Banco di Sardegna operates some 1,300 branches in Sardinia and in 17 regions on the Italian mainland. Banco di Sardegna offers traditional financial products and services, including certificates of deposit; asset management services; finance, including leasing through its Sardaleasing subsidiary; life insurance and other insurance lines; pension management services; and credit and cash cards. The bank also offers a variety of commercial and personal loans. Banco di Sardegna received its charter in 1995, but its roots date back to the 1600s. Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna owns 51% of Banco di Sardegna.

Impact Holdings (UK) plc company provides short-term loans for legal expenses in personal injury lawsuits. Though the loan is made to the individual claimant, funds are paid to the claimant's law firm to cover expenses such as legal advice, expert medical reports, and engineering studies. Subsidiary Impact Bridging Solutions provides bridge loans secured by residential or commercial property. The loans are made to property developers and investors to cover activities such as renovating a property, buying from auction, and development site purchase.

MainSource Financial wants to be the main source of financial services for residents and businesses in Indiana and beyond. It is the holding company of MainSource Bank, more than 80 branches in the Hooiser State, as well as neighboring portions of Ohio, Illinois, and Kentcky. The bank offers standard deposit and lending products in addition to trust and insurance services. The company also operates about a dozen insurance offices in Indiana and one in Illinois. Real estate loans account for approximately three-quarters of MainSource Financial's lending portfolio, which also includes other commercial and consumer loans.

Bangor Savings Bank has been serving Maine for more than 150 years. In addition to traditional deposit and lending services, the bank also provides credit cards, insurance, and trust and investment management services. Residential mortgages and commercial real estate loans make up most of its loan portfolio; consumer, business, construction, and land development loans round out its lending activities. The bank's Bangor Payroll unit performs payroll management and tax services for more than 1,000 small business clients.

Cattles offers a herd of financial services to the UK's subprime market. Its primary operating unit, Welcome Finance, makes secured and unsecured personal loans ranging from £2,000 to more than £9,000 to borrowers who may have questionable credit or employment histories. Its Shopacheck unit issues smaller short-term loans (around £300) at higher interest rates, collecting weekly payments at the borrowers' homes. Cattles also finances and sells used automobiles (through Welcome Car Finance) and acquires and services consumer debt (The Lewis Group). In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the debt-laden Cattles will undergo a restructuring, through which it will be acquired by newly created vehicle Bovess.

WSFS Financial is the holding company for Wilmington Savings Fund Society (WSFS Bank), a thrift with about 35 branches in Delaware and a handful of locations in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Founded in 1832, WSFS Bank attracts deposits from individuals and local businesses through such standard retail services as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. The bank primarily lends to businesses: Commercial loans and mortgages account for about 75% of its loan portfolio. Bank subsidiary Cypress Capital Management provides trust and advisory services to wealthy clients and institutional investors.

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.

FirstFed Bancorp is the holding company for First Financial Bank, which has about 10 branches in central Alabama. The bank offers standard deposit products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts; IRAs; and CDs. With funds from deposits it originates loans in its market area, which includes Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa counties. First Financial's lending activities primarily consist of commercial real estate loans, single-family residential mortgages, and construction and land development loans. The bank also writes business and consumer loans.

Zions Bancorporation originated as Keystone Insurance and Investment Co., a Utah Corporation, in April 1955. In April 1960, Keystone, together with several individual investors, acquired a 57.5 percent interest in Zions First National Bank from the LDS Church. In 1965, the name of the company was changed to Zions Bancorporation. (However, it operated as Zions Utah Bancorporation from 1966 to 1987.) The first public offering of shares in Zions Bancorporation was made in January 1966. There continued to be some minority shareholders until April 1972, when the company exchanged the remaining minority shares for common shares. Zions Bancorporation's common stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol ZION. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ Financial 100 Index.

Hudson Valley Holding is the parent company of Hudson Valley Bank, which serves individuals, businesses, municipalities, and not-for-profit organizations from more than 35 locations throughout metropolitan New York and lower Connecticut. The bank's focus is on real estate lending, which accounts for more than 80% of the company's loan portfolio. Other products and services include savings, checking, and money market accounts; commercial and industrial loans; consumer loans; credit cards; CDs; and IRAs. Bank subsidiary A.R. Schmeidler & Co. offers money management services.

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