Fentura Financial has its hands full. Fentura Financial is the holding company for Michigan community banks The State Bank, Davison State Bank, and West Michigan Community Bank. From about 20 branch locations, the banks provide commercial and consumer banking services and products, including checking and savings accounts and loans. Commercial loans account for some two-thirds of the bank's combined loan portfolio. The State Bank, Fentura's first subsidiary, traces its origins to 1898.

Millennium Bankshares Corporation operates as the holding company for Millennium Bank National Association that provides commercial and consumer banking services to individuals, small and medium sized businesses, and professional communities. It accepts a range of short-term and long-term deposits, including statement savings accounts, NOW accounts, money market deposit accounts, checking accounts, fixed-rate certificates with varying maturities, and individual retirement accounts.

Erste & Steiermarkische Bank (ESB) is banking on the fiduciary habits of native Croatians. The Croatia-based bank caters to individuals and small- and medium-sized businesses through more than 120 branches; services include Internet banking for retail and corporate clients. When the bank first opened in 2002, it had few direct competitors, but today as the competitive landscape has changed, the bank's clientele have had more banking choices and have asserted their loyalty to ESB. The company has a more than 10% market share. Erste Bank owns 555% of Erste & Steiermarkische; Steiermarkische Bank und Sparkassen owns about 40%.

Glen Burnie Bancorp has an interest in the Old Line State. The institution is the holding company for Bank of Glen Burnie, which has about 10 branches in central Maryland's Anne Arundel County, south of Baltimore. The bank offers such services as checking and savings accounts, money market and individual retirement accounts, CDs, and remote banking services. It focuses on real estate lending, with residential and commercial mortgages accounting for the largest portions of its loan portfolio. The bank also writes indirect automobile loans, which are originated through a network of about 50 area car dealers. Bank of Glen Burnie was founded in 1949.

IBW Financial Corporation operates as the holding company of Industrial Bank, National Association (Bank). The Bank provides a range of commercial and consumer lending services primarily to individuals and small businesses. It also offers a variety of loans for the needs of small businesses, including accounts receivable lines of credit, Small Business Administration loans, and equipment loans. The Bank also provides a range of deposit services to its customers, including personal checking; low activity student checking.

Peoples Federal Savings and Loan Association has participated with pride in the agricultural, commercial and industrial development that has graced Shelby County and shaped the destiny of its residents. At that time the only two services we were allowed to provide were mortgage loans and savings accounts. Through the years, fast paced expansion generated a growing need for creative financing. The Association experienced tremendous growth and saw a need to expand its physical quarters to more appropriately protect its depositor’s funds and valuable documents.

Macatawa Bank Corporation is the holding company for Macatawa Bank. Since its 1997 founding, the company has grown into a network of about 25 branches serving western Michigan's Allegan, Kent, and Ottawa counties. The bank provides standard services, including checking and savings accounts, CDs, safe deposit boxes, and ATM cards. It also offers investment services and products through an agreement with a third-party provider. With deposit funds, the bank primarily originates commercial mortgages and business loans, which account for approximately 50% and 25% of its loan book, respectively. Macatawa Bank also originates residential mortgages and consumer loans.

Lakeland Financial is the holding company for Lake City Bank, which serves area business customers and individuals through more than 40 branches scattered across about a dozen northern Indiana counties. Founded in 1872 in Warsaw, Indiana, the bank offers such standard retail services as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and CDs. Commercial loans, including agricultural loans and mortgages, make up about 80% of the bank's loan portfolio. Lake City Bank also offers investment products and services such as corporate and personal trust, brokerage, employee benefit plans, and estate planning.

Agility Capital was founded in 2000 with a clear focus: provide innovative short-term loans to private venture-backed and Small Cap public companies. Our lending strategy is simple: be the most creative and responsive lender for technology companies. We provide services tailored to the immediate needs of our clients. We act fast and precise to provide our clients the service expected in today's competitive marketplace. Our loans include: mezzanine financing, primary bridge loans, lines of credit, factoring lines of credit, non-formula lines of credit, and restructuring debt. We specialize in the type of loans that are necessary to provide an entrepreneur with time and operating capital to successfully achieve the next financing milestone, whether it is a private equity investment, the sale of the company, or public offering. The value we offer our clients is the ability to act fast and be flexible and creative in designing the financing they require. We understand the challenges faced by the entrepreneur and realize that timing is everything. Since we control our funds, we structure credit facilities without restrictive financial covenants and can act quickly to get the client the capital when they need it.

Value Financial Services gives customers bucks for their bling. Founded in 1994 by former CEO John Thedford, the company runs about 70 pawn shops in Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, and Tennessee, operating as Value Pawn and Jewelry and Check Jewelry & Loan. It makes non-recourse loans secured by customers personal items, including jewelry, electronics, and musical instruments. The average amount of the company's pawn loans is about $150; its pawn service charges range from about 188% to 300% annually. At the end of 2008 Texas-based EZCORP acquired the company after initial talks had fallen through.

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