First Commerce Bank was founded as Brentwood Square Savings and Loan in 1984. Grandpoint Capital, the parent of Grandpoint Bank, a financial institution formed in 2010, is buying First Commerce Bancorp.First Commerce Bancorp is the holding company for First Commerce Bank, which serves greater Los Angeles from two branch locations. It attracts deposits from consumers and business customers through traditional offerings such as checking, savings, and money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Its lending activities mainly consist of writing commercial mortgages, construction and land development loans, and Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. The bank also provides international banking services.

Entrepreneurs who want to put a tiger in their customers' tanks, give them the Midas touch, or help them make a run for the border are saying, "Oh, thank heaven for GE Franchise Finance." The General Electric Capital subsidiary provides real estate and other financing for more than 6,000 franchise operators at some 21,000 locations in the US and Canada. The firm finances restaurants, hotels and other hospitality providers, and auto service and parts retailers. It also offers credit for buying equipment or acquiring new or expanding locations.

The subsidiary of German financial services firm Deutsche Bank, like its parent, divides its business into two units: corporate and investment banking, and private clients and asset management. In addition to traditional personal and corporate banking services, the company offers asset and wealth management, insurance, and investment and brokerage services. Its nearly 275 branches are concentrated mostly in Lombardy, Liguria, Campania, and Puglia; customers can also conduct their banking business via the phone or the Internet. Deutsche Bank opened its first Italian office in 1977.

Community Trust Bancorp is the holding company for Community Trust Bank, one of the largest banks based in Kentucky. It operates about 75 branches throughout the state, as well as in Tennessee and southern West Virginia. The bank offers standard retail banking services to area businesses and individuals, including checking and savings accounts, NOW accounts, and CDs. Loans secured by commercial properties and other real estate account for more than half of the bank's lending portfolio, which also includes business, consumer, and construction loans. The company provides trust services through subsidiary Community Trust and Investment Company.

Clydesdale Bank PLC,founded in 1838, the full-service financial institution has been owned by National Australia Bank since 1987. Along with standard personal and commercial services such as deposit accounts, lending, credit cards, and financial advice, the bank also dabbles in agribusiness and private banking (it has an office on the Isle of Guernsey, the locus of offshore banking). Clydesdale Bank has some 150 retail branches in Scotland and England.

First Banks keeps it in the family. The holding company for its namesake First Bank, it is owned by chairman James Dierberg and his family; many of the bank's branches and ATMs are located in Dierbergs Markets, a Missouri-based grocery chain owned by relatives of the chairman. First Bank has about 160 branches in California, Florida, Illinois, and Missouri, with a concentration in metropolitan markets (e.g. Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa, and St. Louis). The bank offers standard services like deposits, mortgages, and business and consumer loans. Additional services include brokerage, insurance, trust, and private banking, as well as commercial treasury management and international trade services.

First Franklin Corporation operates as the holding company for The Franklin Savings and Loan Company that offers a range of banking products and services in Ohio. Its deposit products include savings accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, fixed interest rate certificates of deposit with varying maturities, and individual retirement accounts. The company offers conventional first mortgage loans for the purpose of purchasing, refinancing, or constructing one-to four-family residential real property; multi-family residential and nonresidential real estate loans; consumer loans for personal, family, or household purposes, as well as for automobiles, boats, recreational vehicles, and education; and home equity and commercial lines of credit. It also invests in mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations, as well as offers credit card, automated teller machine, voice response telephone inquiry system, and Internet-based banking system services. First Franklin Corporation operates one office in Cincinnati, Ohio; and seven full service branches in Hamilton County, Ohio. First Franklin Corporation was founded in 1883 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

ASB Financial Corp. ("ASB" or the "Corporation"), a unitary savings and loan holding company incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio, owns all of the issued and outstanding common shares of American Savings Bank, fsb ("American" or the "Savings Bank"), a federal savings bank. Other than investing excess funds, ASB's activities have been limited primarily to holding the common shares of American.

Commercial National Financial is the holding company for Commercial Bank & Trust of PA, which serves individuals and local businesses through more than five branches in western Pennsylvania's Westmoreland County. Founded in 1934, the bank offers standard deposit services like checking and savings accounts, money market investments, CDs, and IRAs, as well as trust and asset management services. Commercial Bank & Trust of PA's loan portfolio consists mostly of residential mortgages (more than 55%) and commercial mortgages (about 30%), in addition to business, construction, consumer, and municipal loans. Executive officers and board members own more than 20% of Commercial National Financial.

Sovereign Bank offers a broad array of financial services, including retail, business, and corporate banking; cash management; capital markets; private wealth management; and insurance. Its roots reach back to 1902, when it was established as a building and loan association helping Pennsylvania textile workers become homeowners.

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