Provident wants to be a prominent force in the New Jersey banking scene. Provident Financial Services owns The Provident Bank, which serves customers in about 10 northern and central New Jersey counties. Founded in 1839, the bank offers traditional deposit and lending products, as well as wealth management and trust services, through more than 80 branches. Residential mortgage loans make up about 35% of the bank's loan portfolio; commercial mortgages are around 25%. Business, consumer, and construction loans help to round out its lending activities. The company's Provident Investment Services subsidiary sells life and health insurance and investment products.

Suffolk County National Bank, which serves Suffolk County, New York, through about 30 branches. Targeting individuals and small to midsized businesses, the bank offers standard services such as checking, savings, and money market accounts, and trust and asset management. It also provides insurance and investment products, including IRAs, mutual funds, annuities, bonds, and brokerage services. Commercial mortgages account for about a third of the company's loan portfolio; business loans make up another 20%. The portfolio also includes residential mortgages and consumer and construction loans.

VyStar Credit Union has a rich history of financial and community service to people that began in 1952. Because of our members, we have become one of the largest financial institutions in Northeast Florida and among credit unions today. As a sound and forward-thinking organization, VyStar's Board of Directors generously devotes their time and energy to provide your credit union strategic direction, set policy and oversee its management.

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.

First Banks keeps it in the family. The holding company for its namesake First Bank, it is owned by chairman James Dierberg and his family; many of the bank's branches and ATMs are located in Dierbergs Markets, a Missouri-based grocery chain owned by relatives of the chairman. First Bank has about 160 branches in California, Florida, Illinois, and Missouri, with a concentration in metropolitan markets (e.g. Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa, and St. Louis). The bank offers standard services like deposits, mortgages, and business and consumer loans. Additional services include brokerage, insurance, trust, and private banking, as well as commercial treasury management and international trade services.

Ballston Spa Bancorp is the holding company for Ballston Spa National Bank, which serves Saratoga County in New York from about 10 branches. It offers traditional deposit products including checking and savings accounts, IRAs, and CDs. The bank also offers investment products, wealth and estate planning, insurance, and trust services. Residential mortgages account for about two-thirds of the company's loan portfolio; the company also writes commercial mortgages, consumer loans, and business loans. Ballston Spa National Bank was established in 1838.

WesBanco would like to be "BesBanco" for its customers. The holding company owns WesBanco Bank, which offers banking services through more than 110 branches in West Virginia, Ohio, and western Pennsylvania. In addition to traditional services such as deposits and loans, the bank also offers trust, discount brokerage, and investment services, including its proprietary WesMark mutual funds. WesBanco Insurance Services is a multiline insurance provider. Commercial real estate loans account for more than 40% of of WesBanco's loan portfolio, while residential mortgages are about 20%. The company sells most of the new residential mortgages that it originates into the secondary market.

Integra Bank, operates about 55 branches and loan production offices serving communities in southern Indiana and Illinois, Kentucky, and southwestern Ohio. The bank offers a variety of traditional deposit products for personal and business customers, including savings and money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Its lending activities mainly consist of commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans, construction and development loans, residential mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and consumer loans. In addition, Integra Bank offers annuities, insurance, credit and debit cards, and trust services.

Techcombank serves primarily individuals and small to medium businesses. It offers deposit products, loans, leasing, cash management, and other financial services. The company offers insurance through Bao Viet Life. Founded in 1993, Techcombank has more than 130 branches throughout Vietnam -- the second-largest network in the country. It plans to operate 200 locations by 2010. International banking giant HSBC owns 20% of Techcombank; the two banks also have numerous cooperative alliances.

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) provides a variety of financial services, primarily to customers in the canton of Vaud in southwestern Switzerland. With about 70 retail locations, it offers commercial, corporate, and private banking services, as well as wealth management and securities brokerage. The bank is dedicated to the canton's development and in fact does business with some two-thirds of Vaud's small and midsized enterprises. The Vaud government owns more than half of BCV, which was originally founded in 1845.

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