Waccamaw Bancshares is the holding company for the Waccamaw Bank, which operates about 15 branches in the coastal Carolina region. With about 15 branch loactions, Waccamaw provides traditional products such as checking and savings accounts and IRAs. It primarily uses funds from deposits to write commercial loans and mortgages, including business loans, construction loans, and land development loans. Hit by an increase in bad loans, the company is working with regulators to raise its capital holdings. It is also tightening up its lending practices.

Access Capital gives business owners access to much needed capital. The business lender offers accounts receivable financing, asset-based lending, factoring, and receivables management. Clients include owners of growing service industry businesses such as software developers, manufacturers, maintenance and security guard companies, limousine companies, and temporary agencies. Business owners typically use Access Capital funding for inventory, staffing, payroll, marketing, debt restructuring, and reorganization. Unlike some commercial lenders, Access Capital does not require borrowers to relinquish equity or pledge personal collateral.

Harleysville Savings Financial is the holding company of Harleysville Savings Bank, which operates about a half-dozen branches in southeastern Pennsylvania's Montgomery County. The bank offers standard deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Its lending activities consist primarily of single-family residential mortgages, which account for more than two-thirds of the company's loan portfolio; home equity loans account for nearly 15%. To a lesser extent, Harleysville Savings Bank also originates commercial mortgages, residential construction loans, and consumer lines of credit.

The Russian banking arm of Citigroup, ZAO Citibank operates some 60 branches and 200 ATMs, primarily in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The bank offers deposit and lending products, credit cards, wealth management, investment services. Additionally, the company offers various insurance products including credit and life coverage. ZAO Citibank was established in 1993; it was one of the first foreign banks to enter Russia's market.

Sterling Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company of Sterling Bank, which provides commercial and consumer banking services to consumers and small to medium-sized businesses in Texas. The company offers a range of banking services, including demand, savings, and time deposits; commercial, real estate, and consumer loans; merchant credit card services; letters of credit; and cash and asset management services. It also facilitates brokerage, mutual fund, alternative financing, and insurance products through third-party vendors. In addition, the company offers treasury management, specialized lending consisting of energy lending, and private client services; and involves in the purchase of government guaranteed loans and wholesale real estate lending activities. Further, Sterling Bancshares provides investment advisory and pension administration/consulting services. As of December 31, 2009, it served through 58 banking centers in the greater metropolitan areas of Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth. Sterling Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Webster City Federal Bancorp operates as the holding company for Webster City Federal Savings Bank, and Security Title and Abstract, Inc. The bank primarily engages in the business of attracting deposits from the general public in its market area and invests such deposits in mortgage loans secured by one-to-four family residential real estate. Its deposit instruments include NOW accounts, passbook savings, money market deposit, term certificate accounts, and individual retirement accounts.

Bar Harbor Bankshares is a Maine-stay for communities in the Pine Tree State's Hancock, Knox, and Washington counties. Through about a dozen branches, subsidiary Bar Harbor Bank & Trust offers such deposit products as checking, savings, and money market accounts; NOW accounts; IRAs; and CDs. Real estate mortgages make up some 80% of the bank's loan portfolio, which also includes consumer, commercial, and agricultural loans. About 10% of the bank's lending is focused on the tourist industry associated with nearby Acadia National Park. Bar Harbor Trust Services, a subsidiary of the bank, offers trust and estate planning services.

Firstrust Savings Bank serves individuals and businesses from about two dozen branches in eastern Pennsylvania's Delaware and Lehigh valleys, and a single branch in southwestern New Jersey. It offers traditional products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and credit cards. Commercial and industrial loans make up the largest portion of its loan portfolio, which also includes commercial mortgages, residential mortgages, construction loans, consumer loans, and lease financing receivables. The bank's Firstrust Financial Resources unit provides investments, retirement and estate planning, 401(k) and pension plans, employee benefits, and insurance through an agreement with AXA Advisors.

This egg doesn't want anything to do with rotten, old-fashioned banking. One of the largest Internet-only banks in the world, Egg has some 3 million customers that use its Web site to access mortgages, personal loans, savings accounts, unit trusts, and life, health, auto, home, and travel insurance. Users can apply for the Egg Card or Egg Money, credit cards that offer rewards or cash back on purchases. Citigroup bought Egg from UK insurer Prudential plc for more than $1 billion in 2007. Founded in 1998, Egg is now part of Citigroup's UK consumer unit.

Monroe Bancorp owns Monroe Bank, which operates about 20 branches in the central part of the state. Founded in 1892, the bank provides standard products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and credit cards. Its lending activities consist mainly of real estate loans, including commercial and residential mortgages, construction and home equity loans, and farmland loans. The bank also provides trust, investment advisory, private banking, estate planning, and brokerage services. Old National Bancorp is buying Monroe Bancorp for more than $80 million.

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