Centinel Bank Shares is the holding company for Centinel Bank of Taos. Catering to the Hispanic community, the bank provides traditional deposit services and products such as checking and savings accounts, as well as loans from four branches in New Mexico. CEO Rebeca Rainey's grandfather, Eliu Romero, founded the bank in 1969. He was motivated to establish a bank that would serve the Hispanic community when he was denied for a loan to help start his law practice

Center Bancorp is the holding company for Union Center National Bank, which operates about a dozen offices in northern New Jersey's Morris and Union counties. A full-service commercial bank, Union Center offers individuals and local businesses such deposit products as checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and IRAs. It also offers trust services. Commercial loans account for about 50% of the bank's loan portfolio; residential mortgages account for most of the remainder. Subsidiaries offer services such as advertising, insurance (annuities, property/casualty, life, and health), wealth management, and real estate investment trust (REIT) operations.

American Bank Incorporated is the holding company for American Bank, which operates a single branch in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It serves customers throughout the US via its pcbanker.com Web site. The bank's products and services include checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, credit cards, and discount brokerage. It primarily originates real estate loans; commercial mortgages account for more than 40% of the company's portfolio, while residential mortgages represent approximately one-third. The Jaindl family, including company president and CEO Mark, owns a majority of American Bank Incorporated.

FHLBank Atlanta is a cooperative bank that offers competitively priced financing, community development grants, and other banking services to help member financial institutions make affordable home mortgages and provide economic development credit to neighborhoods and communities. Established by Congress in 1932 to support mortgage lending, the Federal Home Loan Bank System provides a stable source of funding to federally insured depository institutions. Each FHLBank operates as an independent organization and is governed by a Board of Directors that is elected by member institutions.

Mercantile Bank Corporation is the holding company for Mercantile Bank of Michigan (formerly Mercantile Bank of West Michigan), which operates more than five branches in and around Grand Rapids, Holland, and Lansing. (The latter was the community bank's first foray outside the western part of Michigan, prompting the name change in 2005.) The bank targets local consumers and businesses, offering standard deposit services such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and health savings accounts. Loans for real estate secured by nonresidential properties make up more than half of the company's loan portfolio; business loans are about a quarter.

CBRE | Melody helps commercial real estate owners sing a sweeter tune. A unit of real estate powerhouse CB Richard Ellis, the real estate investment banking and commercial mortgage lending firm offers a variety of debt and equity financing products and related services through more than 35 offices in major cities throughout North America. Loan servicing is provided through GEMSA Loan Services, its joint venture with GE Real Estate. CBRE | Melody offers construction, permanent, mezzanine, and other types of financing for apartment complexes, office buildings, hotels, and industrial and retail properties.

Through a wide network of subsidiaries and affiliates, Arab Bank plc provides financial services in more than 30 countries, not only in the Middle East but also in Europe, Asia, and the Americas as well. Its 500-plus branches offer a long menu of personal, and commercial banking products, including deposit accounts, real estate loans, credit cards, and international trade financing. It also offers a range of investment services, from simple mutual funds to complex investment banking for corporations.

WSB Holdings was formed in 2008 to be the holding company for The Washington Savings Bank, a thrift with about five branches and a loan production office in Maryland's Baltimore/Washington, DC, corridor. Targeting middle-class consumers and midsized businesses, it offers standard deposit services such as checking savings, money market, and retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit. Although the bank has traditionally focused on single-family mortgages and construction loans, it has diversified its loan portfolio amid the troubled housing market; commercial loans now account for the largest portion of its portfolio. Chairman William Harnett owns more than 40% of WSB Holdings.

Jacksonville Bancorp (unaffiliated with the Florida corporation of the same name) is the holding company for Jacksonville Savings Bank, which serves consumers and businesses in western Illinois through more than five offices, including its Chapin State Bank, First Midwest Savings Bank, and Litchfield Community Savings divisions. The bank is mainly a real estate lender, with residential, commercial, and agricultural mortgages accounting for more than half of its loan portfolio. Subsidiary Financial Resources Group offers investment and trust services. The company converted from a mutual holding company to a stock holding company structure in mid-2010.

Alaska USA Federal Credit Union is a federally chartered financial services cooperative with branch offices throughout Alaska, the Puget Sound area of Washington State, and California's High Desert. The credit union is the largest provider of consumer financial services in Alaska, with growing membership in Washington and California. Alaska USA also provides business services, including checking, commercial loans, and insurance.The credit union owns and operates Alaska USA Mortgage Company, Alaska USA Insurance Brokers, Alaska USA Title Agency, and Alaska USA Trust Company.

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