Banco Internacional de Costa Rica, S.A. offers business banking services (its main focus) like checking and money market accounts and foreign trade financing. Personal products include loans, checking and money market accounts, debit cards, and CDs. BICSA can also buy and sell currency, set up and administer trusts, issue credit cards, and conduct foreign currency trading. With offices in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama, and the US (Miami), the bank serves its international clients with checks drawn on foreign accounts. BICSA is owned by the Costa Rican government.

BGL BNP Paribas covers both general and specific banking needs for customers in the grand duchy and beyond. The bank offers a wide variety of financial services to individuals, businesses, and government institutions. For private consumers, it operates about 35 retail branches throughout Luxembourg and also offers Internet-based banking. For businesses, the bank offers such services as foreign-exchange transactions and international trade financing. It also engages in private banking for wealthy clients. In 2009 BNP Paribas acquired a 67% stake in BGL and 75% of its previous parent, Fortis.

GE Facto (which also does business as GE Factofrance or Societe Factofrance) keeps businesses from having to factor in the time it takes customers to pay bills. Companies can avoid the typical 30- to 90-day billing cycle by selling their invoices to Factofrance, which then collects the money. Factofrance also provides accounts receivable management and debt recovery. Subsidiaries include Cofacredit and Factobail, which handle export and IT financing, respectively. Part of GE, Factofrance was formed by the 2002 merger of GE Capital Finance and Heller Financial. (The latter firm was founded in 1966 by Walter Heller, the Banque de l'Indochine, and BNP).

At CoBiz Financial, we believe success lies in having vision while not losing sight of the small things. Our approach is to provide the right mix of services that address the needs of our customers; to build a long-term relationship that grows and changes as they do; and to free them from financial worries so they can be fully invested in their careers and lives. We started small – with two bank locations and $100 million in assets in 1994 – but always thought big. As we've grown, we haven't forgotten that no detail is unimportant when it comes to taking care of our customers. CoBiz Financial seeks to deliver banking, insurance, investment banking and investment advisory services that meet and anticipate the changing needs of businesses, business owners and professionals. Our focus is on serving the needs of our clients at all stages of their lives, from planning (loans and depository services, or capital planning) through preservation (trust, investment management and wealth transfer services). We continue to look for new and exciting opportunities to grow our company and introduce our services to new customers and audiences.

Farmers National Banc is willing to help even nonfarmers grow their seed income into thriving bounties of wealth. The institution is the holding company for Farmers National Bank of Canfield, which provides commercial and personal banking from nearly 20 branches in Ohio. Founded in 1887, the bank offers checking and savings accounts, credit cards, and loans and mortgages. Farmers' lending portfolio is composed of real estate mortgages, consumer loans, and commercial loans. The company also includes Farmers National Insurance and Farmers Trust Company, a non-depository trust bank, which added to its trust services when it acquired wealth management and trust services provider Butler Wick Trust in 2009.

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.

"TG" may sound like a college fraternity, but it's more about tuition and books than togas and beer. Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, commonly known as TG, was formed by the Texas legislature in 1979 to administer the Federal Family Education Loan Program in the Lone Star State. The public not-for-profit corporation helps facilitate the loan process and guarantees payment of loans to its more than 300 originating lenders. It also awards more than $1 million in grants to students and programs each year. Annually it works with around 900 public and private colleges and helps some 875,000 students achieve a post-secondary education. TG's income comes from loan fees and it receives no state funding.

Since 1933, Navy Federal has grown from seven members to over 3 million members. And since that time, our vision statement has remained the same You can leave the military, change employers, move, retire, get married—and never have to leave Navy Federal. "Once a member, always a member." This policy undoubtedly has helped NFCU become one of the nation's largest credit unions, claiming more than 3 million members who can retain their credit union privileges even after discharge from the armed services. Formed in 1933, NFCU provides a variety of financial services to all Department of Defense uniformed personnel, reservists, National Guard personnel, civilian employees, and contractors, as well as their families

Established in 1989, the firm conducts business across Canada, the US, and internationally. CEO Bernard Shimkovitz led a management buyout of Alliance Financing in 2010. Alliance Financing unites business owners with capital. The firm works with various funding partners to provide financing to small and midsized businesses. Transactions include funding for anything from small equipment and machinery purchases to large working capital needs. Alliance also offers financing packages to municipalities and schools. Through a partnership with The Mortgage Alliance Company of Canada, Alliance Financing also offers mortgage and home equity loans to individuals and business owners.

SI Financial Group is the holding company for Savings Institute Bank and Trust Company, a community savings bank serving eastern Connecticut from around 20 locations, including branches within retail stores. In addition to traditional deposit services like checking and savings accounts and CDs, the bank and its subsidiaries offer financial services such as trust services, investment management, retirement planning, and life insurance. Residential and commercial mortgages dominate Savings Institute's lending portfolio, which also includes commercial business and consumer loans. Mutual holding company SI Bancorp owns more than 60% of SI Financial Group.

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