Central Bancorp is the holding company for Central Co-operative Bank. Operating as Central Bank, it serves Middlesex County in the northwestern suburbs of Boston through about 10 bank branches and loan centers. The bank's primary business is gathering deposits by offering NOW, money market, checking, and savings accounts; CDs; and retirement savings plans. It primarily uses these funds to originate commercial mortgages (more than half of all loans in the company's portfolio, up from 20% in 2001). Residential mortgages have gone down from around 70% to less than 40% since then. The bank also offers construction, home equity, business, and consumer loans, as well as credit cards.

Washington Trust Bancorp can utter "Washington" and "trust" in the same breath. The firm owns The Washington Trust Company, one of the oldest banks in Rhode Island. The bank operates nearly 15 branches there, as well as in southeastern Connecticut. It was originally chartered in 1800. The bank offers standard services such as checking, money market, and savings accounts; CDs; and credit cards. Residential mortgages comprise the largest portion of its loan portfolio, followed by commercial mortgages and other loans collateralized by real estate. The bank also offers wealth management services.

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Techcombank serves primarily individuals and small to medium businesses. It offers deposit products, loans, leasing, cash management, and other financial services. The company offers insurance through Bao Viet Life. Founded in 1993, Techcombank has more than 130 branches throughout Vietnam -- the second-largest network in the country. It plans to operate 200 locations by 2010. International banking giant HSBC owns 20% of Techcombank; the two banks also have numerous cooperative alliances.

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Tai Fung Bank, also known as Banco Tai Fung, the bank has more than 20 offices throughout the SAR (special administrative region of China) and provides individuals and businesses with deposit products, loans, credit cards, trade financing, and related financial services. Tai Fung Bank subsidiaries are active in such lines of business as investment management and real estate. Tai Fung Bank traces its roots to a money-changing service established in Macao in 1942; it officially became a bank in 1972.

Founded two centuries ago by Maharaja Sayajirao III, the Bank of Baroda today operates about 3,000 domestic and another 75 international branches. About a third of its branches are located in rural areas; Bank of Baroda also operates in semi-urban, urban, and metropolitan regions. Offerings include corporate and personal loans, card services, shipping and export financing, and offshore banking. Subsidiaries are active in card issuing, asset management, and capital markets; Bank of Baroda has also sponsored five regional rural banks. The company operates in Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas.

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS), which provides consumer, business, and other banking services to 6 million clients through more than 3,000 branches throughout the country. BMPS also has limited operations in several other nations. The bank, which claims to be the oldest in the world, was founded in 1472 to help the poor. It is split into a public institution (chiefly active in benevolent works, grants, and public assistance) and the incorporated banking arm (focused on profits). The Fondazione Monte dei Paschi owns about 49% of the bank, but controls some 60% of it.

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.

Mercantile Bank Corporation is the holding company for Mercantile Bank of Michigan (formerly Mercantile Bank of West Michigan), which operates more than five branches in and around Grand Rapids, Holland, and Lansing. (The latter was the community bank's first foray outside the western part of Michigan, prompting the name change in 2005.) The bank targets local consumers and businesses, offering standard deposit services such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and health savings accounts. Loans for real estate secured by nonresidential properties make up more than half of the company's loan portfolio; business loans are about a quarter.

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