Southern First Bancshares operates in two markets: Greenville, South Carolina, where it operates under the Greenville First Bank moniker, and in Columbia, South Carolina as Southern First Bank. Selling itself as a local alternative to larger institutions, the company, which has more than five bank branches, targets individuals and small to midsized businesses. It offers traditional deposit services and products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, and CDs. The banks use funds from deposits mainly to write commercial mortgages, residential mortgages, and commercial business loans.

ALPHA BANK A.E., together with its subsidiaries, provides various banking and financial services in Greece and internationally. It offers various deposit products, including savings accounts, working capital/current accounts, investment facilities/term deposits, repos, and swaps; loan facilities, including mortgage loans, consumer loans, corporate loans, and letters of guarantees; and debit and credit cards to individuals and companies. The company also provides leasing and factoring services; asset management services and insurance products; stock exchange, advisory, and brokerage services relating to capital markets; and investment banking services. In addition, it involves in dealing room activities in the inter bank market, which include FX swaps, bonds, futures, IRS, and inter bank placements. Further, the company involves in real estate management and hotel businesses, as well as provides solutions for professional training of adults and developing human resources of companies and institutions. As of December 31, 2008, it operated a network of 1,000 branches. The company was formerly known as Alpha Credit Bank and changed its name to ALPHA BANK A.E. as a result of its merger with the Ionian Bank in April 2000.

Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester) offers deposit and lending services throughout the UK. Its largest segment is its traditional savings and home mortgage business, but the company also offers checking accounts, credit cards, and consumer finance, as well as commercial services such as cash management and asset financing. The firm has alliances with such firms as Legal & General and Zurich to provide investment and insurance products. Its approximately 5.5 million retail customers can access the bank through more than 300 branches, 2,500 ATMs, and 14,000 post offices across the UK. Spanish banking giant Santander bought Alliance & Leicester in 2008. It was rebranded Santander UK in 2010.

In 2010 Wells Fargo announced that it will merge the business of Wells Fargo Financial, which accounts for less than 2% of the company's loan volume, into its banking operations. The consumer finance arm of US banking superpower Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo Financial operates through approximately 1,100 locations throughout the US, as well as in Canada and the Pacific Rim. The company provides credit cards, personal loans, and real estate-secured loans to consumers. It originates indirect auto loans through more than 18,000 franchised dealers. Wells Fargo Financial, Inc. also provides sales financing to retailers and lease financing to health care and agribusiness concerns.

Republic First Bancorp is the holding company for Republic First Bank (dba Republic Bank), which serves southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey from a dozen branches. The bank targets individuals and small to midsized businesses, offering standard deposit products including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, IRAs, and CDs. Commercial mortgages account for more than 70% of the company's loan portfolio, which also includes consumer loans, business loans, and residential mortgages. Republic First and Metro Bancorp scrapped plans to merge in 2010 due to regulatory difficulties. Undaunted, the company is still looking to expand in New Jersey and plans to open new branches.

Bar Harbor Bankshares is a Maine-stay for communities in the Pine Tree State's Hancock, Knox, and Washington counties. Through about a dozen branches, subsidiary Bar Harbor Bank & Trust offers such deposit products as checking, savings, and money market accounts; NOW accounts; IRAs; and CDs. Real estate mortgages make up some 80% of the bank's loan portfolio, which also includes consumer, commercial, and agricultural loans. About 10% of the bank's lending is focused on the tourist industry associated with nearby Acadia National Park. Bar Harbor Trust Services, a subsidiary of the bank, offers trust and estate planning services.

Provident wants to be a prominent force in the New Jersey banking scene. Provident Financial Services owns The Provident Bank, which serves customers in about 10 northern and central New Jersey counties. Founded in 1839, the bank offers traditional deposit and lending products, as well as wealth management and trust services, through more than 80 branches. Residential mortgage loans make up about 35% of the bank's loan portfolio; commercial mortgages are around 25%. Business, consumer, and construction loans help to round out its lending activities. The company's Provident Investment Services subsidiary sells life and health insurance and investment products.

Capital One hopes it's a car financed through Capital One Auto Finance. A subsidiary of Capital One Financial, the company found its niche in the e-loan market. From its origins of selling loans only through direct mail and auto dealerships, the company has evolved into one of the largest Internet auto lenders in the US. An online decision usually comes within minutes, after which the buyer receives a "blank check" for up to the approved loan amount, thus providing the negotiating power of cash to let the borrower purchase or refinance a new or used vehicle.

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.

Our company was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1981 and renamed as "Allied Properties (H.K.) Limited" in 1987. The core businesses of Allied Properties (H.K.) Limited Company and its subsidiaries and associates consist of property investment, property development, hospitality related activities and financial services. The Company is a subsidiary of Allied Group Limited ("Allied Group"). The Company's interests in property investment and development and hospitality related activities in Hong Kong are mainly held through its wholly owned subsidiaries or the 50% owned Allied Kajima Limited ("Allied Kajima"), and in respect of property investment and development and hospitality related activities in The People's Republic of China ("PRC"), through Tian An China Investments Company Limited ("Tian An"), being an associate held by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company's financial services business is mainly conducted through the Company's 62.47% holding in Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited ("Sun Hung Kai") as well as Sun Hung Kai's effective 58.18% holding in United Asia Finance Limited ("UAF"). Quality HealthCare Asia Limited ("QHA"), a 69.76% subsidiary of Allied Properties (H.K.) Limited Company, is engaged in the business of provision of healthcare services.

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