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.

LaPorte Bancorp hopes to be the door to savings. It was formed in 2007 to be the holding company for The LaPorte Savings Bank, which serves individuals and businesses through nearly 10 branches in northwestern Indiana. Founded in 1871, the bank offers standard deposit services such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Real estate loans, including residential and commercial mortgages, account for about three-quarters of the bank's loan portfolio. Business loans and consumer loans such as home equity and auto loans round out its lending activities. The bank also offers trust and investment services. Mutual holding company LaPorte Savings Bank, MHC owns a majority of LaPorte Bancorp's stock.

Access Group was founded in 1983 to provide funding to law students. As if paying for Albert's undergraduate degree didn't set you back enough, now your little Einstein wants to attend graduate school. It may be time to contact Access Group, a not-for-profit organization that offers graduate and professional student lending. The company issues and services private student loans for continuing education, part-time, and international students, and their parents. It specializes in financing educations in business, dental, law, medical, engineering, and other professional courses of study. Access Group, Inc. also issues specialized loans for bar and dental board exams and medical and dental residencies.

Home City Financial is where the heartland is. Home City is the holding company for Home City Federal Savings Bank of Springfield, a two-branch thrift serving Clark County in southwestern Ohio. The bank offers standard deposit products including checking and savings accounts, NOW accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit. Residential mortgages (nearly half of the company's loan portfolio) and commercial real estate loans (almost a quarter) are its primary lending focus; the bank also makes business, consumer, land, construction, and multifamily real estate loans. The company plans to go private through a reverse stock split.

Beneficial Mutual Bancorp is the holding company for Beneficial Bank, which serves the greater Philadelphia area and southern New Jersey through about 70 branches. Founded in 1853 as Beneficial Mutual Savings Bank, the bank provides traditional deposit products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts; IRAs; and CDs. Commercial real estate loans and residential mortgages together account for more than half of the company's loan portfolio; consumer loans (nearly 30%) and business loans (almost 20%) round out its lending. The bank aims to increase its commercial lending activities.

MidCarolina Financial likes to stay in the middle of all things financial in the Tar Heel State. The institution is the holding company for MidCarolina Bank, which has eight bank branches -- including two located in health care and long-term care facilities -- in Alamance and Guilford Counties. The bank offers standard retail products and services, such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and credit and debit cards. It uses funds from deposits primarily to write real estate loans; it also writes business and consumer loans. American National Bankshares is buying MidCarolina Financial for nearly $40 million.

Central Bancompany's commitment to the customer starts with our people. Our team is dedicated to providing financial services that help our customers reach their financial goals. We invest in the communities where we live through charitable contributions, employee volunteerism and civic leadership. Our community involvement helps us better understand the needs of our customers. Local management gives us the guidance to react to the needs of our customers quickly and with the flexibility to exceed their expectations.

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).

The Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank provides banking and other financial services in the Gifu prefecture in central Japan. The bank serves consumers and businesses from more than 140 domestic branch locations and from 3 international offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and New York. Services include banking, credit cards, credit guaranty, and leasing. Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank was established in 1896.

Taishin Financial Holding is a key player in Taiwan's banking industry, offering an array of financial services to consumers and businesses. Through Taishin International Bank, the company targets its efforts on three core offerings: retail banking (deposits, housing and auto loans, credit cards, small-and-medium-enterprise lending), corporate banking (deposits, financing, factoring), and wealth management. It operates through more than 160 locations. Subsidiary Taishin Bills Finance underwrites corporate bonds. In 2009 Taishin Financial arranged to sell brokerage Taishin Securities to Taiwan-based KGI Securities for some $880 million.

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