One of the largest commercial banks in Thailand, Bangkok Bank provides a variety of banking services to individual and commercial clients, including checking and savings accounts, loans, Internet banking, and treasury and investment banking services. It operates about 850 branches serving 16 million customers throughout Thailand, about a dozen other Southeast Asian countries, the UK, and the US. The bank was founded in 1944 in response to the difficulty Thai businessmen encountered in receiving credit facilities from foreign banks; it has since had a hand in developing its homeland's industry and agriculture.

Sterling Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company of Sterling Bank, which provides commercial and consumer banking services to consumers and small to medium-sized businesses in Texas. The company offers a range of banking services, including demand, savings, and time deposits; commercial, real estate, and consumer loans; merchant credit card services; letters of credit; and cash and asset management services. It also facilitates brokerage, mutual fund, alternative financing, and insurance products through third-party vendors. In addition, the company offers treasury management, specialized lending consisting of energy lending, and private client services; and involves in the purchase of government guaranteed loans and wholesale real estate lending activities. Further, Sterling Bancshares provides investment advisory and pension administration/consulting services. As of December 31, 2009, it served through 58 banking centers in the greater metropolitan areas of Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth. Sterling Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Northfield Bancorp is the holding company for Northfield Bank. Its retail offerings include checking, savings, and retirement accounts; CDs; mortgage and home equity loans; life insurance; and credit cards. Its commercial offerings include checking and money market accounts, commercial lending, and business credit cards. Bank subsidiary NSB Realty Trust holds mortgage loans and other investments. Founded in 1887, Northfield Bank operates some 20 branches in New York and New Jersey. Currently controlled by a mutual holding company, Northfield Bancorp is undergoing demutualization.

Amboy Bancorporation is the holding company for Amboy National Bank, which serves consumers and businesses through about 25 branches in central New Jersey's Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Somerset counties. It offers standard products such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and CDs, as well as life and title insurance and annuities. Almost all of Amboy Bancorporation's lending portfolio is secured by real estate, including construction and loan development loans (almost half of its loan book), residential mortgages (around 30%), and commercial mortgages (approximately 20%). The bank also originates business and consumer loans. Amboy National Bank was established in 1888.

Community Capital is the holding company for CapitalBank, which operates about 20 branches in western South Carolina. Targeting individuals and small to midsized businesses, the bank provides standard deposit services such as checking and savings accounts, IRAs, and CDs. Residential real estate mortgages account for about 40% of its loan portfolio; construction loans are approximately 25%, as are commercial mortgages. Consumer and business loans round out its lending activities. The bank's Wealth Management Group provides investment management, retirement planning, fiduciary, and estate settlement services.

Founded in 1865, Banca Popolare di Milano (also known as Pop Milano) is a cooperative bank with more than 580 branches in Italy, concentrated in and around Milan and in northern and central portions of the country. It also operates a virtual bank (Webank) and commercial banks Banca di Legnano and Cassa di Risparmo di Alessandria. In addition to standard retail services such as deposit accounts, credit cards, and loans, the company offers corporate and investment banking, insurance, and wealth management. Merger talks between Banca Popolare di Milano and Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna have stalled.

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.

Village Bank & Trust is the holding company for Village Bank, which has about a dozen branches in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia. It offers standard services, including deposit accounts, loans, and credit cards. Deposit funds are used to write loans for consumers and businesses in the area; commercial real estate loans, mainly secured by owner-occupied businesses, account for about half of the bank's lending portfolio, which also includes business, construction, residential mortgage, and consumer loans. In 2008 Village Bank & Trust acquired the three-branch River City Bank in a transaction worth more than $20 million.

Natixis specializes in corporate banking, asset management, receivables management, and private equity. Its typical customers are corporations and banks in Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East. Other business activities include real estate finance, bond underwriting, brokerage, employee benefits planning, and payment processing services. Subsidiary Coface provides credit insurance and credit management services. The company is majority-owned by banking giant Groupe BPCE, which was formed in 2009 through the merger of Banques Populaires (GBP) and Caisses d'Epargne (CNCE).

Canandaigua National can undoubtedly stake its claim as the holding company for Canandaigua National Bank and Trust, which operates more than 20 branches in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. In addition to traditional deposits and loans, the bank also offers online brokerage, insurance, and wealth management services, including corporate retirement plan management and individual financial planning. Its loan portfolio is composed largely of commercial mortgages (nearly 40%), other business loans, and residential mortgages (about 20% each). Canandaigua National executives and directors collectively control about one-fourth of the company.

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