New England Bancshares is the holding company for New England Bank, a thrift serving central and north-central Connecticut from about 20 branches. It offers standard deposit products and services, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. New England Bank primarily originates residential and commercial real estate loans, as well as business, construction, and consumer loans. In 2009 New England Bancshares merged its former Enfield Federal Savings and Valley Banks subsidiaries to create New England Bank. It then acquired the three-branch Apple Valley Bank & Trust.

TIB Financial is the holding company for TIB Bank, which operates about 30 branches in South Florida, and the Bank of Venice (acquired in 2007), which has two locations in Venice, Florida. Serving individuals and local businesses, the banks offer checking and savings accounts, NOW accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Commercial real estate loans make up slightly more than half of the company's loan portfolio which also includes commercial, residential mortgage, business, consumer, construction, and land loans. TIB Financial also offers investment management services to local residents and businesses.

In 1997, organizers of Citizens Effingham Bancshares, Inc. embarked upon a quest to meet the need in Effingham County, Georgia for a bank committed to promoting economic growth and community involvement. Citizens Bank was organized with the communities that make up Effingham County in mind. Springfield, being centrally located and the county seat, was chosen as the site of the main office, which opened its doors on September 8, 1998. The Rincon office opened November 2, 1998. Rincon is the county's largest municipality. Growth in Effingham County has been phenomenal in recent years.

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Bank of the Ozarks that provides a range of retail and commercial banking services. The company’s deposit products include checking, savings, money market, time deposit, and individual retirement accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises real estate loans, which include loans secured by residential one to four family, non-farm/non-residential, construction/land development, multifamily residential properties, and other land loans; and consumer loans for the purchase of automobiles, recreational vehicles, boats, and mobile homes. The company’s loan portfolio also includes loans for commercial, industrial, and professional purposes, including loans to fund working capital requirements, and purchases of machinery and equipment, as well as term loans, balloon loans, and lines of credit; and agricultural loans for financing agricultural production, such as loans to businesses or individuals engaged in the production of timber, poultry, livestock, or crops. It also provides mortgage lending; treasury management services, including wholesale lock box services; remote deposit capture services; trust and wealth management services, including financial planning, money management, custodial services, and retirement planning; real estate appraisals; credit-related life and disability insurance; ATMs; telephone banking; on-line banking, including on-line bill pay; debit cards; and safe deposit boxes. Further, the company offers credit cards for consumers and businesses; processing of merchant credit card transactions, and full service investment brokerage services. As of December 31, 2009, it had 73 offices, including 65 banking offices in 34 communities throughout northern, western, and central Arkansas; 7 Texas banking offices; and a loan production office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Intesa Sanpaolo is the result of the mega-merger of the former Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI, which joined forces at the beginning of 2007. The combined institution provides retail and commercial banking services through its Banca dei Territori division. The company operates from approximately 6,300 branches throughout Italy, plus more than 1,900 locations in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the Mediterranean basin. Intesa Sanpaolo also performs investment banking, public and infrastructure finance, factoring, and trade financing services. The company's Eurizon Financial Group unit includes life insurer Eurizon Vita, asset manager Eurizon Capital, and financial planner Banca Fideuram.

Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, one of the country's top holders and servicers of student loans. The not-for-profit organization helps borrowers obtain education financing such as Federal Stafford, alternative or supplemental, and consolidation loans through lending institutions such as Bank of America and U.S. Bancorp. It also offers a "Rate Relief" program that can lower a borrower's interest rate by up to 3%, as well as deferment and forbearance options that either postpone or reduce a borrower's monthly payment. The authority also manages loan servicing for lending institutions nationwide.

Peoples Bancorp offers banking for the people, by the people, and of the people. The holding company owns Peoples Bank, which has about 50 branch offices in non-urban markets in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Peoples offers traditional retail banking services as well as wealth management, trust, and retirement services through its Peoples Financial Advisors division. Its Peoples Insurance subsidiary sells life, health, and property/casualty coverage. Credit cards and brokerage services are offered through third-party providers. The bank focuses its lending activities on commercial mortgages and business, construction, and residential mortgage loans.

Commercial banking, securities dealing, asset management, and insurance all find a home beneath Shin Kong's umbrella. Also known as SKFH, the holding company offers an array of banking and financial services through subsidiaries Shin Kong Life Insurance (SKL), Shin Kong Investment Trust (SKIT), Taiwan Shin Kong Insurance Brokers (SKIB), and Taiwan Shin Kong Commercial Bank (SKB). The company has expanded its product offerings and market presence, with a focus on mainland China for growth opportunities. SKFH was established in 2002.

Hiroshima Bank established in 1878, the bank serves Japan's Chugoku and Shikoku regions through more than 175 offices and 830 ATMs. Hiroshima organizes its business approach into three distinct areas: financial intermediation, risk management assistance, and information provision. It offers the traditional array of financial services, including investment and private banking products, real estate appraisal, banking software, venture capital support, and assistance with corporate restructuring.

Trustmark’s history of meeting its customers’ financial needs extends back to 1889. Through the years, Trustmark has broadened its customer base by expanding the markets it serves as well as the products and services it provides. After building a statewide banking system in Mississippi, Trustmark entered the insurance industry in 1999. In 2001, Trustmark expanded into the Tennessee market and then entered the Florida and Texas markets in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Trustmark Corporation, with $9.8 billion in assets, is a diversified financial services company. We provide banking, wealth management and insurance solutions through our subsidiaries including Trustmark National Bank, TRMK Risk Management, Inc., Trustmark Investment Advisors, Inc., The Bottrell Insurance Agency, Inc. and Fisher-Brown, Inc. With locations in Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, we have over 2,600 associates working to achieve outstanding customer satisfaction by understanding our customers’ businesses and needs and providing appropriate financial solutions. We believe building strong customer relationships is the result of knowing our customers, understanding their businesses and needs and providing appropriate financial solutions. We realize the inherent trust you place in your financial institution, and we look forward to the opportunity to prove to you the value behind our name. Trustmark is “People you Trust. Advice that Works.”

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