Commerzbank AG provides financial services to private and corporate customers principally in Germany. The company’s retail banking services include wealth management services, money investments, pension products, real estate financing, and advisory services, as well as provides Mastercard, Visa, and American Express credit cards. Its corporate banking services comprise investment banking, information, financing, transaction management, foreign business, risk management, and consulting services. Commerzbank also offers asset based finance services, including asset management and leasing; real estate finance for investors and developers; ship financing; and public finance. In addition, it provides online banking and ATM services. The company operates approximately 1,200 branches. Commerzbank was formerly known as Commerz- und Disconto-Bank and changed its name in 1940. Commerzbank AG was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Established in 1921, the Michinoku Bank is a regional bank offering financial services in the Aamori Prefecture in Japan. With about 120 branches and eight consolidated subsidiaries, Michinoku Bank offers traditional banking products, as well as real estate management and staffing supply services. With its "family bank" business approach, the company targets individual retail customers, as well as small-to-medium-sized businesses. It has key subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Michinoku Bank was also the first Japanese bank to open a subsidiary in Russia when it launched The Michinoku Bank (Moscow) Ltd. in 1999; it is now selling that operation to Mizuho Financial.

First Merchants makes community banking its first priority. The company owns First Merchants Bank, which operates some 80 branches in Indiana and western Ohio. The bank provides standard consumer and commercial banking services, including checking and savings accounts, CDs, and check cards. Loans secured by commercial real estate and farmland account for the largest portion of the company's loan portfolio (more than a third), followed by residential mortgages and business loans. First Merchants Corporation also owns First Merchants Trust Company, which provides trust and asset management services, and First Merchants Insurance Services, which sells personal, property/casualty, and employee benefit coverage.

Bank of South Carolina Corporation is the holding company for The Bank of South Carolina, which was founded in 1987. It operates four branches in and around Charleston. Targeting individuals and small to midsized business customers, the bank offers such standard retail services as checking and savings accounts, credit cards, and money market and NOW accounts. Real estate loans make up more than 70% of the The Bank of South Carolina's loan portfolio, which also includes commercial loans (around 20%) and to a lesser extent, personal loans. President and CEO Hugh Lane and his family control about 12% of the company.

Tai Fung Bank, also known as Banco Tai Fung, the bank has more than 20 offices throughout the SAR (special administrative region of China) and provides individuals and businesses with deposit products, loans, credit cards, trade financing, and related financial services. Tai Fung Bank subsidiaries are active in such lines of business as investment management and real estate. Tai Fung Bank traces its roots to a money-changing service established in Macao in 1942; it officially became a bank in 1972.

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.

LSB Financial is the holding company for Lafayette Savings Bank, which has been serving northern Indiana since 1869. Today the bank has a handful of branches in the communities of Lafayette and West Lafayette, offering checking, savings, and money market accounts, NOW accounts, and CDs. It primarily writes real estate loans, with residential mortgages making up about half of the company's loan portfolio. It also writes commercial and multifamily residential mortgages, real estate construction loans, and land development loans.

Bank of India is one of the nation's largest private banks. The bank has around 2,900 branches in India and about 30 foreign offices in the Channel Islands, China, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Singapore, the UK, US, West Indies, and Vietnam. International operations account for about 20% of the bank's business. Besides savings, checking, credit cards, and ATM services, the bank offers personal loan services including mortgage, car, and vacation loans. The bank's branches specialize in different areas: corporate banking (credit) overseas branches (foreign exchange), NRI offices (expat Indians). Other branches offer capital markets operations, asset recovery, and agriculture and lease financing.

KBC Group is one of Belgium's largest financial services firms. The company operates more than 850 bank branches in Belgium and another 1,300 in Central and Eastern Europe. It has other operations in Western Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia. KBC caters to individuals, small and midsized businesses, and private banking clients. It also offers insurance, and asset management. The bank is organized into four primary business units: Belgium; Central and Eastern Europe and Russia; Merchant Banking; and European Private Banking. In 2009 KBC received its third government bailout upon reporting losses related to toxic investments.

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