Svenska Handelsbanken is Swedish for universal banking. The group provides corporate and individual clients with deposit products, loans, credit cards, and other banking services. Subsidiaries operate in several related areas, including life insurance, mortgages, pensions, fund management, and Internet banking. The bank has more than 460 branches in Sweden and some 240 branches in the rest of Scandinavia, the UK, and other countries; it has a presence in countries including Austria, China, Hong Kong, Russia, and the US. Subsidiaries include Handelsbanken Finans corporate financing unit, Handelsbanken Asset Management, and Handelsbanken Liv (asset management and pension products).

British Arab Commercial Bank plc provides trade and project financing for Arab markets, offering such services as project lending, trade financing, bonding and guarantees, and cross-border leasing. Its trade services operations represent the company's largest business segment, generating about one-third of sales. BACB also has offices in Algeria and Libya. The Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB) controls the company after boosting its ownership to more than 80% in 2010.

Blue River Bancshares was founded in 1937 and is based in Shelbyville, Indiana. Blue River Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Shelby County Bank and Paramount Bank, which provide community banking services for individuals and businesses in south central Indiana. Its deposits products include checking, NOW, savings, and time deposits. The company also offers real estate loans for single-family and multi-family properties and medium and short-term loans for commercial, agricultural, and industrial properties, as well as consumer and commercial lines of credit secured by real estate; commercial loans for the purpose of financing equipment, working capital, expansion, and other general business purposes; consumer loans, including automobile loans and equity lines of credit; and agricultural loans. As of March 31, 2007, it operated three full service branches in Shelbyville, Morristown, and St. Paul, Indiana; a loan production office in Fishers, Indiana; and one office in Lexington, Kentucky.

Yakima Federal Savings and Loan Association completed another very successful year. We finished the year 2009 with no Real Estate owned and did not post any additions to loan loss reserves or write down any assets during the year. We originated more loans during 2009 than in 2008. Total assets grew by nearly ten percent during 2009 and we recorded strong profits. We are now the tenth largest FDIC insured financial institution in Washington State.

Oregon Pacific Bancorp is the holding company owns Oregon Pacific Banking Company, which operates a handful of offices on the state's coastal region west of Eugene. Doing business as Oregon Pacific Bank, it provides standard deposit products including checking, savings, money market accounts, and CDs. The bank primarily uses funds from deposits to originate real estate loans. Oregon Pacific Bank also offers wealth management and corporate trust services.

Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c., together with its subsidiaries, provides retail and corporate banking, investment banking, and asset management services in the Republic of Ireland and internationally. The company accepts demand deposits, time deposits, and current accounts, as well as provides lending services, such as vehicle, plant, machinery, and equipment leasing; retail and investment property loans; vehicle, plant, machinery, and equipment hire purchase; and personal loans. It also offers wealth management services, as well as a range of life and pension products. In addition, the company provides corporate finance, treasury, risk management, stock broking, and outsourced financial services

The largest bank in Israel, Bank Hapoalim caters to individual, commercial, and corporate clients at home and abroad. Within Israel, the Bank Hapoalim Group has more than 270 full-service branches and business centers. Another 30 express branches are in the works. Overseas, it has about 45 branches, correspondent offices, and financial subsidiaries in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and North America; its international focus is on private banking and the corporate sector. Bank Hapoalim provides investment banking services including the underwriting of and investment in companies; it also provides trust services to individuals and businesses.

Drake Financial is an Export-Import Bank Guaranteed Lender. Perhaps Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the world would have gone a little smoother had Drake Finance Group been involved. Working through a network of private lenders, Drake Financial Group secures trade financing for US exporters and foreign buyers of bulk agricultural products, capital equipment, consumer durables, raw materials, and spare parts. Additionally, Drake Finance Group, Inc facilitates asset-based loans, equipment leasing, factoring, and lines of credit for businesses based in the US and Canada.

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.

The Singer Organization can help you join the chorus of companies seeking debt and equity funding. The commercial brokerage company (which does business as The Singer & Bassuk Organization or SBO) provides debt and equity funding and consulting services for commercial real estate firms, primarily in the New York metropolitan area. The Singer Organization's average deal size is in excess of $50 million. Typically the firm arranges financing for high-rise residential buildings, hotels, retail centers, and offices. Big developers such as the Moinian Group, Rockrose Development, and Douglaston Development are among its clients. Executives Andrew Singer and Richard Bassuk lead the firm, which they founded in 1995.

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