Caisse centrale Desjardins (CCD) keeps tabs on Canada's largest financial cooperative, the Desjardins Group. CCD is the accounting arm of the Desjardins group, which was founded in 1900 to serve working-class Quebecois. The group serves some 6 million members and has more than 500 local cooperatives (or caisses populaires) and credit unions (caisses d'economie) in Quebec and Ontario. CCD also operates in the US through Desjardins Bank in Florida. The company's offerings include loans, credit cards, and savings accounts, as well as insurance, investment funds, securities brokerage, and asset management.

Captive Capital capitalizes on clients' captive audiences. Captive Capital Corporation provides turnkey retail financing programs for primarily equipment manufacturers and distributors in the US and Canada. Captive Capital manages the in-house finance programs of equipment manufacturers (including creating and managing customer branded financing Web sites) and matches up lenders with pre-qualified borrowers. Subsidiary Star Capital Group provides direct leasing and financing for commercial equipment acquisitions from $5,000 to $500,000. Internet Capital Group leads investors in Captive Capital, which was founded in 1999 by CEO Jonathan Moran and vice presidents Brian Voland and Jeff Whitcomb.

Bank Leumi USA, operating in the U.S. for more than fifty years, is an FDIC-insured, full-service commercial bank that provides financial services to middle- to upper-middle market firms, and international businesses through offices in New York, Illinois, California, Florida, and an offshore office in the Cayman Islands.

Clarkston Financial, the holding company for Clarkston State Bank, threw its hat into the ring of retail banking in 1998. The community bank serves area consumers and small to midsized businesses from about five locations in Oakland County, Michigan, north of Detroit. The bank offers standard deposit services, including checking, savings, and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and IRAs. Clarkston Savings Bank uses these funds primarily to originate real estate loans; commercial mortgages account for the largest portion of its portfolio, followed by residential mortgages and construction and land development loans.

Arbuthnot Banking Group consists of three divisions that provide a variety of services ranging from personal financial services to investment banking. Secure Trust Bank provides banking and insurance through retail branches in the West Midlands region of the UK. Arbuthnot Latham offers private banking, financial planning, and investment management, while Arbuthnot Securities is an investment bank whose services include corporate finance, brokerage, and market making. Chairman and chief executive Henry Angest owns a majority stake in Arbuthnot Banking Group.

Kearny Financial is the holding company for Kearny Federal Savings Bank, which has some 40 branches in northern New Jersey. Kearny Federal Savings Bank offers such standard services as checking and savings accounts, CDs, ATM and debit cards, IRAs, and loans. Residential mortgages make up about two-thirds of its loan portfolio; multifamily and commercial mortgages and home equity loans round out most of the rest. Kearny also invests in mortgage-backed securities, government and municipal bonds, and other securities. In 2010 the company acquired Central Jersey Bancorp for $72.3 million, adding 13 branches to its branch network. Mutual holding company Kearny MHC owns some 70% of Kearny Financial.

Santa Lucia Bancorp is home on the range. The Santa Lucia Range, that is. Santa Lucia Bancorp is parent to Santa Lucia Bank, which has four offices that serve San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties along the scenic central coast of California. The bank offers such standard services as checking and savings accounts and credit cards. Commercial mortgages and operating loans, including loans for the development or purchase of vineyards, make up the bulk of its lending activities. One of the company's founding directors, vice chairman Doug Filipponi, owns Filipponi and Thompson Drilling Company, Filipponi and Thompson Vineyards, and Santa Margarita Cattle Company.

First Citizens Bancorporation is the holding company for First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, which has nearly 200 branches in South Carolina and Georgia, and The Exchange Bank of South Carolina, which has four branches. The banks provide standard products and services for individuals and businesses, including checking and savings accounts, credit cards, investments, and online banking. Residential and commercial mortgages comprise most of First Citizens Bancorporation's loan portfolio. Lease financing and construction, business, land, and consumer loans help to round out the banks' lending activities.

BCB Bancorp be the holding company for BCB Community Bank, which opened its doors in late 2000. The independent bank serves Hudson County and the surrounding area from about 15 offices in New Jersey's Bayonne, Hoboken, Jersey City, and Monroe. The bank offers traditional deposit products and services, including savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Funds from deposits are used to originate mortgages and loans, primarily commercial real estate and multi-family property loans (which together account for more than half of the bank's loan portfolio). BCB Bancorp's branch network tripled in size when it added 10 locations through its 2010 acquisition of Pamrapo Bancorp.

Middleburg Financial is the holding company for Middleburg Bank, which serves individuals and small to midsized businesses through about 10 branches in northern Virginia. The bank offers standard deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, money market and NOW accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Middleburg Bank focuses heavily on real estate lending: Commercial, agricultural, and residential mortgages account for about three-quarters of its loan portfolio; real estate construction loans add another 15%. Business and consumer installment loans round out the company's loan book.

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