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.

PrivateBancorp is the holding company for two PrivateBank subsidiaries that provide commercial and private banking, business and real estate lending, investments, and money management services to middle-market companies, commercial real estate investors, business owners, executives, and wealthy individuals and their families. The banks have some 35 offices in major markets in the Midwest and Southeast. PrivateBancorp is modeled after a traditional European private bank, placing emphasis on personal service in an effort to establish life-long relationships with its clients.

First Mariner Bancorp helps customers navigate banking seas (and fees). It's the holding company for First Mariner Bank, which operates more than two-dozen branches along the Baltimore/Washington, DC, corridor. Targeting individuals and businesses, First Mariner Bank offers standard deposit products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts. Lending activities consist of commercial mortgages (more than 30% of all loans), as well as consumer, residential construction and mortgage, and business loans. Subsidiary First Mariner Mortgage originates mortgages for sale to secondary markets. First Mariner Bancorp sold consumer finance subsidiary Mariner Finance in 2009.

National Bankshares is the holding company for National Bank of Blacksburg (National Bank for short), which serves consumers and small business in southwestern Virginia through about two dozen branches. The community bank's services include deposit accounts, credit cards, and personal and corporate trust services. Commercial mortgages, including loans secured by college housing and professional office buildings, account for more than half of National Bankshares' loan portfolio; residential mortgages make up more than a quarter. To a lesser extent, the bank also writes business, construction, and consumer loans. Another subsidiary, National Bankshares Financial Services, provides investments and insurance.

Southern Community Financial is the holding company for Southern Community Bank and Trust, which operates more than 20 branches in the Piedmont Triad region and other parts of North Carolina. Serving area individuals, small and midsized businesses, and homebuilders, the bank offers such retail services as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and credit cards. The bulk of Southern Community Financial's loan portfolio is made up of commercial mortgages (about 35%), residential mortgages (25%), construction loans (20%), and commercial and industrial loans (more than 15%). The bank also offers insurance products through an agreement with The Phoenix Companies.

University of Texas at Austin, University Federal Credit Union (UFCU) has about 10 branches in Austin, with other locations in the Texas communities of Galveston, Round Rock, and Taylor. Serving UT students, alumni, and employees, as well as other residents around Texas' capital city, the credit union provides such financial services as checking and savings accounts, IRAs, money market accounts, home and consumer loans, credit and debit cards, financial planning, brokerage, and insurance.

Turk Ekonomi Bankasi Anonim Sirketi offers standard retail and commercial services from about 340 branches (it has about triped its locations since 2005) and more than 120 ATMs in Turkey, mostly in Istanbul. Subsidiaries include TEB Investment, TEB Insurance, and The Economy Bank in the Netherlands. Together, the group provides leasing, factoring, insurance, asset management, and investment brokerage services. BNP Paribas owns 50% of TEB Mali Yatirimlar, which in turn owns some 85% of TEB. BNP Paribas is merging the business of Fortis Bank in Turkey with that of TEB, a move that will nearly double TEB's branch network.

Finansbank has nearly 450 branches throughout the country offering financial services for both commercial and retail banking consumers. Finansbank also offers a network of ATMs, as well as online banking services. The number of credit cards issued by Finansbank grew from 2.3 million in 2005 to more than 3.5 million in 2008. The rapidly expanding bank, founded in 1987 as a four-branch institution by Hüsnü Özyegin, is controlled by the National Bank of Greece. The Greek bank bought more than 45% of Finansbank's stock in 2006, then raised its stake to more than 77% in 2009.

Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (or BIDV) is one of the country's largest state-owned commercial banks, with more than 100 branches, transaction offices, and subsidiary locations. BIDV was founded in 1957 and converted to a full commercial bank in 1995. The majority of its portfolio is in commercial loans -- primarily construction, manufacturing, and agricultural loans. Most borrowers are state-owned enterprises; the rest of the bank's portfolio also includes loans for state-directed projects. In addition to traditional lending and leasing, BIDV invests in companies, disperses government funds, and performs wholesale banking for World Bank projects.

Johnson Capital Group, Inc. company provides commercial real estate advisory services, helping property developers and investors access and structure capital. Johnson Capital Group specializes in debt and equity placement for construction and acquisitions; it participates in transactions for all types of commercial real estate including office, retail, multifamily, industrial, hospitality, and mixed-use properties. It also provides in-house servicing. Established in 1987, the firm has some 20 offices in the US, as well as offices in Mexico and Spain and operations in India and Dubai.

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