Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited has more than 550 branches throughout Thailand; almost half are in the Bangkok area. It also operates overseas branches in Hong Kong, Laos, and the Cayman Islands. Serving individuals and small to midsized businesses, the bank offers deposit, lending, insurance, and investment services. For corporations, it performs investment banking and trading services as well. The bank also provides deposit, trade, and investment services to other financial institutions. Bank of Ayudhya was founded in 1945 in Thailand's Ayudhya province. General Electric Capital owns about a third of the bank; Thai NVDR Co., owned by The Stock Exchange of Thailand, holds some 15%.

Mega Financial Holding Company,through subsidiaries including Mega International Commercial Bank, Mega Securities, and Mega Global Asset Management, the company provides commercial and retail lending, venture capital investments, international trade finance, securities dealing, trust services, and property/casualty insurance. The group operates from 185 domestic locations and nearly 40 abroad. Taiwan's second-largest financial services group (after Chinatrust Financial Holding, or CFHC), Mega Financial was formed in 2002 through a share exchange of Chiao Tung Bank and International Securities. China's Ministry of Finance owns about 10% of Mega Financial. Rival CFHC owns about 5%

Forget Elsie. S.Y. Bancorp is more interested in a cash cow. It's the holding company of Stock Yards Bank & Trust, which operates about 30 branches primarily in and around Louisville, Kentucky, but also in Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Founded in 1904, the bank targets individuals and regional business customers, offering standard retail services such as checking and savings accounts, credit cards, certificates of deposit, and IRAs. Trust services are also available; brokerage and credit card services are offered through agreements with other banks. Real estate mortgages account for about 50% of the bank's loan portfolio, which also includes commercial (25%), construction, and consumer loans.

Bar Harbor Bankshares is a Maine-stay for communities in the Pine Tree State's Hancock, Knox, and Washington counties. Through about a dozen branches, subsidiary Bar Harbor Bank & Trust offers such deposit products as checking, savings, and money market accounts; NOW accounts; IRAs; and CDs. Real estate mortgages make up some 80% of the bank's loan portfolio, which also includes consumer, commercial, and agricultural loans. About 10% of the bank's lending is focused on the tourist industry associated with nearby Acadia National Park. Bar Harbor Trust Services, a subsidiary of the bank, offers trust and estate planning services.

MidCarolina Financial likes to stay in the middle of all things financial in the Tar Heel State. The institution is the holding company for MidCarolina Bank, which has eight bank branches -- including two located in health care and long-term care facilities -- in Alamance and Guilford Counties. The bank offers standard retail products and services, such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and credit and debit cards. It uses funds from deposits primarily to write real estate loans; it also writes business and consumer loans. American National Bankshares is buying MidCarolina Financial for nearly $40 million.

International Personal Finance can make a house call if you forgot to save your pennies. The company provides small unsecured loans, typically for periods between six months and two years. Some 26,000 local agents call on the clients to collect payments on a weekly basis; the company asks for one fixed charge for the credit and does not impose any penalty fees. In some markets, it offers a more traditional loan that customers can pay via payment transfer. The company serves approximately 2 million customers in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Mexico. International Personal Finance was founded in 1997 as the international arm of Provident Financial; it was spun off 10 years later.

Chinatrust Financial Holding (CFHC) is one of Taiwan's largest financial services groups. It operates Chinatrust Commercial Bank, which has more than 140 domestic branches and more than 70 overseas. The group provides general banking services including corporate and consumer loans, financial consulting, checking and savings accounts, letters of credit, commercial drafts, collections and payments, and credit cards. It also offers property/casualty insurance, life insurance, investments, and other related financial services. Overseas, the bank operates subsidiaries in the US, Canada, the Philippines, and Indonesia. The predecessor to the family-owned CFHC was founded in 1966.

F & M Bank has deep roots in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Founded in 1908, the holding company operates about 10 Farmers & Merchants Bank branches in the northern Virginia counties of Rockingham and Shenandoah. Farmers & Merchants caters to individuals and businesses. It provides typical deposit products, including checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Some 40% of its loans are mortgages; it also writes agricultural, business, construction, and consumer loans. The company offers insurance, brokerage, and financial services through TEB Life Insurance and Farmers & Merchants Financial Services.

OTP Bank provides institutional, commercial, corporate, private, and retail banking in Hungary and beyond. The company and its subsidiaries offer such services as auto financing, real estate, and business loans, as well as investment, asset, and fund management and lending and deposit banking facilities. The company operates a network of about 1,400 banking offices in and around Hungary. Founded in 1949 as The National Savings Bank, OTP was originally a Hungarian state-owned bank; the company was privatized in 1990 and went public in 1995.

Cape Bank is a permanent fixture serving the ebb and flow of New Jersey's touristy coastal and inland towns. Serving both commercial and residential customers, the bank provides traditional deposit options such as checking and savings accounts, as well as loan services like home equity, lines of credit, and mortgages (both commercial and one- to four-family). It operates about 20 locations and serves customers in Atlantic and Cape May counties. Cape Bancorp was formed in 2007 to be the holding company for Cape Bank and went public the following year; the bank's roots go back to the 1920s.

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