Suncorp-Metway (aka Suncorp Group)wants to be a rising star in Australia's insurance and banking sectors. The group owns Suncorp Insurance, which operates one of the country's largest general insurance companies, as well as a small but growing life insurance and wealth management business. The general insurance business sells personal and commercial property/casualty insurance under its Suncorp, AAMI, GIO, Vero, and Shannons brands. In addition to its insurance business, Suncorp also runs Suncorp Bank, an operator of some 170 branches in eastern Australia. Among other products, the bank offers personal and commercial banking accounts, financial planning, and loans to consumers and small to midsized businesses.

The Bank of Iwate, established in 1932, as a key financial institution in Iwate Prefecture, the largest prefecture on Japan's main island of Honshu. The prefecture, which is the Bank's business base, boasts a wide range of activity, from traditional industries to advanced technology. The Bank is committed to offering all manner of products and services with an eye to the new financial age, and is boldly stepping forward together with Iwate Prefecture into the 21st century.

Banca Popolare di Sondrio has a long history in Italy. The cooperatively owned bank, also referred to as BPS or Popso, has more than 250 branch offices in northern and central portions of the country. It operates in Switzerland through wholly owned subsidiary Banca Popolare di Sondrio (SUISSE). Serving consumers, families, small and large businesses, and public institutions, Banca Popolare di Sondrio offers deposit accounts, consumer and commercial credit and loans, mortgages, leasing, insurance, and securities trading, among other financial services. Founded in 1871, Banca Popolare di Sondrio has been growing by opening new branches.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial hopes its customers are happy as peas in a pod. The company is the parent of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, which operates more than 20 branches serving New Jersey's Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, and Union counties. Founded in 1921, the bank serves area individuals and small businesses by providing such traditional services as checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; IRAs; and credit cards. It offers trust and investment management services through its PGB Trust and Investments unit. Mortgages secured by residential properties represent about half of the company's loan portfolio. The bank also originates commercial real estate, construction, consumer, and business loans.

Founded in 1952, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) reigns supreme as the largest and most dominant financial services company in Kuwait (fifth among worldwide Arab banks). Through about 65 branches in Kuwait, the bank offers traditional personal banking services such as money accounts, credit cards, loans, and other related banking packages, and it also caters to businesses and commercial clients. Brokerage services and several different kinds of investment funds are offered by the bank as well. NBK has operations in about a dozen additional countries in places such as London, Paris, New York, and Singapore.

ECB Bancorp Enjoys Community Banking. The holding company owns The East Carolina Bank, which serves individuals, small to midsized businesses, and local governments through about 25 branches in eastern North Carolina and the Outer Banks. The bank, which opened in a barbershop in 1920, provides checking, savings, money market, NOW, and individual retirement accounts, plus certificates of deposit. It mainly originates real estate loans (approximately 80% of its loan portfolio), including residential and commercial mortgages and construction and land development loans. The East Carolina Bank also writes commercial, consumer, and construction loans. Members of the Gibbs family own about 15% of ECB Bancorp.

Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation is the financial arm of Caterpillar Inc., a Fortune 50 company, a technology leader and the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, natural gas and diesel engines, and industrial gas turbines. For more than 28 years, Cat Financial, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., has been providing a wide range of financing alternatives for the complete line of Caterpillar machinery and engines, Solar ® gas turbines, other related equipment and marine vessels. Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation also extends loans to customers and dealers. Cat Financial has offices and subsidiaries located throughout the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe.

"TG" may sound like a college fraternity, but it's more about tuition and books than togas and beer. Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, commonly known as TG, was formed by the Texas legislature in 1979 to administer the Federal Family Education Loan Program in the Lone Star State. The public not-for-profit corporation helps facilitate the loan process and guarantees payment of loans to its more than 300 originating lenders. It also awards more than $1 million in grants to students and programs each year. Annually it works with around 900 public and private colleges and helps some 875,000 students achieve a post-secondary education. TG's income comes from loan fees and it receives no state funding.

State Employees' Credit Union provides corporate information and publications to our members, as well as the general public. Find out about our involvement in the community and current career opportunities at the Credit Union operates more than 225 offices and has more than 1.5 million members in North Carolina. The member-owned non-profit credit union offers standard deposit products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts; individual retirement accounts; and term certificates. Its lending activities include home mortgages, car loans, and personal loans. SECU, which was founded in 1937 to serve state employees and their families, also sells auto and homeowners insurance, as well as term life, health and long-term care coverage.

Broadway Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for Broadway Federal Bank, f.s.b. that offers savings and loan products principally in California. Its deposits principally include passbook savings accounts, non-interest bearing checking accounts, NOW and other demand accounts, money market accounts, and fixed-term certificates of deposit. The company’s loan products comprise one to four family mortgage loans, commercial loans, construction loans, and consumer loans. It operates four banking offices in Los Angeles, one banking office in the nearby city of Inglewood, and two loan production offices in the cities of Irvine and Torrance. Broadway Financial Corporation was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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