Sainsbury's Bank is a 50-50 joint venture between UK supermarket operator J Sainsbury and Lloyds Banking Group, Sainsbury's Bank is more than a place to borrow money to buy groceries. Also doing business as Sainsbury Finance, the financial supermarket offers personal loans, MasterCard credit cards, many types of insurance (car, home, life, travel, and pet), and savings and investment accounts. Sainsbury's Bank operates hundreds of banking centers and ATMs inside Sainsbury supermarkets. It also has online operations.

Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Patriot National Bank that provides consumer and commercial banking services to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, and professionals in Connecticut and New York. It offers various consumer and commercial deposit accounts, such as checking accounts, interest-bearing NOW accounts, insured money market accounts, time certificates of deposit, savings accounts, individual retirement accounts, and health savings accounts. The company also provides commercial real estate and construction loans to area businesses and developers; real estate loans, including home mortgages, home improvement loans, bridge loans, home equity loans, and lines of credit to individuals; personal loans, such as lines of credit, installment loans, overdraft protection, and credit cards; and commercial loans, including secured and unsecured loans to service companies, real estate developers, manufacturers, restaurants, wholesalers, retailers, and professionals, as well as to small and medium-sized businesses. In addition, it offers Internet banking, bill paying, remote deposit capture, debit card, money order, travelers checks, and automated teller machine services; and solicits and processes mortgage loan applications from consumers on behalf of permanent investors and originates loans for sale. As of March 16, 2010, the company operated 19 full service branches, including 16 branches in Connecticut and 3 branches in New York, as well as operated a loan production office in Stamford, Connecticut. Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

First Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston that provides various banking and other related financial services. Its deposit products include demand deposit transaction accounts, time deposit accounts, non-interest-bearing checking accounts, interest-bearing checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposits. The company’s loan portfolio comprises residential real estate mortgage and construction loans, commercial and multifamily real estate mortgage loans, home equity, manufactured housing, and other consumer loans; credit card receivables; and commercial business loans. As of September 30, 2009, it operated 44 full service retail branch sales offices, 18 in-store retail branch sales offices, and 3 limited services branches in Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Hilton Head area of Beaufort, Georgetown, Horry, and Florence Counties, South Carolina; and Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender Counties, North Carolina. First Financial Holdings, Inc., through its other subsidiaries, engages in full-service brokerage activities; property, casualty, life, and health insurance sales; third party administrative services, including services to retirement plans; trust and fiduciary services; reinsurance of private mortgage insurance; and premium finance activities. First Financial Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina.

United Bank of India provides a variety of retail, deposit, and commercial banking services throughout India. Tracing its roots to 1914, UBI offers a variety of deposit services, such as fixed deposits, reinvestment plans, and stock investment instruments. Its retail credit division provides auto, home, and education loans, as well as consumer loans. UBI operates through about 30 regional offices and more than 1,450 branches and has historically been involved in rural and semi-urban development initiatives. The bank also has international branches located at Kolkata, New Delhi, and Mumbai. The company, nationalized in 1969, plans to go public in 2010.

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.

CommerceFirst Bancorp is the holding company for CommerceFirst Bank, which opened in 2000 and now has five branches in central Maryland. Catering to small to midsized businesses and professional clients, it offers deposit products including checking and savings accounts, NOW and money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. The bank mainly uses funds from deposits to write business loans (including Small Business Administration loans) and mortgages. Executive officers and board members of CommerceFirst Bancorp collectively own more than 20% of the company.

QNB Corp. is the holding company for QNB Bank, which provides commercial banking services through about 10 branches serving Bucks, Lehigh, and Montgomery counties in southeastern Pennsylvania. QNB offers standard banking services including checking, savings, and money market acccounts; IRAs; and CDs. It uses funds from deposits to originate business loans, residential mortgages, and consumer loans. Commercial loans and mortgages account for more than half of its lending portfolio. Unlike many of its peers, QNB Bank does not directly offer trust services or full-service insurance. Through a partnership with Raymond James Financial, though, it offers wealth management services.

The First of Long Island wants to be the first thing on Long Islanders' minds. The company owns The First National Bank of Long Island, which offers a variety of lending, investment, and deposit services through about two dozen branches on New York's Long Island and in Manhattan. Loans secured by real estate, including residential and commercial mortgages, home equity loans, and construction loans, make up more than 85% of the bank's loan portfolio. To a lesser extent, the bank also writes business and consumer loans. Other services include checking and savings accounts, IRAs, CDs, and credit cards. Subsidiary The First of Long Island Agency sells mutual funds and annuities.

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.

Westamerica Bank, chartered in 1884, also originates construction, residential mortgage, and consumer loans.Annie get your checkbook? Maybe not as wild as Buffalo Bill's West, but Westamerica Bancorporation still shoots high with its subsidiary Westamerica Bank. The bank operates more than 90 branches in northern and central California. It offers individuals and businesses such standard fare as checking and savings accounts, as well as electronic banking, trust services, and credit cards. It focuses on the banking needs of small businesses; business loans and commercial mortgages together account for more than half of the company's loan portfolio.

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