South Africa's largest bank, Standard Bank Group Limited offers a variety of retail and commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, investment management, and life insurance services through more than 600 locations in its home country. The bank also has some 400 additional branches in other sub-Saharan African nations, where it operates as Stanbic. Beyond Africa, the bank has offices in more than 15 countries on five continents. It serves individuals and business and corporate customers. Standard Bank holds a controlling stake in South African insurance firm Liberty Group.

PremierWest Bancorp strives to be the principal financial institution on the West Coast. The firm is the holding company for PremierWest Bank, which operates 40 branches generally located along the Interstate 5 corridor in southern Oregon and northern California. The community bank serves local businesses and consumers, using funds from deposit accounts mainly to originate loans secured by commercial and residential real estate. Bank subsidiary PremierWest Investment Services provides investment brokerage services. Consumer lender Premier Finance Company is another subsidiary of the bank; mortgage service provider PremierWest Mortgage is a division of the bank.

IXE Grupo Financiero has mucho places to stash your dinero. IXE is a financial group whose main subsidiary, Banco Ixe, has more than 100 branches across Mexico. The holding company also owns brokerage firms Ixe Casa de Bolsa and Ixe Securities, mutual fund manager Ixe Fondos, investment advisors IPATI, and pension fund manager Ixe Afore. IXE controls a majority interest in mortgage lender Fincasa Hipotecaria (Deutsche Bank owns the remaining 49%) and auto financing company Ixe Automotriz, which is comprised of Ixe Fleet and Ixe Equipamiento. New York-based private equity firm Brysam Global Partners bought 28% of IXE Grupo Financiero in 2007 for $228 million.

Amegy Bank entered the market with a small team who had big goals. Throughout the next two decades, that team grew into a talented family of bankers whose commitment to common-sense solutions and doing the right thing for customers still remains a priority today.Amegy Bank believes in relationship banking, where customers know their bankers’ names and bankers know their customers’. We look at banking from our customers’ perspective and we make it easy for them to bank with us. Through what we call the “Community Banking Partnership,”they bring solutions to customers by being proactive and providing them access to all parts of the bank in their own geographic areas.

Founded in 1988, Industrial Bank is one of China's first joint stock commercial banks. Through some 40 branches and more than 400 sub-branches across China, Industrial Bank offers standard deposit, loan, wealth management, credit card, and e-banking products and services to personal and commercial banking customers. Fujian Finance Department, a government institution, controls about a quarter of Industrial Bank, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Bank and Singapore's Tetrad Ventures together own about a fifth.

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.

Aztec Financial Services helps businesses strike gold. The commercial lender and business services provider provides commercial mortgage brokerage services and equipment and software financing. Commercial loans include financing for mobile home parks, retail and industrial properties, golf courses, and hotels. Aztec also helps businesses buy computers, furniture, trucks, and construction equipment. Transactions typically range from $25,000 to $100 million. Its AFS Property Management arm provides services for multifamily residential properties and retail centers. Aztec customers include small to mid-size companies, large corporations, and non-profit organizations.

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.

Washington Trust Bancorp can utter "Washington" and "trust" in the same breath. The firm owns The Washington Trust Company, one of the oldest banks in Rhode Island. The bank operates nearly 15 branches there, as well as in southeastern Connecticut. It was originally chartered in 1800. The bank offers standard services such as checking, money market, and savings accounts; CDs; and credit cards. Residential mortgages comprise the largest portion of its loan portfolio, followed by commercial mortgages and other loans collateralized by real estate. The bank also offers wealth management services.

Investment bank Banca Profilo offers personalized banking; corporate financing; and asset management, treasury, and consulting services. Clients include insurers, businesses, institutions, and individuals. Founded as a brokerage in 1988, the firm became a bank in 1995 to compete with securities-trading foreign banks entering the Italian market. Banca Profilo operates about 10 offices throughout Italy. In 2007 it bought a majority stake in Société Bancaire Privée of Geneva, expanding its European presence and its private banking business. It also plans to merge with Meliorbanca, expanding its network to nearly two dozen branches throughout Italy.

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