Founded in 1917, Bankers Trust is Iowa’s oldest and largest independently owned bank, with assets of $2.4 billion and more than 400 employees. Based in Des Moines, Bankers Trust has 11 offices throughout the Greater Des Moines area, as well as branches or operations in Ames, Iowa; Phoenix, Ariz.; Omaha, Neb.; and Sioux Falls, S.D. Bankers Trust Cedar Rapids, operating under a separate banking charter, has assets approaching $400 million and more than 40 employees.

The Southern Banc Company is the holding company for The Southern Bank, which operates about five branches in Etowah, Cherokee, and Marshall counties in northeastern Alabama. Serving both local businesses and consumers, the bank offers standard deposit products, including checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. Its loan portfolio is dominated by one-to-four family residential mortgages, business loans, and consumer loans, but Southern Bank also writes nonresidential real estate mortgages and loans secured by savings accounts.

Social Investment Scotland is a private partnership with backers that include the country's largest banks -- Clydesdale Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, and the Royal Bank of Scotland -- that provides loan finance and business support to social enterprises and voluntary organizations that do not fit lending criteria of commercial banks. Its main fund, Futurebuilders Plus, supports social economy organizations operating in Scotland; the Edinburgh Fund funnels grants to social enterprises in the city.

American River Bankshares serves area small to midsized businesses and individuals, offering traditional deposit products such as checking and savings accounts and CDs. It offers commercial and residential mortgages, as well as business, construction, and consumer loans, and lease financing for business equipment.

First Citizens Banc Corp ("First Citizens") is a bank holding company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Ohio and registered with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. First Citizens' banking subsidiary is The Citizens Banking Company, a commercial bank organized and existing under the laws of the State of Ohio. The Citizens Banking Company also does business as Champaign Bank. Also, First Citizens wholly owns subsidiaries which provide services related to its primary business: First Citizens Insurance Agency, Inc. and Water Street Properties, Inc..

Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg (LBBW) acts as the central bank to savings banks in the German states of Baden-Wurttemberg, Rhineland Palatinate, and Saxony. The bank handles large transactions (wholesale banking, financial securities, foreign exchange) too costly for the smaller state savings banks. Through its regional banks, Baden Wurttembergische Bank, and Sachsen Bank and Rheinland-Pfalz Bank, LBBW also provides traditional retail banking services such as real estate and commercial loans, and portfolio management at more than 200 branches. Other subsidiaries provide leasing, factoring, venture capital, and equity financing services.

Punjab and Sind Bank was founded in 1908 to help those economically challenged Indians traditionally underserved by financial institutions. PSB boasts more than 900 branches (about half in the state of Punjab) offering savings and checking accounts, credit cards, loans, and life insurance along with government pension accounts and remittance services. It also has about 100 limited service counters inside other businesses. PSB has been restructuring, closing or relocating underperforming branches to improve profits. It has asked the Indian government, its owner, to grant it an initial public offering.

Accord Financial Corp., through its subsidiaries, offers superior financial services to small and medium-sized companies, providing the capital these firms need to grow and succeed. Accord’s services include factoring and other asset-based financial services, including financing, collection services, credit investigation, guarantees and record-keeping. Incorporated in 1978, Accord Financial Ltd. operates as an "old-line" factor specializing in credit protection and collection services. Offices and representatives are located in Toronto and Montreal. Major industries served are apparel, floor covering, furniture, footwear and sporting goods. Clients are mostly Canadian and U.S. companies; approximately 30% of total business is international in nature.Formed in 1990 and acquired by Accord in 1992, Accord Financial Inc. offers factoring services through the purchase of receivables, as well as asset-based lending and purchase order financing. All clients are in Canada. A wide variety of industries are served including automotive, oilfield services, electronics, medical equipment, food processing, furniture manufacturing, logistics, industrial products, telecommunications, apparel and textiles. Factoring for small and medium-sized businesses is one of the fastest growing areas in financial services. Accord Financial Inc. has offices in Montreal and Toronto. Started as a predecessor company in 1977 and acquired by Accord in 1992, Accord Financial, Inc. specializes in factoring services by purchasing receivables for cash from small and medium-sized U.S. companies. Major clients are wholesale distributors, staffing agencies, telecommunication providers, furniture, electronics and chemical manufacturers, and other commercial enterprises. Its head office is located in Greenville, SC, with representative offices in St. Petersburg, FL and Charlotte, NC.

Oriental Financial Group Inc. is a financial holding company operating under U.S. and Puerto Rico banking laws and regulations. Now in its 46th year, Oriental is the fourth largest bank based in Puerto Rico.

First Cherokee Bancshares is the holding company for First Cherokee State Bank, which operates three offices in the Georgia communities of Canton, Marietta, and Woodstock, north of Atlanta. Catering to local businesses and consumers, the bank provides checking, savings, and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and debit cards. Commercial real estate mortgages account for the largest portion of the company's loan portfolio, followed by construction, land development, and residential mortgage loans. To a far lesser extent, the bank writes consumer, business, and farmland loans.

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