German American Bancorp is the holding company for German American Bank, which operates some 30 branches in 10 southwestern Indiana counties and offers such standard retail products as checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and IRAs. German American Bank was founded in 1910. Commercial and industrial loans make up about half of the bank's loan portfolio; agricultural loans account for about 20%. Other offerings include residential mortgages and consumer loans. German American Bancorp also operates insurance and trust, financial planning, and brokerage subsidiaries. The company is buying American Community Bancorp, the holding company for Bank of Evansville.

Red Capital Group supplies the green for commercial real estate development. The company specializes in financing for affordable housing, multifamily residential real estate, assisted living facilities, medical office buildings, and community hospitals. It also finances industrial, and retail properties, hotels, and self-storage facilities. Red Capital Group consists of three firms: lender Red Mortgage Capital; Red Capital Markets, which underwrites housing bonds; and asset manager Red Capital Advisors. Red Capital Group has more than 10 offices in the US. ORIX USA bought the firm in 2010 from PNC Financial Services, which had acquired it in a takeover of Red Capital's previous parent, National City, in 2008.

Banco de Sabadell (also known as BancoSabadell) is one of the top banking groups in Spain offering corporate, commercial, and private banking through more than 1,200 branches. The company operates under five banking brands: SabadellAtlantico and Banco Herrero, for business banking; Solbank, which specializes in providing banking services for tourists and the tourism industry; ActivoBank, for online banking; and BancoUrquijo, for private banking. BancoSabadell also offers bancassurance products, asset management, and securities brokerage. The company has a presence in about 20 countries. It is looking across the Atlantic for growth, especially in Florida, as well as in Mexico.

American Bank Incorporated is the holding company for American Bank, which operates a single branch in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It serves customers throughout the US via its pcbanker.com Web site. The bank's products and services include checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, credit cards, and discount brokerage. It primarily originates real estate loans; commercial mortgages account for more than 40% of the company's portfolio, while residential mortgages represent approximately one-third. The Jaindl family, including company president and CEO Mark, owns a majority of American Bank Incorporated.

One of China's largest commercial banks, China CITIC Bank offers corporate, small business, and retail banking and financial services, including business accounts, personal savings accounts, loans, asset management, and private banking. The bank operates primarily in China through a network of more than 600 branches, many of which are located in China's coastal regions and major economic centers. To a lesser extent, China CITIC serves select international markets as well. Founded in 1987, the bank is majority-owned and controlled by state-owned investment firm CITIC Group.

Cadence Financial is the holding company for Cadence Bank, which operates about 20 branches in the Golden Triangle area of eastern Mississippi, plus about 20 additional locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. The community bank offers standard deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, in addition to trust and investment services. It primarily originates real estate mortgages, which account for more than half of its loan portfolio, but also makes agricultural, business, construction, and consumer loans. Cadence Financial canceled plans to be acquired by Trustmark Corporation in 2010. It will instead be acquired by Community Bancorp, a recently formed bank holding company.

The Rose Corporation has blossomed as a merchant bank specializing in real estate. Rose provides first mortgages and short-term mezzanine lending to developers primarily in Toronto and invests in such properties as senior living centers and resorts. Benefiting from Canada's thriving entertainment industry, subsidiary Toronto Film Studios will build and operate Filmport, a $250 million multistage film lot and media village in Toronto's port area. CEO Sam Reisman split from a family of homebuilders to found Rose (named for his wife) in 1982; he took the firm private in 2003.

Serving the Shizuoka Prefecture with its more than 75 branches, Shimizu Bank offers the typical assortment of wholesale and retail banking products and chiefly targets the Shimizu Port, which is a substantial area in regards to international trade. Key subsidiaries and affiliated companies include The Shimizu Business Service Co. (ATM transporting and maintenance), The Shimizu Carriere Co. (staff delegation), and The Shimizu General Maintenance (real estate). Shimizu Bank did some schmoozing in 1928 when it was forged from the merger of six banks.

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.

Camden National Corporation is the holding company for Camden National Bank, which was founded in 1875 and once issued its own US currency. With about 40 branches in 10 Maine counties, the bank provides checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Residential mortgages make up more than 40% of its loan portfolio; business loans, including commercial mortgages, make up another 40%; and consumer loans constitute the remainder. Subsidiary Union Trust operates nine branches in the coastal counties of Hancock and Washington, while Acadia Trust provides trust, fiduciary, investment management, and retirement plan administration services and Acadia Financial Consultants offers brokerage and insurance services.

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