Princeton National Bancorp is the holding company for Citizens First National Bank in north-central Illinois. Founded in 1865, the bank serves area residents and businesses through more than 20 branches in nearly as many communities. It offers traditional services such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and credit cards. Business loans account for the largest portion of the company's loan portfolio, followed by commercial and residential mortgages. The bank also writes agricultural, construction, and consumer installment loans. Through Citizens Financial Advisors, it offers insurance, investments, farm management, and fiduciary services.

Killbuck Bancshares is the holding company for The Killbuck Savings Bank, which operates about 10 branches in northeast Ohio. It offers traditional retail products to individuals and small to midsized businesses, including checking and savings accounts, credit cards, and IRAs. Residential and commercial mortgages make up about two-thirds of its loan portfolio, which also includes business loans and consumer loans. Killbuck Bancshares is the #1 financial institution in Holmes County, where most of its offices are located. It also has branches in Knox and Tuscarawas counties.

PVF Capital is the holding company for Park View Federal Savings Bank, which operates some 20 offices in Cleveland and northeastern Ohio. Founded in 1920, the thrift offers such standard retail banking services as checking, savings, money market, NOW accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Commercial real estate loans account for about a quarter of the company's loan portfolio; single- to four-family residential mortgages make up another quarter. The company also writes home equity, construction, multifamily mortgage, and land loans. In 2007 fellow Ohio-based bank United Community Financial announced plans to buy PVF Capital, but both parties terminated the deal when it was not completed by an agreed-upon closing date.

University of Texas at Austin, University Federal Credit Union (UFCU) has about 10 branches in Austin, with other locations in the Texas communities of Galveston, Round Rock, and Taylor. Serving UT students, alumni, and employees, as well as other residents around Texas' capital city, the credit union provides such financial services as checking and savings accounts, IRAs, money market accounts, home and consumer loans, credit and debit cards, financial planning, brokerage, and insurance.

Hingham Institution for Savings is a haven for wayward cash. The company has about 10 branches in Boston's south shore communities, operating in Boston, Cohasset, Hingham, Hull, Norwell, Scituate, South Hingham, and South Weymouth, Massachusetts. Founded in 1834, the bank offers traditional deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, NOW accounts, IRAs, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio is roughly split between commercial mortgages and residential mortgages (including home equity loans). To a far lesser extent, the bank also originates construction, business, and consumer loans.

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.

Merchants Bancorp operates as a bank holding for MBank that provides various banking services for businesses and individuals in Oregon. It generates demand deposits, fixed term money market and other interest-bearing accounts, time deposits, and certificates of deposit products. The company also provides working capital lines or business loans, short-term financing, and mortgage lending, including home improvements and construction loans.

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.

Bangor Savings Bank has been serving Maine for more than 150 years. In addition to traditional deposit and lending services, the bank also provides credit cards, insurance, and trust and investment management services. Residential mortgages and commercial real estate loans make up most of its loan portfolio; consumer, business, construction, and land development loans round out its lending activities. The bank's Bangor Payroll unit performs payroll management and tax services for more than 1,000 small business clients.

ESB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ESBF), a publicly traded financial services company, provides a wide range of retail and commercial financial products and services to customers in Western Pennsylvania though its wholly owned subsidiary, ESB Bank. ESB Financial Corporation was founded in 1915 as the Ellwood Federal Savings and Loan Association with a single location in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. In 1990, the Company became a Public Company through its Initial Public Offering. Growth through acquisition began with the acquisition of ESB Bancorp, Inc in 1994 and continued with Troy Hill Bancorp, Inc. in 1996, SHS Bancorp, Inc. in 1999, WSB Holding Company in 2001 and PHSB Financial Corporation in 2004. Today, ESB Bank conducts business through 24 offices in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties, Pennsylvania.

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