NASB Financial is the holding company for North American Savings Bank, which operates about 15 branches and loan offices in the Kansas City area. Established in 1927, the bank offers a range of deposit products to retail and commercial customers, including checking, savings, and money market accounts and CDs. Its lending activities are fairly evenly split between mortgages secured by residential, commercial, and development properties. Subsidiary Nor-Am sells annuities, mutual funds, and credit life and disability insurance. Chairman David Hancock and his wife Linda (a board member) own a majority of NASB Financial.

National Bancshares Corporation operates as the holding company for First National Bank that provides a range of financial services to individuals and companies in Ohio. The company accepts various deposits, which include checking and savings accounts, regular and money market savings accounts, NOW accounts, and fixed-maturity and fixed-rate certificates. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, construction loans, residential mortgage and home equity loans, and secured and unsecured consumer installment loans. In addition, the company offers debit cards, gift cards, travel cards, travelers` checks, official checks, money orders, ATM services, and individual retirement accounts.

Lake Shore Bancorp is the holding company for Lake Shore Savings Bank, which serves consumers and businesses through about 10 branches in Chautauqua and Erie counties in western New York, near Lake Erie. Founded in 1891, the community oriented savings bank focuses on residential real estate lending, with one- to four-family mortgages accounting for a majority of its loan portfolio. Lake Shore Savings Bank also offers home equity loans and commercial and consumer loans, as well as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Mutual holding company Lake Shore, MHC owns about 60% of Lake Shore Bancorp.

Established in 1957, Hitachi Capital also provides payment and collection services through its outsourcing business and issues credit cards and non-life insurance. Hitachi Capital Corporation, which has nearly 220 locations in Japan, serves some 2 million customers in the medical, agricultural, logistics, and industrial manufacturing sectors, among others. In need of a car, tractor, or personal computer? Hitachi Capital can help. A subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Capital Corporation provides a variety of financial services through its group of companies around the globe. The firm's offerings include financing for the lease and rental of industrial machinery and information equipment, as well as for auto and home loans.

Centinel Bank Shares is the holding company for Centinel Bank of Taos. Catering to the Hispanic community, the bank provides traditional deposit services and products such as checking and savings accounts, as well as loans from four branches in New Mexico. CEO Rebeca Rainey's grandfather, Eliu Romero, founded the bank in 1969. He was motivated to establish a bank that would serve the Hispanic community when he was denied for a loan to help start his law practice

First Merchants makes community banking its first priority. The company owns First Merchants Bank, which operates some 80 branches in Indiana and western Ohio. The bank provides standard consumer and commercial banking services, including checking and savings accounts, CDs, and check cards. Loans secured by commercial real estate and farmland account for the largest portion of the company's loan portfolio (more than a third), followed by residential mortgages and business loans. First Merchants Corporation also owns First Merchants Trust Company, which provides trust and asset management services, and First Merchants Insurance Services, which sells personal, property/casualty, and employee benefit coverage.

Intesa Sanpaolo is the result of the mega-merger of the former Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI, which joined forces at the beginning of 2007. The combined institution provides retail and commercial banking services through its Banca dei Territori division. The company operates from approximately 6,300 branches throughout Italy, plus more than 1,900 locations in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the Mediterranean basin. Intesa Sanpaolo also performs investment banking, public and infrastructure finance, factoring, and trade financing services. The company's Eurizon Financial Group unit includes life insurer Eurizon Vita, asset manager Eurizon Capital, and financial planner Banca Fideuram.

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.

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.

NB&T Financial Group, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for The National Bank and Trust Company that provides commercial banking and financial services to individuals and corporate customers in southwestern Ohio. The company offers various deposit products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, and term certificate accounts. Its loan portfolio includes commercial and industrial loans, such as loans to automobile dealers and loans guaranteed by the small business administration; loans secured by commercial real estate; real estate construction loans for constructing commercial and residential buildings; agricultural loans, including loans to finance farm operations, equipment purchases, and land acquisition; loans secured by one- to four-family residential real estate and multifamily real estate; and consumer installment loans, such as home equity loans, automobile loans, recreational vehicle loans, and overdraft protection. The company also offers credit card services; and trust services that consist of trust administration, investment purchase and management, estate planning and administration, tax and financial planning, and employee benefit plan administration. As of December 31, 2009, it operated a main office in Wilmington, as well as 25 full-service branch offices and 1 automated teller machine facility in Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Montgomery, and Warren Counties in Ohio. NB and T Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1859 and is based in Wilmington, Ohio.

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