Hometown Banking Returns to Oak Ridge"-this announcement was made in 1995 when 21 organizers and many local citizens combined their efforts to open the first locally owned commercial bank in Oak Ridge since 1953. That effort has evolved into a local business with more than 700 shareholders, almost $7 million dollars in capital and earnings of over one half million for 2001. Total assets exceeded $122 Million as of October 31st, 2004. As the bank continues to bring Hometown Banking to new customers each year. TNBANK is fortunate to have dedicated employees, a strong board of directors, and the trust and support of its community. Our growth and increasing profitability has enabled us to expand our services and our geographic coverage. TNBANK wants to help people expand businesses and own homes.

Virginia Commerce Bancorp is the holding company for Virginia Commerce Bank, which has about 30 offices serving metropolitan Washington, DC's northern Virginia suburbs. The bank's customer base includes consumers, non-profit groups, and small to midsized businesses, particularly those that have contracts with the US government. The bank also offers wealth management services such as retirement planning, asset management, and investments such as mutual funds. Virginia Commerce primarily originates real estate loans, including mortgages and construction loans, which account for about 90% of its portfolio.

First State Bank was originally chartered in 1909 to serve the local and surrounding agrarian community of Chilton, Texas. In 1987, the institution was relocated to the nearby urban community of Temple. Since that time First State Bank has engaged in a strategy of market expansion, opening branches throughout Central Texas. The efforts during the last 20 years have resulted in an annual asset growth rate of 24%, an increase in shareholder equity of over 380%, and expanding the operating market from the original base in Bell and It offers home mortgages and insurance through agreements with local providers.

Caisse Regionale de Credit Agricole d'Ile-de-France, also known as CA Ile-de-France, provides banking services to individual and commercial customers from its network of more than 300 branches. CA Ile-de-France is the largest of Credit Agricole's 39 regional banks, or caisses, which collectively account for a quarter of France's consumer banking market. In addition to its services for French citizens, the bank operates a division dedicated to serving English-speaking individuals coming to work or study in France. Credit Agricole controls about one-quarter of CA Ile-de-France.

Lloyds Banking Group plc provides various banking and financial services to personal and corporate customers primarily in the United Kingdom. It operates through four segments: Retail, Wholesale, Wealth and International, and Insurance. The Retail segment provides banking, mortgages, and other financial services to personal customers. Its products include current and savings accounts, personal loans, credit cards, and mortgages. This segment also operates as a general insurance and bancassurance distributor and sells a range of long-term savings, investment, and general insurance products. The Wholesale provides banking and related services for multinational corporates and financial institutions, and small and medium-sized businesses.

CKF Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Central Kentucky Federal Savings Bank that provides various banking and financial products and services to individuals and corporate customers. It offers various deposit products, including non-interest bearing demand deposit accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, passbook and statement savings accounts, and individual retirement accounts. The company also provides real estate mortgage loans, which comprise one-to-four family residential loans, multifamily residential loans, and nonresidential and land loans; construction loans; commercial non-mortgage loans; and consumer loans. In addition, it provides account inquiries, account transfers, after hour depository services, automated teller machine (ATM) services, automatic funds transfers, cashier’s checks, coin processing, credit card cash advances, debit cards/ATM cards, deposit bags, direct deposits, merchant services, money orders, notary services, safe deposit boxes, stop payment services, temporary checks, and wire transfer services. Further, the company offers check reordering, Internet banking, and VoiceMaster telebanking services. It operates three full-service offices and ATM locations in Danville and Lancaster, Kentucky. CKF Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is based in Danville, Kentucky.

The Saudi financial services firm,Riyad Bank offers retail and corporate banking services, including credit cards, mutual fund products, electronic trade financing, treasury services, and financing for the oil, gas, and petrochemical sector.It also offers women-only branches for female customers The Riyad Bank network includes around 200 national branches and more than 1,500 automated teller machines, as well as international offices in London, Houston, and Singapore.

NewAlliance Bancshares is the holding company for NewAlliance Bank, a community savings institution that offers personal and business banking through about 90 branches in Connecticut and Massachusetts. It provides standard services such as checking and savings accounts, loans and mortgages, and retirement planning. Trust Company of Connecticut, a division of the bank, provides trust and investment management services to individuals, families, and not-for-profits. Acquisitive Buffalo-based financial services holding company First Niagara Financial, which has expanded into Pennsylvania through recent purchases, is buying New Alliance Bancshares for some $1.5 billion.

1st Source Corporation, parent of 1st Source Bank, which provides commercial and consumer banking services through more than 75 branches in northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan. The bank offers deposit accounts; business, agricultural, and consumer loans; residential and commercial mortgages; credit cards; and trust services. Its specialty finance group provides financing for aircraft, automobile fleets, trucks, and construction and environmental equipment through about two-dozen offices nationwide; such loans account for approximately half of 1st Source's portfolio. Subsidiaries offer insurance and investment advisory services.

First California Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCAL) is emerging as a regional force of strength and stability in Southern California banking, celebrating 31 years of business. Operating under the First California Bank brand, the bank specializes in serving the financial needs of the commercial market, particularly small-and middle-sized businesses, professional firms and commercial real estate, development and construction companies. With a commitment to provide the best client service available in the region, First California Bank offers a full line of quality commercial banking products through 18 full-service branch offices in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties. For additional information on First California Bank's products and services.

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