Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) is one of India's largest state-controlled banks and provides banking and financial services throughout the country. Established with a focus on foreign exchange and overseas banking, IOB has some 1,800 domestic branches and about a half-dozen international branches. It provides deposit, lending, mortgage, currency transfer, agri-business consultation, and credit card services. Specialized branches offer services related to such concerns as commercial and industrial credit, industrial finance, and high-tech agriculture.

Pinnacle Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is based in Jasper, Alabama. Pinnacle Bancshares, Inc. operates as a holding company for Pinnacle Bank, which provides various commercial banking products and services in central and northwest Alabama. The company’s deposit products include savings deposits, time deposits, money market accounts, checking accounts, certificates of deposit, and interest and noninterest-bearing accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises mortgage, consumer, commercial, residential and commercial real estate mortgage, and real estate construction loans, as well as home equity lines of credit and letters of credit. Pinnacle Bancshares, Inc. also offers automated teller cards, Visa CheckCards, and travelers’ and official checks, as well as provides safe deposit box, notary, overdraft protection, savings transfer, bill payment, telebanking and Internet banking services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated seven branches in Jasper, Haleyville, Sumiton, Vestavia, Trussville, and Gardendale, Alabama.

First Busey Corporation sure stays busy. It's the holding company for Busey Bank, which has more than 40 branches in Illinois, Florida, and Indiana. The bank offers standard deposit products and services; it uses funds from deposits to originate loans, primarily real estate loans and mortgage. First Busey also owns nonbanking subsidiaries. Busey Wealth Management provides asset management, trust, brokerage, and related services individuals, businesses, and foundations; it has some $3.4 billion under management. Another subsidiary, FirsTech provides payment processing services. Most of Busey Bank's branches are located in central Illinois.

Brunswick Bancorp is the holding company for Brunswick Bank and Trust, which serves central New Jersey's Monmouth and Middlesex counties through six branches. The bank attracts customers by offering standard deposit products such as checking and savings accounts in addition to investment options like CDs, IRAs, and 401(k) plans. It mainly originates commercial real estate loans (more than half of its loan portfolio). To a lesser extent, the bank also writes construction, land development, consumer, farm, and residential mortgage loans. In 2007 Brunswick Bancorp voluntarily delisted its stock from the NYSE Amex to save regulatory costs.

Banco de Credito e Inversiones operates some 275 Bci and Banco Nova de Bci bank branches throughout Chile, located as far south as the southern port city of Quellón. It also has a half-dozen branches and representative offices in the US, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and Hong Kong. Bci provides portfolio management through Bci Corredor de Bolsa, mutual fund management through Bci Administradora de Fondos Mutuos, and international factoring through Bci Factoring. Other offerings include wholesale mortgages, investment banking, and insurance brokerage. The Yarur family, which includes chairman Luis Enrique Yarur Rey, owns 63% of Bci.

Cherokee residents were invited to invest in a new bank being formed by 10 local directors, and by July, Cherokee Bank opened its doors in a temporary facility with eight employees. The bank moved into a permanent home in its present main office in March of 2000. After a short 15 months of operation, the bank had its first break-even month in October of 2000. Assets grew steadily from the start, passing the $50 million mark within two years, $100 million within four years and surpassing the $200 million mark within seven years. A temporary office was opened in South Canton in July 2002 to complement the bank's North Canton main office. The permanent facility opened in January of 2004. In 2007, the bank opened its Woodstock Office to serve clients in Woodstock, Acworth and Kennesaw.

Bank of Virginia helps put the Rich in Richmond. The company serves Chesterfield County from a handful of banking branches in Midlothian, Richmond, and Chester. Bank of Virginia offers standard retail and commercial services including checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and money market accounts. In 2008, the bank opened its fifth branch in the Richmond area. Commercial mortgages account for about a third of the company's lending portfolio, which also includes business loans, single-family mortgages, and construction loans. Consumer lending accounts for less than 5% of its portfolio. Washington, DC-based Cordia Bancorp bought a majority of Bank of Virginia in 2010.

Bank Sarasin, one of Switzerland's largest and most reputable private banks, specializes in asset management, investment funds, securities trading, and investment counseling, catering to both private and corporate clients. The bank also offers complementary services such as corporate finance and brokerage analysis. The bank's financial services businesses are run through several subsidiaries, including Sarasin Funds Management and Sarasin Investment Management, which manages the bank's fund advisement activities in the UK. Netherlands-based Rabobank owns a majority of Bank Sarasin, which was established in 1841.

First Financial Corporation is the holding company for First Financial Bank, which operates about 50 branches in west-central Indiana and east-central Illinois. With roots dating back to 1834, the banks offer traditional deposit services such as CDs and checking and savings accounts, as well as Internet banking. Residential mortgages account for about half of the company's loan portfolio. First Financial also operates an insurance agency and two investment subsidiaries.

ASB Financial Corp. ("ASB" or the "Corporation"), a unitary savings and loan holding company incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio, owns all of the issued and outstanding common shares of American Savings Bank, fsb ("American" or the "Savings Bank"), a federal savings bank. Other than investing excess funds, ASB's activities have been limited primarily to holding the common shares of American.

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