Monroe Bancorp owns Monroe Bank, which operates about 20 branches in the central part of the state. Founded in 1892, the bank provides standard products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and credit cards. Its lending activities consist mainly of real estate loans, including commercial and residential mortgages, construction and home equity loans, and farmland loans. The bank also provides trust, investment advisory, private banking, estate planning, and brokerage services. Old National Bancorp is buying Monroe Bancorp for more than $80 million.

Banco di Sardegna operates some 1,300 branches in Sardinia and in 17 regions on the Italian mainland. Banco di Sardegna offers traditional financial products and services, including certificates of deposit; asset management services; finance, including leasing through its Sardaleasing subsidiary; life insurance and other insurance lines; pension management services; and credit and cash cards. The bank also offers a variety of commercial and personal loans. Banco di Sardegna received its charter in 1995, but its roots date back to the 1600s. Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna owns 51% of Banco di Sardegna.

Kaiser Federal Financial is the holding company of Kaiser Federal Bank, a community thrift operating in Southern California and the San Francisco Bay area. With about 10 full-service branches and financial services offices, Kaiser Federal Bank offers such traditional retail deposit products as checking accounts, savings accounts, and CDs. The company uses deposit funds to originate or purchase a variety of loans; real estate loans make up the bulk of a lending portfolio that also includes automobile, home equity, and other consumer loans. Formerly named K-Fed Mutual, the company converted to a stock holding structure in 2010.

1st Colonial Bancorp is the holding company for 1st Colonial National Bank. Founded in 2000, the bank serves Camden County in southern New Jersey through branches in the communities of Cinnaminson, Collingswood, and Westville. With an emphasis on personalized service, it caters to small and midsized businesses, professional practices, and local government entities, as well as consumers. The bank provides traditional deposit products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts and certificates of deposit. Additional services include check cards, online banking, and safe deposit boxes.

Anglo-Romanian Bank, founded in 1973, it is the UK operating subsidiary of Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), the largest bank in Romania. Besides typical banking products such as checking and savings accounts, Anglo-Romanian offers commercial banking services and engages in import-export finance and a variety of related operations including foreign exchange and money market transactions. In addition to its UK offices, the bank owns and operates branches in Germany and Romania. It has been a subsidiary of BCR since 2001.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. HSBC's international network comprises around 8,000 offices in 87 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa.With listings on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges, shares in HSBC Holdings plc are held by around 220,000 shareholders in 124 countries and territories. The shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depositary Receipts.

National Bancshares Corporation operates as the holding company for First National Bank that provides a range of financial services to individuals and companies in Ohio. The company accepts various deposits, which include checking and savings accounts, regular and money market savings accounts, NOW accounts, and fixed-maturity and fixed-rate certificates. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, construction loans, residential mortgage and home equity loans, and secured and unsecured consumer installment loans. In addition, the company offers debit cards, gift cards, travel cards, travelers` checks, official checks, money orders, ATM services, and individual retirement accounts.

Arbuthnot Banking Group consists of three divisions that provide a variety of services ranging from personal financial services to investment banking. Secure Trust Bank provides banking and insurance through retail branches in the West Midlands region of the UK. Arbuthnot Latham offers private banking, financial planning, and investment management, while Arbuthnot Securities is an investment bank whose services include corporate finance, brokerage, and market making. Chairman and chief executive Henry Angest owns a majority stake in Arbuthnot Banking Group.

Community Bank of the Bay is a community bank that was founded in 1996 with offices in Oakland, Danville and San Jose, California. We believe that business starts with an idea; a dream, a vision of what you want to be. Running a business means you need a smart, capable partner in a bank. We believe our approach works best. Outstanding personal service and forward thinking bank professionals who understand business -- because we are entrepreneurs too.To that end, we've created a bank that is going to change the way you look at banks and banking. It's an unprecedented way to look at the customer/banker relationship. It's a bank where outstanding service isn't just a promise. And we know we have one thing in common -- the desire to achieve success.

Founded in 1952, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) reigns supreme as the largest and most dominant financial services company in Kuwait (fifth among worldwide Arab banks). Through about 65 branches in Kuwait, the bank offers traditional personal banking services such as money accounts, credit cards, loans, and other related banking packages, and it also caters to businesses and commercial clients. Brokerage services and several different kinds of investment funds are offered by the bank as well. NBK has operations in about a dozen additional countries in places such as London, Paris, New York, and Singapore.

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