Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Flagstar Bank, FSB that offers consumer and commercial financial products and services to individuals, and small and middle market businesses in Michigan, Indiana, and Georgia. The company engages in generating deposits and originating loans. Its deposit products include demand deposits, savings and money market accounts, checking deposits, certificates of deposits, municipal deposits, national deposits, and company controlled deposits. The company’s loan portfolio comprises single-family mortgage loans, consumer loans, commercial real estate loans, non-real estate commercial loans, and residential mortgage loans for others. It also originates, acquires, sells, and services one-to-four family residential mortgage loans. Flagstar Bancorp, Inc., through its subsidiaries, acts as an agent for life insurance, health and casualty insurance, and reinsurance companies; and provides online paperless office solutions for mortgage originators. It also engages in holding investment loans, purchasing securities, selling and securitizing mortgage loans, maintaining and selling mortgage servicing rights, developing new loan products, establishing pricing for mortgage loans to be acquired, providing for lock-in support, and managing interest rate risk associated with these activities. As of December 31, 2009, Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. operated 165 banking centers. Flagstar Bancorp was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan.

Mason State Bank was founded in 1886 as The Farmer’s Bank of Mason. Since inception, tailoring financial solutions to meet customer’s needs has been the cornerstone of the Bank’s success. The Mason area has changed significantly, growing from a predominantly rural and agricultural community into a unique historical community within the greater Lansing area whose residents are employed by General Motors, State of Michigan and Michigan State University.

Waccamaw Bancshares is the holding company for the Waccamaw Bank, which operates about 15 branches in the coastal Carolina region. With about 15 branch loactions, Waccamaw provides traditional products such as checking and savings accounts and IRAs. It primarily uses funds from deposits to write commercial loans and mortgages, including business loans, construction loans, and land development loans. Hit by an increase in bad loans, the company is working with regulators to raise its capital holdings. It is also tightening up its lending practices.

Oberbank, which has more than 130 locations, has operations throughout Austria, as well as in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, and Slovakia. The bank serves individual clients, but caters to business, particularly the industrial sector and small and midsized firms. Oberbank units are involved in such activities as investment, leasing, and real estate lending. A unit of Unicredit Bank Austria owns about one-third of Oberbank, which has minority cross-ownership alliances with Bank für Kärnten und Steiermark (BKS) and Bank für Tirol and Vorarlberg (BTV).

CBT Financial is the holding company for Clearfield Bank & Trust Company, which operates about a dozen offices in central Pennsylvania. Targeting individuals and local businesses, the bank offers traditional deposit products, credit cards, trust and investment services, and loans. The bulk of the bank's lending portfolio is secured by residential and commercial mortgages. It also offers consumer, construction, and business loans. CBT Financial nearly doubled its operations in 2005 when it acquired six banking locations from First Commonwealth Financial.

Bank Mutual Corporation operates as the holding company for Bank Mutual that provides various financial products and services primarily in the state of Wisconsin. Bank Mutual Corporation attracts deposits and originates loans. Its deposit portfolio comprises regular savings, interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing demand accounts, money market accounts, certificate of deposits, as well as IRA time deposit accounts and health savings accounts. The company’s loan product line includes mortgage loans, which includes loans secured by one-to four-family residences, multi-family properties, and commercial real estate properties, as well as construction loans secured by the same types of properties; consumer loans comprising home equity loans, home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, automobile loans, recreational vehicle loans, marine loans, deposit account loans, overdraft protection lines of credit, and unsecured consumer loans, as well as unsecured consumer loans through credit card programs; and commercial business loans comprising loans to businesses for equipment purchases, working capital lines of credit, debt refinancing, small business administration loans, and domestic stand-by letters of credit. Bank Mutual Corporation, through its other subsidiaries, provides investment, brokerage, and insurance services; and involves in the development and sale of land. It also offers investment services, including tax deferred and tax free investments, mutual funds, and government securities, as well as provides personal insurance, business insurance, life and disability insurance, and mortgage protection products. As of December 31, 2009, Bank Mutual Corporation operated 78 banking offices in Wisconsin and 1 in Minnesota. Bank Mutual Corporation was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Founded in 1937 for employees of the Lockheed Aircraft Company (now Lockheed Martin), Lockheed Federal Credit Union (LFCU) serves employees of more than 600 companies, with a focus on the aerospace, technology, and insurance industries. The member-owned credit union has about 10 offices in Southern California and one in New Hampshire, plus two others in Maryland and Virginia that are accessible only to Lockheed Martin employees and their families. LFCU provides standard services such as checking and savings accounts, home mortgages, vehicle loans, and credit cards, as well as investments and insurance. It has approximately 100,000 members.

Established in 2002 to consolidate the operations of E.Sun Bank and other subsidiaries, E.Sun provides commercial banking, venture capital, securities trading, and other financial services to businesses and individuals throughout the country. The group depends on commercial banking services for its bread and butter (90% of annual revenues) and carries out additional financial operations through six subsidiaries. An attempt to acquire Taiwan Business Bank in 2005 broke down amid union protests. A year later the group allied with Singapore's Temasek which would eventually control 6% through Fullerton Financial Holdings.

The private company has business interests in both financial services and premium vodka. Its Russian Standard Bank is a leading consumer lender, with more than 380 branches and offices throughout Russia; it holds more than half of the domestic credit card market. The bank's insurance arm offers life and health coverage. The company's Russian Standard Vodka is a growing global spirits brand that is exported to more than 60 countries worldwide. Another subsidiary, Roust, imports and distributes such brands as Campari, Jagermeister, and Remy Martin within Russia.

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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