Lyons Bancorp is king of the financial jungle. It's the holding company for The Lyons National Bank, which serves individuals and businesses from nine locations. Chartered in 1852 as the Lyons Bank of Palmyra, it offers standard retail products and services, including checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Residential and commercial mortgages together account for more than half of the bank's loan portfolio; other offerings include agricultural, business, and consumer loans. Subsidiary Lyons Realty is a real estate investment trust that holds a portfolio of mortgages. Subsidiary LNB Life Agency provides financial products and services to bank customers.

LaPorte Bancorp hopes to be the door to savings. It was formed in 2007 to be the holding company for The LaPorte Savings Bank, which serves individuals and businesses through nearly 10 branches in northwestern Indiana. Founded in 1871, the bank offers standard deposit services such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Real estate loans, including residential and commercial mortgages, account for about three-quarters of the bank's loan portfolio. Business loans and consumer loans such as home equity and auto loans round out its lending activities. The bank also offers trust and investment services. Mutual holding company LaPorte Savings Bank, MHC owns a majority of LaPorte Bancorp's stock.

Bankinter is not the biggest bank in Spain, but it may be the most technologically advanced. The company was founded in 1965 as a joint venture between what is now Grupo Santander and Bank of America. It is among the top six banks in Spain and offers a variety of consumer and business banking services through branches, agents, telephone services, and the Internet. Bankinter provides mutual and pension funds, mortgages, leasing, and securities brokerage. Bankinter pioneered Internet stock trading in Spain. The bank jazzes up operations that could be deemed plain vanilla by focusing on convenient, low-cost delivery and customer service.

HSBC France (formerly Credit Commercial de France or CCF) represents the operations of big British bank HSBC in France. Rebranded in 2005, the company entails the former Union de Banque Nationale de Paris, Banque de Picardie, Banque Hervet, and Banque de Baecque Beau, as well as CCF. It offers retail and private banking services through approximately 375 branches throughout the country. HSBC France's corporate, investment banking, and markets division focuses on mergers and acquisitions advice, specialized finance, fixed income products, foreign exchange, equity brokerage, and equity derivatives.

Got your eye on a new backhoe or truck fleet, but having trouble scraping together the cash? Wells Fargo Equipment Finance can help. One of the largest bank-owned business finance and leasing outfits in the US, the subsidiary of megabank Wells Fargo courts middle-market businesses, offering equipment financing, vendor financing, and a variety of lease options in the US and Canada. Clients use funding from Wells Fargo Equipment Finance to obtain such durable goods as computers, aircraft, manufacturing equipment, heavy machinery, shipping containers, and vehicles.

Suncorp-Metway (aka Suncorp Group)wants to be a rising star in Australia's insurance and banking sectors. The group owns Suncorp Insurance, which operates one of the country's largest general insurance companies, as well as a small but growing life insurance and wealth management business. The general insurance business sells personal and commercial property/casualty insurance under its Suncorp, AAMI, GIO, Vero, and Shannons brands. In addition to its insurance business, Suncorp also runs Suncorp Bank, an operator of some 170 branches in eastern Australia. Among other products, the bank offers personal and commercial banking accounts, financial planning, and loans to consumers and small to midsized businesses.

Community Partners Bancorp is the holding company for Two River Community Bank and The Town Bank (a division of Two River). Through more than a dozen total branches located in eastern New Jersey , the two banks offer deposit services like checking and savings accounts, as well as a variety of lending services, to consumers and small to midsized businesses. The banks' combined loan portfolio consists mainly of commercial real estate loans (about 40%), commercial and industrial loans (25%), and construction loans (20%). Consumer and residential loans make up only about 10% of the portfolio. Two River's branches are located in Middletown, while Town Bank's are located in Westfield and Cranford.

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.

First Business Financial Services serves small and midsized companies, entrepreneurs, professionals, and high-net-worth individuals through First Business Bank and First Business Bank - Northeast. The banks offer deposits, loans, cash management, and trust services from about five offices in Wisconsin. About half of First Business Financial's loan portfolio is devoted to commercial mortgages; business loans and leases add about another quarter. Subsidiary First Business Capital specializes in asset-based lending, while First Business Equipment Finance provides commercial equipment financing. First Business Trust & Investments offers investment management and retirement services.

Flatbush Federal Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Flatbush Federal Savings & Loan Association, which provides various banking products and services primarily in Brooklyn, New York. Flatbush Federal Bancorp, Inc. offers various deposit products, including demand deposits comprising non-interest bearing and NOW accounts, passbook savings and club accounts, and fixed-term certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises one-to-four family residential loans, multi-family real estate loans, commercial real estate loans, construction loans, loans secured by deposits, home equity loans, credit cards secured by deposit accounts, unsecured credit cards, and business loans. Flatbush Federal Bancorp offers its services to middle-income households and low-to-moderate-income households through its three locations located in Brooklyn. Flatbush Federal Bancorp, Inc. is based in Brooklyn, New York. Flatbush Federal Bancorp, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Flatbush Federal Bancorp, MHC.

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