Plumas Bancorp is the holding company for Plumas Bank, which serves individuals and businesses in the northeastern corner of California, from Lake Tahoe to the Oregon border. Through more than a dozen branches, the bank offers deposit products such as checking, savings, and retirement accounts and certificates of deposit. Loans secured by real estate account for more than half of Plumas Bank's loan portfolio; combined, commercial and agricultural loans make up about a quarter. Plumas Bancorp writes consumer loans, as well. It also provides access to investment products and services such as financial planning, mutual funds, and annuities.

Mid Penn Bancorp is the holding company for Mid Penn Bank, which operates more than a dozen branches in central Pennsylvania's Cumberland, Dauphin, Northumberland, and Schuylkill counties. The bank offers full-service commercial banking, insurance, and trust services. Its deposit products include checking, savings, money market, and NOW accounts. Commercial real estate, construction, and land development loans account for nearly 80% of the company's loan portfolio; the bank also writes residential mortgages and business, agricultural, and consumer loans. Mid Penn is a descendant of Millersburg Bank, founded in 1868. Trust company CEDE & Co. owns about a third of Mid Penn Bancorp.

Jacksonville Bancorp, the holding company for Jacksonville Bank, which has about 10 branches in and around Jacksonville, Florida. The community bank offers standard deposit products, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Commercial mortgages make up more than half of the bank's loan portfolio; residential mortgages account for most of the rest. Subsidiary Fountain Financial sells insurance and investment products. The company nearly doubled its branch network with its 2010 acquisition of Atlantic BancGroup. Jacksonville Bancorp is unrelated to the Illinois corporation of the same name.

United Community Banks is the holding company for 27 community banks united in their quest to provide consumer and business banking services in Georgia, western North Carolina, and eastern Tennessee. Operating mainly under the United Community Bank or UCB banners, the banks collectively have more than 100 branches offering deposit products, mortgages, and other services. Residential construction and land development loans account for the largest segment of United Community Banks' loan portfolio (more than 30%); residential mortgages make up about 25%. The company has been growing through acquisitions.

The Export-Import Bank of China, also known as China Eximbank, was established in 1994 by the Chinese government to handle banking and lending activities related to national policy. China Eximbank provides financing mainly for development projects intended to boost the export of China's industrial and electronic goods. The bank also manages the construction fund of the national budget and trades currency on foreign exchanges. China Eximbank operates more than 10 branches and business offices throughout China as well as representative locations in Paris, Johannesburg, and St. Petersburg.

BB&T, the banking company that covers the Southeast like kudzu. The company serves consumers, small to midsized businesses, and government entities through more than 1,800 branches. Its flagship subsidiary, Branch Banking and Trust (also known as BB&T), is one of North Carolina's oldest banks and a leading originator of residential mortgages in the Southeast. In addition to deposit accounts and loans, the company offers insurance, mutual funds, discount brokerage, wealth management, and financial planning services. Business services include leasing, factoring, and investment banking (through Scott & Stringfellow).

Dwinn-Shaffer & Company wants to match you a match, find you a find, catch you a catch. For some 40 years, this Chicago-based mortgage broker has been in the business of matching borrowers, such as real estate developers, with lenders, including insurance companies, pension funds, banks, and credit companies. It provides funding for first and second mortgages, corporate financing, joint venture financing, equity lending, securitizations, and equipment leasing. Dwinn-Shaffer is also a Fannie Mae Prior Approval lender. Affiliates Dwinn-Shaffer Development Company and BNG Management Company augment the firm's mortgage banking business with real estate development and property management services.

C. Hoare & Co.,established in 1672 by Sir Richard Hoare, the bank began as a goldsmith under the sign of the golden bottle, where the bank's first lending activities were undertaken. The golden bottle remains a symbol of the bank, which has two London locations. C. Hoare & Co. offers a variety of savings and investment services (such as loans, mortgages, individual savings accounts, personal equity plans, and investment advice) as well as a host of services and consultation for tax and estate planning. The private bank, which caters to the very wealthy, is still run by the descendants of the founder.

Prudential Bancorp is the holding company for Prudential Savings Bank, a thrift serving the Philadelphia area from about a half-dozen locations. Established in 1886, the bank offers traditional retail products, including checking and savings accounts, IRAs, and credit cards, as well as investments and insurance. One- to four-family residential mortgages make up about three-quarters of the company's loan portfolio; the bank also originates commercial real estate, construction, and land development loans. Prudential Mutual Holding Company owns a majority of Prudential Bancorp, which converted to a mutual holding structure in 2005.

International Bancshares is leading post-NAFTA banking in South Texas. The institution's International Bank of Commerce (IBC) and Commerce Bank serve residents and businesses of Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico through more than 250 offices. International Bancshares Corporation facilitates trade between the US and Mexico and serves Texas' growing Hispanic population; about 30% of its deposits come from south of the border. In addition to commercial and international banking services, International Bancshares provides retail deposit services, insurance and investment products, and mortgages and consumer loans. The bulk of International Bancshares Corporation company's portfolio is made up of business and construction loans.

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