Erste Group Bank is the holding company of Erste Bank which, dating back to 1819, is Austria's oldest and among its largest commercial banks. Together with its Sparkassen subsidiary, Erste Bank has some 1,000 branches and an approximately 20% market share. The company has expanded beyond Austria and owns about 10 banks (approximately 2,000 branches) in Central and Eastern European nations. Erste Group has operating subsidiaries in Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, and Ukraine. Erste switched to the holding company structure in 2008.

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.

Steiermarkische Bank und Sparkassen AG, known among English speakers as Bank Styria, is one of the largest and oldest banks in southern Austria, with more than 140 offices. Bank Styria also has subsidiaries or joint ventures in Bosnia and Herzgovinia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, as it expands throughout southeast Europe. (It has its sights set on the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia.) Steiermarkische bank bought Investbanka in Croatia in 2008. The majority of its lending business is focused on real estate and leasing. Bank Styria has also been growing its pensions business. Erste Bank owns 25% of Bank Styria.

Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M., whose name translates as National Bank of Israel, offers retail banking (for consumers and small businesses), commercial banking (middle-market businesses), corporate banking (large companies), and private banking (wealthy clients) through deposits, mortgages and other loans, credit cards, trust services, and investments. It has about 235 branches in Israel and more than 80 locations (including branches, agencies, and representative offices) in some 20 countries, including the US. Subsidiary Leumi Partners provides corporate investment banking services and makes direct investments in nonbanking businesses.

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Standard Bank was incorporated as Standard State Bank in 1947. It served the southwest metropolitan Chicago community at 79th Street and Ashland Avenue. In 1970, the Bank moved to 95th Street and Western Avenue in the Evergreen Park community. In 1980, the Bank’s first branch was opened in the Oak Lawn community and, in 1986, a second branch began to serve the community of Palos Park. Throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s Standard Bank & Trust Co. continued to expand into the communities of Orland Park, Hickory Hills and Naperville, Illinois. Standard Bank and Trust’s corporate headquarters are now located in Hickory Hills.

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.

Banco Macro S.A. provides banking products and services to individuals, entrepreneurs, companies, and corporate customers in Argentina. It offers various retail products and services, such as savings and checking accounts, time deposits, credit and debit cards, consumer finance loans, mortgage loans, car loans, overdrafts, credit-related services, home and car insurance coverage, tax collection, utility payments, automated teller machines (ATMs), and money transfer services. The company also provides personal loans, document discounts, mortgages, overdrafts, pledged loans, and credit card loans to retail customers. Its corporate banking products and services include deposits, lending, check cashing advances and factoring, guaranteed loans, and credit lines for financing foreign trade, and cash management services. Further, the company offers trust, payroll, and financial agency services, as well as corporate credit cards; and transaction services, such as cash management, customer collections, payments to suppliers, payroll administration, foreign exchange transactions, foreign trade services, corporate credit cards, and information services, such as Datanet and Interpymes services to corporate customers; and Internet banking services. It operates a network of 408 branches and 836 automated teller machines. The company is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Taishin Financial Holding is a key player in Taiwan's banking industry, offering an array of financial services to consumers and businesses. Through Taishin International Bank, the company targets its efforts on three core offerings: retail banking (deposits, housing and auto loans, credit cards, small-and-medium-enterprise lending), corporate banking (deposits, financing, factoring), and wealth management. It operates through more than 160 locations. Subsidiary Taishin Bills Finance underwrites corporate bonds. In 2009 Taishin Financial arranged to sell brokerage Taishin Securities to Taiwan-based KGI Securities for some $880 million.

Jeffersonville Bancorp is the holding company for The First National Bank of Jeffersonville. The bank serves businesses and consumers through about 10 locations in southeastern New York's Sullivan County. First National Bank of Jeffersonville offers such standard retail services as demand deposit, savings, and money market accounts; NOW accounts; CDs; and IRAs to fund a variety of loans. Nearly 40% of the bank's loan portfolio consists of residential mortgages, while commercial mortgages account for another 35%. The bank also provides home equity, business, consumer, construction, and agricultural loans.

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