; private banking services, including financial planning, investment advice, individual investment solutions, and ownership and generation shifting services; and single Euro payments area services for paying and receiving electronic payments in Euro. As of March 22, 2010, the company operated 381 branches in Sweden, 226 branches in the Baltic countries, and 156 branches in Ukraine. Swedbank AB offers its services in Sweden, Luxembourg, Spain, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the United States, China, and Japan. The company was founded in 1820 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

In 1956, Security Service Federal Credit Union opened its doors with eight members and $25 in deposits. Security Service was founded as a not-for-profit, member-owned financial institution to serve the financial needs of the U.S. Air Force Security Service Command. Since those humble beginnings, it has become the eighth largest credit union in the U.S., serving more than 787,000 members worldwide.Headquartered in San Antonio, the credit union has more than 36 service centers in Texas and 19 locations in Colorado. Service areas in Texas include Central Texas, the Rio Grande Valley, the Coastal Bend, and El Paso. Security Service also serves Colorado with locations in Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver, Aurora, Fountain, and Northern Colorado.

Banca Antonveneta provides retail, private, and investment banking services from more than 400 locations throughout Italy. For individual and business customers, the bank offers deposit accounts, credit cards and loans, and insurance and investment products. Its private banking offerings include a variety of investment management services including mutual funds and other instruments. About half of the bank's offices are located in northeastern Italy. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS) acquired Antonveneta from Spanish bank Santander in 2008.

South Africa's largest bank, Standard Bank Group Limited offers a variety of retail and commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, investment management, and life insurance services through more than 600 locations in its home country. The bank also has some 400 additional branches in other sub-Saharan African nations, where it operates as Stanbic. Beyond Africa, the bank has offices in more than 15 countries on five continents. It serves individuals and business and corporate customers. Standard Bank holds a controlling stake in South African insurance firm Liberty Group.

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