Evans National Bank wants to take care of Buffalo's bills. The subsidiary of Evans Bancorp operates about a dozen branches in western New York (including Buffalo). The bank primarily uses funds gathered from deposits to originate commercial and residential real estate loans (more than 70% of its loan portfolio) and to invest in securities. Subsidiaries include ENB Insurance Agency, which sells property/casualty insurance; ENB Associates, offering mutual funds and annuities to bank customers; and Evans National Leasing, which provides financing for business equipment throughout the US. In 2009 Evans Bancorp aquired the assets and single branch of the failed Waterford Village Bank in Clarence, New York.

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.

The Ehime Bank provides a range of banking and other financial services to residents of the Ehime Prefecture and to the larger Shikoku area. Services offered include savings, loans, credit card issuing, foreign currency exchange, leasing, and more. The Ehime Bank has more than 90 offices, including two in Osaka and one in Tokyo, and the bank focuses on serving individuals and small- to medium-sized businesses. Minority shareholders in the bank include Japan Trustee Services Bank, Mizuho Corporate, and Aozora.

France's largest bank, Credit Agricole owns a 25% stake each in about 40 regional banks, which in turn own more than half of Credit Agricole. It offers retail and business banking, lending, and deposit services at more than 9,000 locations throughout the country, including those of subsidiary Le Credit Lyonnais (LCL). The company also is involved in investment banking and capital markets (through its Credit Agricole CIB unit), in addition to insurance, leasing, and private banking. Credit Agricole combined its asset management operations with those of rival French bank Society Generale to form Amundi.

Johnson Capital Group, Inc. company provides commercial real estate advisory services, helping property developers and investors access and structure capital. Johnson Capital Group specializes in debt and equity placement for construction and acquisitions; it participates in transactions for all types of commercial real estate including office, retail, multifamily, industrial, hospitality, and mixed-use properties. It also provides in-house servicing. Established in 1987, the firm has some 20 offices in the US, as well as offices in Mexico and Spain and operations in India and Dubai.

UPS Capital Business Credit specializes in providing financing to small businesses. A subsidiary of UPS Capital, the company is a preferred Small Business Administration lender and also provides loans through government-guaranteed programs offered by the US Department of Agriculture and the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Its loans are used to finance such business-related functions as acquisitions, franchises, and real estate. The company operates through nearly 50 UPS Capital offices in the US and through international locations and representative agents in emerging markets. Formerly known as First International Bank, the company was bought by shipping giant United Parcel Service in 2001.

Punjab National Bank (PNB) is one of India's largest nationalized banks, with some 5,000 locations. The financial institution offers services in personal and corporate banking, including industrial, agricultural, and export finance, as well as international banking. Its personal lending services include loans for housing, autos, and education. PNB's diverse client list includes Indian conglomerates, small and midsized businesses, non-resident Indians, and multinational companies. The bank was established in Lahore in 1895 more than 50 years before the country was partitioned into India and Pakistan in 1947.

Wing Lung Bank, founded in 1933, is among the oldest local Chinese banks in Hong Kong. The bank provides comprehensive banking services, including deposits, loans, foreign exchange, credit cards, Internet banking, and wealth management. Through subsidiaries, the bank also provides hire-purchase and leasing, trustee, futures broking, securities broking services, insurance sales, and underwriting. Wing Lung Bank has about 40 banking offices, primarily in China; it also operates through overseas branches in Los Angeles and the Cayman Islands. China Merchants Bank acquired a majority stake in Wing Lung Bank in 2008 and bought the company's remaining outstanding shares later that year.

The banking division of Hong Kong's Dah Sing Group, DSBG operates three subsidiaries (Dah Sing Bank, Banco Comercial de Macau, and MEVAS Bank), a securities trading company, and a joint venture private banking business with SG Hambros Bank, which provides offshore private banking services. The bank's services include savings accounts, credit cards, loans, and e-banking. Dah Sing Bank has nearly 50 branches in Hong Kong, more than a dozen branches in Macau, and a handful of locations in China. It also owns about 20% of China's Bank of Chongqing, with 70 locations. Fellow Dah Sing Group subsidiary Dah Sing Financial Group owns DSBG.

The Farm Credit Bank of Texas is owned by the lending cooperatives it serves. Part of the federal Farm Credit System, the Farm Credit Bank of Texas provides loans and financial services to more than 20 lending cooperatives and financial institutions in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas. The co-ops include federal land credit associations, which offer real estate loans on farms, ranches, and other rural property, and agricultural credit associations, which provide agricultural production loans, agribusiness financing, and rural mortgage financing. Its Capital Markets Group partners with banks and other institutions to provide capital to food, energy, agribusiness, and telecom companies.

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