F.N.B. Corporation is the holding company for First National Bank of Pennsylvania, which operates about 225 bank branches in Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio. The company also has more than 50 consumer finance offices in those states and Tennessee, plus a handful of loan production offices in Florida. It operates in four segments, providing community banking, wealth management, insurance, and consumer finance products and services to retail clients and small businesses. It also offers leasing and merchant banking services. F.N.B. plans to expand in northeastern Pennsylvania through the acquisition of Comm Bancorp in a deal worth some $70 million.

HSBC France (formerly Credit Commercial de France or CCF) represents the operations of big British bank HSBC in France. Rebranded in 2005, the company entails the former Union de Banque Nationale de Paris, Banque de Picardie, Banque Hervet, and Banque de Baecque Beau, as well as CCF. It offers retail and private banking services through approximately 375 branches throughout the country. HSBC France's corporate, investment banking, and markets division focuses on mergers and acquisitions advice, specialized finance, fixed income products, foreign exchange, equity brokerage, and equity derivatives.

Ohio Valley Banc Corp. (OVBC) knows when you go to buy groceries, you'll probably need some cabbage. That's why this holding company likes to operate its Ohio Valley Bank branches inside supermarkets. The bank has some 15 branches in Ohio and West Virginia, about half of which are in Wal-Marts and other stores. The bank accepts deposits in checking, savings, time, and money market accounts, and offers standard banking services, such as safe deposit boxes and wire transfers. Commercial and residential real estate loans combine to make up almost three-quarters of the bank's loan portfolio. Business and consumer loans make up the remainder. Also part of OVBC is life insurance agency Ohio Valley Financial Services.

Dexia provides retail, commercial, and private banking services in Europe, primarily Belgium, Luxembourg, and Turkey (through DenizBank). The company is a leader in European public and semi-public finance, with a majority of the market in Belgium and about half in France. It funds municipal buildings, social housing, and infrastructure projects and is active in Europe and North America. Dexia also provides asset management and investment services through its RBC Dexia Investor Services joint venture with Royal Bank of Canada; the unit has some $2.3 billion in assets under administration. Dexia was founded in 1996 through the merger of public finance institutions in Belgium and France.

Community Capital is the holding company for CapitalBank, which operates about 20 branches in western South Carolina. Targeting individuals and small to midsized businesses, the bank provides standard deposit services such as checking and savings accounts, IRAs, and CDs. Residential real estate mortgages account for about 40% of its loan portfolio; construction loans are approximately 25%, as are commercial mortgages. Consumer and business loans round out its lending activities. The bank's Wealth Management Group provides investment management, retirement planning, fiduciary, and estate settlement services.

Beneficial Mutual Bancorp is the holding company for Beneficial Bank, which serves the greater Philadelphia area and southern New Jersey through about 70 branches. Founded in 1853 as Beneficial Mutual Savings Bank, the bank provides traditional deposit products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts; IRAs; and CDs. Commercial real estate loans and residential mortgages together account for more than half of the company's loan portfolio; consumer loans (nearly 30%) and business loans (almost 20%) round out its lending. The bank aims to increase its commercial lending activities.

Comerica Bank and is organized into three main segments: The Business Bank division is the largest, offering loans, deposits, and capital markets products to middle-market, large corporate, and government clients. The Retail Bank serves small businesses and consumers. Comerica's Wealth and Institutional Management arm provides private banking, investment management, financial advisory, investment banking, discount brokerage, insurance, and retirement services. Comerica has about 450 branches in about a dozen states across the US; Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, and Texas are its primary markets.

CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company with its principal executive offices in Waukesha, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. was originally incorporated in the State of Illinois in 1985 as Sidney Bancorporation, Inc., a one-bank holding company headquartered in Sidney, Illinois. In September 1987, a group of investors acquired Sidney Bancorporation and subsequently changed its name to Central Illinois Bancorp, Inc. On August 27, 1999, Central Illinois Bancorp reincorporated as a Wisconsin corporation and changed its name to CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc.

Bank BPH provides banking services through some 200 branches throughout Poland. Services include capital market activities, retail and corporate business, securities settlement, and trade finance. It also provides asset management services. Bank customers have free access to a network of more than 3,000 ATMs, including 200 owned by the company. The bank traces its roots to the 1989 creation of two banks, PBK and PBH, which merged in 2001 to create Bank BPH. GE Money Bank S.A., the Polish retail division of General Electric Capital, acquired control of the bank from UniCredit in late 2008. Bank BPH and GE Money Bank S.A. merged in 2010.

Carver Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank that provides various consumer and commercial banking services for consumers, businesses, and governmental and quasi-governmental agencies in New York. The company’s deposit products include demand, savings, and time deposits; non-interest-bearing accounts; negotiable order of withdrawal, savings and club, passbook and statement, and money market accounts; and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial and residential, multi-family and residential mortgage, one-to four-family residential, construction, and business loans; consumer and other loans, such as credit card, personal, and home improvement loans; non-residential real estate loans, which include commercial real estate; and church loans. The company also offers debit cards, as well as provides telephone banking, online banking, and automated teller machine (ATM) services. As of March 31, 2009, it operated 9 branches in the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens boroughs of New York City, as well as 12 ATMs. Carver Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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