Luzerner Kantonalbank (LUKB) provides standard retail and corporate banking, loans, small-business financing, and private banking services from about two-dozen branches and offices in the central Swiss canton of Lucerne. Its Adler & Co. subsidiary operates two private banking branches serving high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors in Zurich and Basel. More than 20 cantonal banks today vie for the market share not dominated by UBS or Credit Suisse. Like all contanal banks, the cantonal government provides backing for LUKB's lending products. LUKB was founded in 1850 and began trading publicly in 2001; the canton owns about two-thirds of the bank.

Founded in 1988, Industrial Bank is one of China's first joint stock commercial banks. Through some 40 branches and more than 400 sub-branches across China, Industrial Bank offers standard deposit, loan, wealth management, credit card, and e-banking products and services to personal and commercial banking customers. Fujian Finance Department, a government institution, controls about a quarter of Industrial Bank, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Bank and Singapore's Tetrad Ventures together own about a fifth.

Aries Capital is a full-service mortgage banker specializing in structured financing for commercial projects including hotels, office buildings, and apartment buildings. Its offerings include fixed and adjustable rate mortgages, typically ranging from $3 million to $100 million, as well interim funds and smaller multifamily residential loans. Through Aries Real Estate Fund, Aries Capital, LLC provides mezzanine and bridge financing; Urban Development Fund finances projects that will benefit underserved communities. Aries Capital, LLC operates nationwide through offices in Chicago, Denver, Houston, and Phoenix. Aries Capital has funded more than $3 billion in real estate developments in the past decade.

U.S. AgBank, FCB bank provides funding for long-term real estate loans secured by first mortgages on farm or rural land. It also provides shorter-term loans to agricultural producers. The government-sponsored entity does not lend directly to borrowers, but rather through more than two dozen associations (Agricultural Credit Associations, Farm Land Credit Associations, Production Credit Associations) that own U.S. AgBank. The company plans to merge with CoBank, another Farm Credit System member.

Davenham has discontinued its property finance division, which has historically accounted for more than half of the company's sales. Davenham often says "yes" when the banks say "no." The company provides asset-based loans, primarily to small and midsized businesses in the UK. Davenham's trade finance division provides working capital loans, including short-term letters of credit, while its asset finance unit provides loans to buy or lease machinery and equipment. Subsidiary Manor Credit finances commercial vehicles, vans, and fleet cars. Davenham Group plc makes loans primarily to contractors, distributors, importers, manufacturers, and wholesalers who are not able to get financing from traditional lenders.

MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana. MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. operates as a holding company for MidSouth Bank, N.A. that provides banking services to commercial and retail customers in south Louisiana and southeast Texas. The company’s deposit products and services include interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking accounts, investment accounts, credit cards, and cash management services, as well as electronic banking services, including remote deposit capturing services. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial and industrial loans, commercial real estate loans, and loans secured by real estate and consumer loans. As of December 31, 2009, it operated a network of 35 offices and approximately 50 ATMs in south Louisiana and southeast Texas.

AMB Financial Corp. operates as the holding company for the American Savings, FSB that offers a range of financial products and services to families and local businesses primarily in northwest Indiana. The company’s deposit products include passbook accounts, demand and NOW accounts, certificate accounts, money market accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises residential real estate, nonresidential real estate, home equity, multi-family, construction, consumer, land, commercial business, home improvement, and vehicle loans. AMB Financial Corp. also offers online banking, debit/ATM cards, automated clearing house, remote deposit capture, accounts receivable financing, and merchant services. In addition, the company provides investment, estate, business, and financial planning services. It operates through three full-service banking offices located in Dyer, Hammond, and Schererville, Indiana. AMB Financial Corp. was founded in 1910 and is based in Munster, Indiana.

Banco Internacional de Costa Rica, S.A. offers business banking services (its main focus) like checking and money market accounts and foreign trade financing. Personal products include loans, checking and money market accounts, debit cards, and CDs. BICSA can also buy and sell currency, set up and administer trusts, issue credit cards, and conduct foreign currency trading. With offices in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama, and the US (Miami), the bank serves its international clients with checks drawn on foreign accounts. BICSA is owned by the Costa Rican government.

State Street Bank provides custody, shareholder services, brokerage, securities finance, research, and other management services for institutional clients around the world. Customers include mutual funds, pension plans, and investment managers. At the top of the custody-services heap, State Street has about $19 trillion in assets under custody. It also has nearly $2 trillion in assets under administration. Other subsidiaries include asset manager State Street Global Advisors and State Street Alternative Investment Solutions.

Savings bank Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid (Caja Madrid) provides services from approximately 2,100 banking offices and some 5,000 ATMs throughout Spain. It offers retail, business, and private banking services and has some 7 million individual, small business, corporate, and institutional customers. As part of an alliance with MAPFRE, Caja Madrid products and services are offered through more than 300 MAPFRE offices, as well as through the insurer's agents. Caja Madrid is merging with smaller rival Bancaja. The deal will create the largest savings bank in Spain (overtaking La Caixa).

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