Inter-American Development Bank support efforts by Latin America and the Caribbean countries to reduce poverty and inequality. We aim to bring about development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way.Established in 1959, we are the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean, with a strong commitment to achieve measurable results, increased integrity, transparency and accountability. We have an evolving reform agenda that seeks to increase our development impact in the region.

Cheviot Financial happily puts the "buck" in "Buckeye State." It is the holding company for Cheviot Savings Bank, which operates more than five branches in and around Cincinnati. The community-oriented thrift offers traditional products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and credit cards. Its lending activities primarily consist of residential mortgages; construction, consumer, and commercial loans round out its loan book. Cheviot offers investment services through third-party provider Souders Financial. Cheviot Mutual Holding Company owns about 60% of Cheviot Financial, which will nearly double in size through its planned acquisition of First Franklin Corporation.

The Dutch bank,N.V. Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG for short) is a government-owned entity that helps finance the operations of the country's municipalities, housing associations, health care institutions, and public utilities. The majority of the company's funding is funneled to the public sector, with the balance going to public-private partnerships. The bank also provides funds transfer, electronic banking, asset management, and investment consulting services for Dutch public authorities, and is involved in regional development.

The years following Ashley’s retirement saw rapid growth and expansion as Ashe Federal became AF Bank and opened five additional branch locations in Ashe, Watauga, and Alleghany Counties. A mutual holding company, AsheCo, MHC, was established in 1996. A mid-tier holding company, AF Bankshares, Inc. was created in 1998 and in 2002 the company’s shareholders voted to change its name to AF Financial Group.

The Golden 1 Credit Union wants to be the 1. One of California's largest financial cooperatives, not to mention one of the largest credit unions in the US, the member-owned organization serves communities in central and northern parts of the state through a network of more than 80 branches; nearly half of them are in and around Sacramento. The Golden 1 has more than 680,000 members who are residents of more than 30 eligible counties or employees of hundreds of select companies or groups. The credit union offers savings, checking, and money market accounts, IRAs, and credit and check cards. It also provides personal and residential real estate loans, as well as investments and insurance.

Allstate Bank is a wholly-owned subsidary of The Allstate Corporation, the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurance company. The Allstate Corporation owns Allstate Insurance Company and Allstate Financial Group, which is comprised of America’s 17th largest life insurance business as well as businesses that market annuities, savings and financial services products through licensed financial professionals.

The Chinese economy would be nothing without the People's Bank of China. The central bank controls monetary policy, sets the exchange rate, regulates the gold market, manages the state treasury, and oversees other financial institutions. Like the Federal Reserve System in the US, the People's Bank of China lends money to commercial banks as necessary. It also issues currency. In mainland China, the reminbi is the name of the currency, and the yuan is the base unit (like the dollar). The People's Bank of China operates nine regional branches in addition to its headquarters in Beijing. The bank was established in 1948, and until 1978 it was the only bank in China. It became the country's central bank in 1983.

A state-owned organization, IDBI provides corporate clients funding for expansion, modernization, and diversification of their businesses--including equipment financing, asset credit, corporate loan, and working capital loans. IDBI operates through several subsidiaries: IDBI Bank, IDBI Capital Market Services (financial services), IDBI Intech (information technology), IDBI Gilts Ltd. (bond trading), and IDBI Homefinance (housing financing). Its banking unit also offers traditional deposit and loan services to consumers through a network of more than 680 branches, 450 banking centers, and 1,140 ATMs.

Standard Chartered PLC provides consumer and wholesale banking products and services to individuals, small and medium enterprises, corporate, and institutional customers. It offers savings accounts, demand drafts, foreign exchange services, safe deposit boxes, and telegraphic transfers; personal loans and mortgages; credit cards; life, savings and retirement planning, health and medical, home, motor, and travel insurance; and investment advisory and international banking services. The company also provides private and priority banking; cash management, treasury services; trade finance and working capital, including import, export, and cross-border financing services; business installment loans and mortgages; transaction banking, financial markets, and corporate finance services; custody services; and Saadiq Islamic banking services, as well as Internet banking services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated approximately 1,700 branches and outlets, and 5,679 ATMs primarily in India, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, as well as in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Betcha banking's big business for BB Holdings. The company operates The Belize Bank, the largest commercial and retail bank located in the nation of Belize, with about a dozen branches. About half of the bank's loan portfolio consists of corporate loans that support the tourism, agriculture, and distribution industries. The bank also has operations in the Turks and Caicos Islands, where it is the largest issuer of loans. BB Holdings has a 25% stake in Numar, a Costa Rican palm seed and edible oil operation, which processes margarine and animal feed. BB Holdings is controlled by chairman Michael Ashcroft, a UK billionaire and Conservative party officer, who holds dual citizenship in the UK and Belize.

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