Cardinal Financial can help you keep out of the red. The holding company owns Cardinal Bank, which operates about two dozen branches in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Serving commercial and retail customers, it offers such deposit options as checking, savings, and money market accounts; IRAs; and CDs, as well as trust services. Commercial real estate loans make up more than 40% of Cardinal Financial's loan portfolio; residential mortgages, construction loans, business loans, and home equity lines of credit round out the bank's lending activities. Subsidiary Cardinal Wealth Services provides brokerage and investment services through an alliance with Raymond James Financial.

Aozora (which means blue sky in Japanese) was the second Japanese credit bank nationalized in the wake of Asia's financial crisis after the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (now Shinsei Bank). Bad loans and Japan's "Big Bang" financial deregulation added to its troubles. Now a full-service commercial bank, Aozora has some 20 branches in Japan and three offices overseas. In addition to insurance and trust services, Aozora Bank provides a wide range of business loans for medium and large corporations, asset management, investment advisory services and securitization. Aozora and Shinsei called off their plans to merge in 2010.

The Golden 1 Credit Union wants to be the 1. One of California's largest financial cooperatives, not to mention one of the largest credit unions in the US, the member-owned organization serves communities in central and northern parts of the state through a network of more than 80 branches; nearly half of them are in and around Sacramento. The Golden 1 has more than 680,000 members who are residents of more than 30 eligible counties or employees of hundreds of select companies or groups. The credit union offers savings, checking, and money market accounts, IRAs, and credit and check cards. It also provides personal and residential real estate loans, as well as investments and insurance.

Patelco Credit Union has evolved as well. Founded in 1936, it has grown from a five-member organization with $500 in assets serving employees of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph to a nearly 300,000-member credit union serving employees from more than 1,100 organizations, as well as other residents of California who qualify for membership. A telephone company credit union until 1983, Patelco Credit Union now operates about 40 offices in Northern California and one in the Chicago area. It provides deposit, lending, insurance, and investment services, as well as credit cards, debit cards, and online banking.

Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for The Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank that offers traditional banking services in the Borough of Dunmore and the surrounding communities within Lackawanna and Luzerne counties in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The company offers various deposits, which include savings, clubs, interest-bearing checking, money market, non-interest bearing checking, and certificates of deposit accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, residential real estate loans, consumer loans, home equity loans, construction loans, and direct financing leases. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated 11 full-service banking offices. The company was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Dunmore, Pennsylvania.

One of the largest associations in the Farm Credit System, GreenStone offers FARM CREDIT SERVICES (FCS) provides short, intermediate, and long-term loans; equipment and building leases; appraisal services; and life and crop insurance to farmers in Michigan and Wisconsin. It serves about 15,000 members and has nearly 40 locations. Through an alliance with AgriSolutions, a farm software and consulting company, Greenstone provides income tax planning and preparation services, farm business consulting, and educational seminars. FCS Mortgage provides residential loans for rural properties, as well as loans for home improvement, construction, and refinancing.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco helps meet the borrowing needs of communities by providing wholesale credit products and services to member financial institutions. The Bank is privately owned by its members, which include commercial banks, savings institutions, credit unions, thrift and loan companies, and insurance companies headquartered in Arizona, California, and Nevada. We are part of a network of 12 regional Federal Home Loan Banks chartered by Congress in 1932 to provide low-cost credit to residential housing lenders.

Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Guaranty Federal Savings Bank that provides banking services in Greene and Christian Counties in southwest Missouri. Its deposit products include fixed-term certificates of deposit, savings, money market, individual retirement accounts, and NOW (checking) accounts. The company’s loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans, multi-family residential mortgage loans, construction loans, permanent one-to four-family residential mortgage loans, business loans, consumer loans, and other loans consisting of loans secured by certificates of deposit, home equity loans, and automobile loans. It operates through a main office in Springfield, Greene County; six full-service branch offices and an operations center in Springfield; two full-service branch offices in Nixa, Christian County; and one full-service branch office in Ozark, Christian County, as well as maintains a network of 22 automated teller machines. Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1913 and is based in Springfield, Missouri.

The First Bancorp (formerly First National Lincoln) is the holding company for The First, a regional bank serving coastal Maine from about 15 branches. The bank offers traditional retail products and services, including checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and loans. Residential mortgages make up about half of the company's loan portfolio; business loans account for another third. Bank subsidiary First Advisors offers private banking and investment management services. The bank traces its roots to 1864 and has grown through acquisitions and the opening of new branches.

Old National Bancorp operates about 170 offices in Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. Serving consumers and business customers, the bank offers standard fare such as checking and savings accounts, credit cards, and loans. Its treasury segment manages investments for the bank as well as for commercial clients. Business loans, commercial mortgages, and consumer loans account for the bulk of Old National's lending activities. The company also sells insurance, manages wealth for high-net-worth clients, and offers investment and brokerage services.

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