Malvern Federal Bancorp was formed in 2008 to be the holding company for Malvern Federal Savings Bank, which has been in business since 1887. The bank operates seven financial centers in Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia. It offers standard deposit services such as checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and retirement plans. The community-oriented institution has traditionally been a leading originator of residential home loans in Chester County, but has been shifting its focus toward issuing more commercial real estate, construction, and consumer loans.

Community First Bancorporation puts financial matters first in the northwestern corner of South Carolina. The institution is the holding company for Community First Bank, which operates about five branches in Oconee and Anderson counties. The commercial bank offers traditional deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Deposit funds are primarily used to originate single- to four-family mortgages and commercial mortgages. The bank also writes construction, consumer, and business loans. Community First Bank plans to continue to expand in Anderson County.

East West Bank offers multilingual service in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Spanish.East West Bancorp is the holding company for East West Bank, which operates about 110 branches in California, mainly in and around Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay, Orange County, and Silicon Valley. The bank has more than 25 additional branches in the Atlanta, Boston, Houston, New York, and Seattle metropolitan areas, as well as locations in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It caters to the Asian-American community and provides international banking and trade financing to importers/exporters doing business in the Asia/Pacific region.

Home Federal Bank of Tennessee offers a place your cash can call home. The bank operates more than 20 branches in Anderson, Blount, Knox, and Sevier counties in the eastern portion of the state. In addition to offering such traditional deposit services as checking and savings accounts, the bank provides residential and commercial real estate loans, business and consumer loans, trust services, and Visa credit cards. Home Federal Bank of Tennessee also administers employee benefit plans. Its Home Financial Services subsidiary allows customers to buy and sell fixed-income securities.

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.

Entrepreneurs who want to put a tiger in their customers' tanks, give them the Midas touch, or help them make a run for the border are saying, "Oh, thank heaven for GE Franchise Finance." The General Electric Capital subsidiary provides real estate and other financing for more than 6,000 franchise operators at some 21,000 locations in the US and Canada. The firm finances restaurants, hotels and other hospitality providers, and auto service and parts retailers. It also offers credit for buying equipment or acquiring new or expanding locations.

Naugatuck Valley Financial Corporation (NVFC) owns Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan, a community-based thrift serving southwestern Connecticut. Operating from more than a half-dozen locations, the bank provides traditional retail banking offerings such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan concentrates on residential lending, in addition to construction, multifamily and commercial real estate loans. NVFC and Southern Connecticut Bancorp called off plans to merge in 2010. Naugatuck Valley Mutual Holding Company owns 58% of NVFC's stock.

Bank of Virginia helps put the Rich in Richmond. The company serves Chesterfield County from a handful of banking branches in Midlothian, Richmond, and Chester. Bank of Virginia offers standard retail and commercial services including checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and money market accounts. In 2008, the bank opened its fifth branch in the Richmond area. Commercial mortgages account for about a third of the company's lending portfolio, which also includes business loans, single-family mortgages, and construction loans. Consumer lending accounts for less than 5% of its portfolio. Washington, DC-based Cordia Bancorp bought a majority of Bank of Virginia in 2010.

A Burdale in the hand may be worth a few bushels full of cash to midsized businesses in the UK and continental Europe. Burdale Financial, which was acquired from Wachovia by Bank of Ireland in 2005, provides comprehensive asset-based lending to businesses looking for growth financing. Burdale Financial shuns what it characterizes as piece-meal approaches (receivables lending, factoring) in favor of comprehensive asset-based financing, which typically sees Burdale lending to manufacturing, retail, or distribution clients undergoing a change, such as management-led buyout or turnaround. Officers Dennis Levine and Brian Gitlin founded Burdale Financial in 1992.

DCB Financial is the holding company for The Delaware County Bank and Trust, which serves individual and commercial customers through some 20 branches in central Ohio. The bank offers traditional products and services, such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, credit and debit cards, and safe deposit facilities. Its loan portfolio primarily consists of commercial mortgages, residential mortgages, and home equity loans. The bank also writes construction, land development, industrial, and consumer loans. The Delaware County Bank and Trust provides insurance, investments, wealth management, and trust services, as well.

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