CITIC International Financial Holdings (CIFH) is the flagship company of state-owned investment congomlerate CITIC Group. It owns stakes in commercial banking, investment banking, private equity, and asset management companies. Primary subsidiary CITIC Ka Wah Bank provides retail and wholesale banking as well treasury services. Focused on business and real estate lending and targeting cross-border investors, operates about 30 branches in Hong Kong, mainland China, and the US. Other CIFH holdings include stakes in CITIC International Assets Management and CITIC Capital Holdings. CIFH was formed in 2002 in the reorganization of Ka Wah Bank; it is 70%-owned by CITIC Group through China CITIC Bank.

In 2010 Wells Fargo announced that it will merge the business of Wells Fargo Financial, which accounts for less than 2% of the company's loan volume, into its banking operations. The consumer finance arm of US banking superpower Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo Financial operates through approximately 1,100 locations throughout the US, as well as in Canada and the Pacific Rim. The company provides credit cards, personal loans, and real estate-secured loans to consumers. It originates indirect auto loans through more than 18,000 franchised dealers. Wells Fargo Financial, Inc. also provides sales financing to retailers and lease financing to health care and agribusiness concerns.

Swedbank AB offers various financial products and services to private individuals, corporates, organizations, and municipalities. The company’s corporate banking services include cash management, financing, corporate finance, securities, capital market, asset management, and life and pension services; and banks and financial institutions services comprise transaction, custody, correspondent banking, trade finance, and relationship management services. It also offers loan and mortgage, savings and investing, payment, and insurance services for private customers; private banking services, including financial planning, investment advice, individual investment solutions, and ownership and generation shifting services; and single Euro payments area services for paying and receiving electronic payments in Euro. As of March 22, 2010, the company operated 381 branches in Sweden, 226 branches in the Baltic countries, and 156 branches in Ukraine. Swedbank AB offers its services in Sweden, Luxembourg, Spain, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the United States, China, and Japan. The company was founded in 1820 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Timberland Bancorp is the holding company for Timberland Savings Bank, which operates more than 20 branches in western Washington. The bank targets individuals and regional businesses, offering checking, savings, and money market accounts, and CDs. The bank concentrates on real estate lending, including commercial and residential mortgages, multifamily residential loans, and land develoment loans; it also writes business loans and other types of loans. Timberland Savings Bank was founded in 1915 as a savings and loan.

First Midwest Bancorp, the holding company for First Midwest Bank. Through about 100 branches, the bank mainly serves suburban Chicago, though its market extends into central and western Illinois and neighboring portions of Iowa and Indiana. Focusing on area small to midsized businesses, it offers deposit products, loans, trust services, wealth management, insurance, and retirement plan services; it has approximately $3.5 billion of client trust and investment assets under management. Commercial real estate loans account for more than half of the company's portfolio; commercial and industrial loans are around a third.

Southcoast Financial Corporation, headquartered in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, is the holding company of Southcoast Community Bank. The Bank, which opened for business July 20, 1998, is a state chartered commercial bank operating from its main office at 534 Johnnie Dodds Boulevard in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Southcoast is a locally owned and operated business and has been recognized as one of the top 25 fastest growing companies in South Carolina. Southcoast Financial Corporation's common stock trades on NASDAQ under the symbol SOCB.Southcoast has ten locations in the Greater Charleston market, including offices in Charleston, North Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, Johns Island, Moncks Corner, Summerville, and Goose Creek. The Company's strategic focus is to serve the banking needs of small businesses in the Tri-County area. In addition to traditional consumer and commercial services, Southcoast offers mortgage loan origination services, tax deposits, as well as a variety of other services. Southcoast has also established a 24-hour automated teller network throughout the Tri-County area.

Luzerner Kantonalbank (LUKB) provides standard retail and corporate banking, loans, small-business financing, and private banking services from about two-dozen branches and offices in the central Swiss canton of Lucerne. Its Adler & Co. subsidiary operates two private banking branches serving high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors in Zurich and Basel. More than 20 cantonal banks today vie for the market share not dominated by UBS or Credit Suisse. Like all contanal banks, the cantonal government provides backing for LUKB's lending products. LUKB was founded in 1850 and began trading publicly in 2001; the canton owns about two-thirds of the bank.

NASB Financial is the holding company for North American Savings Bank, which operates about 15 branches and loan offices in the Kansas City area. Established in 1927, the bank offers a range of deposit products to retail and commercial customers, including checking, savings, and money market accounts and CDs. Its lending activities are fairly evenly split between mortgages secured by residential, commercial, and development properties. Subsidiary Nor-Am sells annuities, mutual funds, and credit life and disability insurance. Chairman David Hancock and his wife Linda (a board member) own a majority of NASB Financial.

Oak Street Funding LLC company offers financing to independent insurance agencies and agents who use their future commissions on policy renewals as collateral. Oak Street Funding loans can be used to repay debt, purchase new equipment, fund staff additions, or other business improvements. The niche lender has loaned some $160 million to insurance professionals since its inception in 2003. Hedge fund Angelo, Gordon acquired Oak Street Funding in 2010.

BB&T, the banking company that covers the Southeast like kudzu. The company serves consumers, small to midsized businesses, and government entities through more than 1,800 branches. Its flagship subsidiary, Branch Banking and Trust (also known as BB&T), is one of North Carolina's oldest banks and a leading originator of residential mortgages in the Southeast. In addition to deposit accounts and loans, the company offers insurance, mutual funds, discount brokerage, wealth management, and financial planning services. Business services include leasing, factoring, and investment banking (through Scott & Stringfellow).

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