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.

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.

First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lakewood was founded in 1935 with a clear vision for the future --to grow stronger, to maintain stability, and to provide its customers with a complete portfolio of financial services. Over seventy years later, First Federal of Lakewood has become a model of consistency and growth in the banking industry. From its downtown Lakewood roots, First Federal of Lakewood has expanded its reach throughout Cuyahoga, Lorain and Medina counties, providing friendly and convenient access at twelve full-service branches.

University of Texas at Austin, University Federal Credit Union (UFCU) has about 10 branches in Austin, with other locations in the Texas communities of Galveston, Round Rock, and Taylor. Serving UT students, alumni, and employees, as well as other residents around Texas' capital city, the credit union provides such financial services as checking and savings accounts, IRAs, money market accounts, home and consumer loans, credit and debit cards, financial planning, brokerage, and insurance.

First Franchise Capital is a subsidiary of First Financial Bancorp, which assumed ownership of the company after acquiring the operations of the failed Irwin Financial in an FDIC-facilitated transaction in 2009. Going loco trying to finance your El Pollo? First Franchise Capital can help ease the franchise-operation crazies. Formerly Irwin Franchise Capital, the company provides conventional and Small Business Administration-backed loans of at least $100,000 to restaurant franchisees to acquire, build, remodel, or refinance new stores. It also offers financing for equipment and real estate. First Franchise Capital Corporation works with more than 50 restaurant brands and deals with franchisees of all sizes throughout the US.

Established in 2001, Tokyo Star provides a range of retail banking and corporate finance services. Its retail operations boast about 35 domestic branches and more than 2,300 ATMs throughout the country. Non-recourse loans and mortgages, as well as loans to the health care, environmental, and shipping markets, are among its most popular offerings. Japan-based buyout outfit Advantage Partners bought Tokyo Star Bank, including the nearly 70% stake held by US-based Lone Star Funds, in 2008.

Headquartered in Korea's second-largest city, Busan, a port and logistics center, Busan Bank operates more than 200 branches in its domestic network. Most of its borrowers are corporate clients, primarily in businesses in the manufacturing, retail, and wholesaling sectors. The bank has lent some 300 billion won to help companies specifically challenged by high prices for raw materials and the Asian bird flu epidemic. Besides deposits and loans, the bank offers services in wealth management, insurance, and mobile banking. Busan Bank was founded in 1967.

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.

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited, provides business and private banking through about 20 offices in Ireland, the UK, the US, Austria, the Isle of Man, Jersey, and Germany. Its operations are divided into three main service areas: business banking, treasury, and private banking. In early 2009 the Irish government took control of Anglo Irish Bank. The following year, the European Union and the IMF joined forces to rescue Ireland from pending collapse. Anglo Irish Bank and the also-nationalized Irish Nationwide Building Society proposed a plan to merge and be run down over time.

North State Bancorp is the holding company for North State Bank, which serves the Raleigh/Durham and Wilmington metropolitan areas of North Carolina through about 10 locations. Targeting professionals, property managers, not-for-profits, community associations, and consumers, the bank offers standard services such as checking and savings accounts, as well as wealth management and brokerage services. It uses funds from deposits mainly to originate commercial real estate and construction loans. Directors and executive officers of North State Bancorp own nearly half of the company, which was established in 2000 by president and CEO Larry Barbour.

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