ChoiceOne Bank, which has more than a dozen offices in the western part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. The bank serves consumers and area businesses, offering checking and savings accounts, CDs, investment planning, and other services. Real estate loans, including residential and commercial mortgages, constitute more than two-thirds of the company's loan portfolio. Agricultural, consumer, and business loans help to round out the bank's lending activities. ChoiceOne Financial Services sells life, health, and disability coverage through its ChoiceOne Insurance Agencies subsidiaries.

Sekerbank provides banking services for the residents of Turkey and abroad. The company focuses on providing a variety of corporate and commercial, retail, and small business banking services and products. Sekerbank has more than 200 branches and more than 200 ATMs in about 60 cities throughout Turkey. Its subsidiaries include Seker Yatirim (investment banking), Seker Leasing (leasing), Seker Bilisim (information technology services), and Seker Off-Shore (off-shore banking). The company was founded as Seker Pancari Kooperatifleri Bankasi in 1953. Sekerbank's pension fund owns more than 50% of the company. Sekerbank plans to continue to develop new products for its customers.

ABN AMRO got a fresh start with the Dutch government. In 2010 the bank, one of the largest in the Netherlands, separated from Royal Bank of Scotland and was transferred to a new holding company, ABN AMRO Group, which is wholly owned by the government. The new ABN AMRO Bank serves commercial, consumer, and private clients in the Netherlands, and nearly 30 other countries. In 2010, the Dutch banking operations of state-owned insurer ageas (formerly Fortis) were merged with ABN AMRO Bank. ABN AMRO announced plans to cut up to 5,000 jobs in the Netherlands in relation to the merger. The cuts represent about 17% of the combined workforce of the banks.

BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) is the parent of Bank of China (Hong Kong), which has about 300 branches in Hong Kong as well as on mainland China. The bank serves local businesses and consumers, providing loans, deposit accounts, and other standard services, as well as securities brokerage, wealth management, and project financing and syndication. It also prints currency. In addition, Bank of China (Hong Kong) owns Nanyang Commercial Bank and some 70% of Chiyu Banking Corporation (both are also based in Hong Kong), as well as BOC Credit Card (International). Bank of China, which is controlled by the Chinese government, owns about two-thirds of BOC Hong Kong.

Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Ltd. was founded in 1946 during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan to foster the country's burgeoning cooperative system. Today the bank still provides financing for economic development, particularly for cooperative enterprises and small and middle-market businesses, with a focus on the fishing and farming sectors. It also provides standard banking services such as deposits and financial management to businesses and consumers. TCB has more than 300 branches in its home country, plus six offices in the US, China, Belgium, and Philippines. The Taiwanese government owns nearly 40% of the bank.

The Mie Bank caters to the Mie and Aichi Prefectures with its some 75 branches and 8 consolidated subsidiaries, offering the conventional array of banking products such as deposits, securities, loans, and other related offerings. Key subsidiary Miegin Sogo-Lease represents all of the bank's leasing operations while other subsidiaries include Miegin Institute of Research, Miegin Card, Miegin Mortgage Service, and Miegin Office Support. The bank was established in 1895 as the Yokkaichi Bank; it eventually changed its name to its current moniker in 1939.

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Pinnacle National Bank, which provides commercial banking services to individuals, small-to medium-sized businesses, and professional entities in Tennessee. Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. engages in generating deposits and originating loans. It accepts various deposit products, including savings, checking, interest-bearing checking, money market, and certificate of deposit accounts. The company’s loan portfolio comprises commercial, real estate, and consumer loans, as well as secured and unsecured installment and term loans, residential first mortgage loans, home equity loans, and home equity lines of credit to individuals for personal, family, investment, and household purposes. It also offers telephone and Internet banking, debit cards, direct deposit, and cash management services, as well as a range of investment products, including mutual funds, variable annuities, money market instruments, treasury securities, bonds, fixed annuities, stocks, financial planning, asset management accounts, and listed options. Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. also provides insurance products in the property and casualty area. As of December 31, 2009, it provided its services through 34 banking locations.

Alaska USA Federal Credit Union is a federally chartered financial services cooperative with branch offices throughout Alaska, the Puget Sound area of Washington State, and California's High Desert. The credit union is the largest provider of consumer financial services in Alaska, with growing membership in Washington and California. Alaska USA also provides business services, including checking, commercial loans, and insurance.The credit union owns and operates Alaska USA Mortgage Company, Alaska USA Insurance Brokers, Alaska USA Title Agency, and Alaska USA Trust Company.

Southern First Bancshares operates in two markets: Greenville, South Carolina, where it operates under the Greenville First Bank moniker, and in Columbia, South Carolina as Southern First Bank. Selling itself as a local alternative to larger institutions, the company, which has more than five bank branches, targets individuals and small to midsized businesses. It offers traditional deposit services and products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, and CDs. The banks use funds from deposits mainly to write commercial mortgages, residential mortgages, and commercial business loans.

Marquette National Corporation (MNAT) based in Chicago, Illinois is a diversified bank holding company for Marquette Bank which has 24 branches in Chicago and its suburbs. Marquette National Corporation has total assets of more than $1.8 billion. Serving area consumers and businesses, it provides deposit accounts, residential and commercial mortgages, home equity and apartment loans, investment management, and trust services. Marquette Bank was founded in 1945 by John McCarthy whose son, Paul McCarthy, is now chairman and CEO.

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